Weyerhaueser
informed customers today that its North Pacific Paper subsidiary (Norpac) will
increase the price of 30-lb standard newsprint by $15/tonne effective Sept. 1
and raise the price of all other newsprint grades and basis weights
proportionally.
Norpac
manufactures about 340,000 tonnes/yr of newsprint at its at Longview, WA, mill
and is the largest newsprint producer on the North American West Coast.The mill was one of several newsprint makers that last month decided not to press ahead with a previously announced $40/ton July 1 price increase.
