Paper - Maybe of interest to some

[Viney]

As some of you may know i work for Xerox and i use a lot of paper. However, there is something quite serious afoot. In finland, the dockworkers and truck drivers are on stirke and have been for over 2 weeks. As a majority of UK paper is sourced from Finland and the fact that 2 of the 3 mills in Finland are currentlyc losed as they have no raw material, means that paper will be in short supply very soon unless the situation improves. It also means that paper prices will rocket over the next few weeks, somehwere int he region of 25% is estimated.

So, if you work with paper, stock up the best you can.

For those who dont use paper in bulk, as you were.

Hmm, interesting advice! Know anything useful about oil prices now?

i use some, not a lot. i think its a case of as i was

and relax

[Viney]

IIRC Mr D, your products use cardboard? If so this will be affected as well.

they do, but my suppliers will have to swallow their increases. polymer is increasing almostly weekly at the moment so i get hazy as to what im paying anyway.....

christ i almost spoke shop then....

does this affect loo roll? cos my boys get through plenty of it!

We've been managing stocks for a few weeks now, and swapping onto Canadian sourced paper... we get through a fair bit making paperback books

I'll tell the people in the office who keep printing out journal papers then deciding they don't actualy want to read them.

Originally Posted by Warthog

Hmm, interesting advice! Know anything useful about oil prices now?

barrel is about $80, prices at the pump would have you think it was twice that amount



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