The results of the ˝CSR Best Practice, 2006˝ award published by the Hungarian Public Relations Association has been announced. 19 out of the 24 tenders have been accepted for publication.

16 january, 2008  21:57

Hardly has the storm caused by the increase in paper prices in October and November 2005 blown over, another wave of price increase is to be expected.

28 march, 2006  13:36

With the accession of Hungary to the European Union, companies now have the opportunity to have their environmental protection activities and management systems assessed and qualified with the help of the management and certification system of the European Union (EMAS) which is slightly more stringent and comprehensive than the ISO standards. As the environmental management system used by Dunapack Rt. has already been compliant with the EU EMAS criteria since 2000 and the company was “quasi” registered in Brussels, after the accession we have decided to apply for actual registration – for the time being only for the Dunaújváros site. The registration process was completed in December 2005 and the company’s Dunaújváros site is now registered among the other EMAS certified companies under No. HU-000002.

28 march, 2006  12:30

Two million euros for development at the Sepsiszentgyörgy plant
Dunapack Rambox, Dunapack Rt.’s affiliate in Rumania, made record profit last year. This year, the company is planning to make a 2-million-Euro investment for quality improvement and capacity increase in its plant in Rumania. Dunapack Rt., the owner operates production plants in several countries in the region apart from Rumania, and is considering further expansion.

28 march, 2006  12:24

Cigarette paper - base material will be produced in Dunaújváros as from July

28 april, 2004  16:54

Prices of waste paper and thus of corrugated base papers have been forced up by the withdrawal from the European market of substantial quantities of paper by countries in the Asian region.

16 march, 2004  13:44

Hungary has been granted a further temporary exemption on recycling of packaging up to 2012. The Community’s new packaging directive passed at the end of January considerably tightens the present recycling rules for member states.

5 february, 2004  13:48

Brussels European paper and board output totaled 22.3 million tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2002, according to the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI). Although it was the lowest quarterly production figure of the year, output was still 3.8% higher than the year-earlier period. The final quarter brought annual production up to 90 million tonnes, just below the record output level of 2000.

29 july, 2003  14:32

According to the forecasts stated by Pyrabelisk Ltd. (Great Britain) in its study of November 2002, the corrugated board production of eleven Central and Eastern European countries (Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia) will reach some 4.5 billion sq. meters by 2005.

22 may, 2003  17:59

The Hamburger Group has concluded the final contracts for refitting paper machine No. 4 in its plant in Pitten, Austria.

22 may, 2003  17:59