Increased demand for freight, pandemic-related challenges from early retirements, closed driving schools and DMVs, and other pressures are really pushing up demand for drives and subsequently the shortage.

Verso will discontinue the following grades by the end of 2021. Any inventory will continue to be available until it is extinguished; Velocity®, Balance®, Publishers Matte® &
Publishers ThinBulk

Total revenues across all categories for July 2021 were up 6.9% as compared to July 2020, coming in at $1.65 billion. Year to date revenues were up 15.6%, at $8.0 billion for the first seven months of the year.

The 324,000 sq. ft. print facility specializes in high quality 4-color printing of magazines, catalogs, and a wide spectrum of commercial print products. 

These surcharges are being imposed in addition to a wave of paper price increases in the last weeks and months, which still have to be absorbed by printing companies. These soaring prices were already attributed to increasing energy costs, as well as increasing raw materials and logistics costs.

Solenis will implement a price increase by up to 30 percent effective December 1st or as customer contracts allow. Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including the pulp, packaging paper and board, etc.