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sappi logoFollowing on Sappi’s recent announcement of the sale of its Enstra Mill and recycled packaging business, Sappi wishes to announce the sale of its Cape Kraft recycled packaging paper Mill to the Golden Era Group.  In March 2015 Sappi initiated a closed tender process after receiving many expressions of interest to buy the mill. It is expected that the transaction will close in September 2015. The disposal is not categorisable in terms of section 9.5 of the JSE Listings Requirements. Sappi will receive just short of R600 million from the two transactions.
 
Commenting on the transaction, Sappi Southern Africa CEO Alex Thiel said: “The sale of the Cape Kraft and Enstra mills and the recycled packaging paper business is in line with Sappi Southern Africa’s strategy to unlock value from non-core assets and free up resources for investment in dissolving wood pulp, virgin containerboard and other new business opportunities. The sales also support the Sappi Limited strategy to strengthen the group’s balance sheet and focus on high-growth opportunities.”
 
Golden Era Group CEO Kishor Chhita remarked: “We are very pleased to be able to acquire this top quality asset from Sappi. It will strengthen our position in the market as a service-oriented company that offers packaging solutions and will further help us to achieve our goal of creating lasting team-based partnerships with our customers.”

Golden Era Group, started in 1955, is today the third largest printing and packaging company in South Africa.  The Group has a national footprint company specializing in the manufacturing of kraft paper, corrugated cases, folding cartons, notestiks, paperbags, self-adhesive and IML labels, shrink sleeves, three piece metal cans, vacuum-formed and thermos-formed packaging.
 
Sappi Limited (JSE: SAP), is a global company focused on dissolving wood pulp, paper pulp and paper-based solutions to our direct and indirect customer base in some 161 countries around the world. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 13,000 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries and group sales of US$6 billion. Learn more about Sappi at www.sappi.com.

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Monday, 15 June 2015 08:02

Legal Claim Against Sappi

2015 06 15 080407Inapa informs that its subsidiary, Inapa Spain, has entered with a legal claim in the Madrid court against Sappi Europe Iberica and Sappi Europe due to a breach of the exclusive distribution contract regarding Magno brand.

Sappi Europe has abruptly ceased their contract obligations with Inapa Spain without the usual prior notice and a mutual agreement about legal compensation.

About Inapa Spain:

Inapa Spain is a fully owned subsidiary of Inapa, one of the largest European merchant groups in the paper sector. Inapa Spain is one of the national market leaders, serving more than 6.000 customers through its 4 offices/warehouses, with 25,000m2 of storage area.

For additional information: Inapa IPG
Fernando Rente This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
213 823 007 www.inapa.pt

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sappi logoContinuously rising input costs and consequently declining profit margins make corrective pricing measures inevitable as Sappi Europe’s business is unsustainable at current price levels. 
We are therefore announcing a price increase of 8% for all European coated fine and coated mechanical reels business as per the 1st of July 2015. 

The timing and extent of a price rise for coated fine paper sheets will be announced separately.

Our customers will be personally informed by our sales managers who will provide them with any information they may ‎require.

About Sappi

Sappi Europe SA is the leading European producer of coated fine paper used in premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Sappi Europe is recognised for innovation and quality. Its graphic paper brands include Magno™, Quatro™, Vantage™, Royal™, Galerie™, GalerieArt™ and Jaz™ ranges. Algro®, Fusion®, Leine® and Parade® are the brands for speciality labelling, topliner, packaging papers and boards. Sappi papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification and EMAS registration for all our mills in the EU. Sappi European mills hold chain-of-custody certification under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) and/or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC™) schemes.

Sappi Europe SA is a division of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 12,800 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries, sales offices in 50 countries, and customers in over 100 countries around the world. Learn more about Sappi at www.sappi.com.

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sappi logoSappi Europe confirms that it is no longer supplying paper sold under the Galaxi Keramik* brand. However this paper continues to be available on the market under its mill brand name MagnoTM satin through our new Magno merchant partners, Igepa in Germany, France and Switzerland as well as through Papyrus in France.

MagnoTM is the strongest fine paper brand in Europe with trusted products and stockist partners in all European markets. Magno satin offers the highest levels of whiteness, gloss and opacity for the best print results.

Berry Wiersum, CEO of Sappi Europe, comments: “Sappi’s recent investments in its Central European production facilities will guarantee an unrivalled cost leading, sustainable production and service performance."

Further information:

The Magno graphic paper range offers eight products including gloss, satin, matt and uncoated surfaces, basis weights range from 80gsm to 400gsm with all products having an aligned high white shade.

*Galaxi Keramik is a registered trademark of Papier Union GmbH (part of Inapa Group).

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sappi logoThe significant increase of raw material costs, particularly pulp, makes it necessary for Sappi Europe to adjust prices upwards for Speciality papers from April 15th. The price rise will apply to all  European and Overseas markets.

The increase will be in the range of 5 - 7% and will be applied to all coated and uncoated Flexpack papers, Siliconising base papers and Label papers.

Implementation will be discussed  with customers in all countries individually over the coming weeks.

About Sappi
Sappi Europe SA is the leading European producer of coated fine paper used in premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Sappi Europe is recognised for innovation and quality. Its graphic paper brands include Magno™, Quatro™, Vantage™, Royal™, Galerie™, GalerieArt™ and Jaz™ ranges. Algro®, Fusion®, Leine® and Parade® are the brands for speciality labelling, topliner, packaging papers and boards. Sappi papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification and EMAS registration for all our mills in the EU. Sappi European mills hold chain-of-custody certification under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) and/or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC™) schemes.
Sappi Europe SA is a division of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 12,800 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries, sales offices in 50 countries, and customers in over 100 countries around the world. Learn more about Sappi at www.sappi.com.
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sappi logoSappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp and graphics, speciality and packaging papers, is pleased to announce that it will build a pilot-scale plant for low-cost Cellulose NanoFibrils (nanocellulose) production at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands. The pilot plant is expected to be operational within nine months.

  • Sappi to proceed with a pilot-scale plant for low-cost Cellulose NanoFibrils production
  • Sappi choses Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands, after global review of potential sites
  • Brightlands Chemelot Campus is a R&D and teaching campus focused on performance materials, biomedical materials and bio-based materials
  • Pilot plant builds on technology developed by Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University
  • Pilot plant will test the manufacturing of dry re-dispersible Cellulose NanoFibrils (CNF) and determine options for commercial production
  • Nanocellulose has potential to be used in a huge range of applications
  • Continues Sappi’s move into new and adjacent business fields based on renewable raw materials

Commenting on the decision, Andrea Rossi, Group Head Technology, Sappi Limited, explained that the pilot plant will help with Sappi’s move into new adjacent business fields based on renewable raw materials. Sappi’s strategy includes seeking growth opportunities by producing innovative performance materials from renewable resources. The raw material for the pilot plant would be supplied from any of Sappi’s Saiccor, Ngodwana and Cloquet dissolving wood pulp plants. The pilot plant is the precursor for Sappi to consider the construction of a commercial CNF plant.

He goes on to say “the pilot plant will test the manufacturing of dry re-dispersible Cellulose NanoFibrils (CNF) using the proprietary technology developed by Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University. The location of the pilot plant at Brightlands Chemelot Campus provides Sappi with easy access to multiple partners with whom Sappi will seek to co-develop products that will incorporate CNF across a large variety of product applications to optimise performance and to create unique characteristics for these products.

The CNF produced by Sappi will have unique morphology, specifically modified for either hydrophobic or hydrophilic applications. Products produced using Sappi’s CNF will be optimally suitable for conversion in lighter and stronger fibre-reinforced composites and plastics, in food and pharmaceutical applications, and in rheology modifiers as well as in barrier and other paper and coating applications.

Speaking on behalf of Brightlands Chemelot Campus, the CEO Bert Kip said “We’re proud that a globally leading company like Sappi has chosen our campus for their new facility. The initiative perfectly fits with our focus area on bio-based materials and our new pilot plant infrastructure.”

In December 2014, Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University announced the results of their 3 year project to find a low cost energy-saving process that would allow Sappi to produce the nanocellulose on a commercially viable basis – and importantly without producing large volumes of chemical waste water associated with existing techniques. At the time, Professor Rob English, who led the research with his Edinburgh Napier colleague, Dr. Rhodri Williams, said “What is significant about our process is the use of unique chemistry, which has allowed us to very easily break down the wood pulp fibers into nanocellulose. There is no expensive chemistry required and, most significantly, the chemicals used can be easily recycled and reused without generating large quantities of waste water.

Math Jennekens, R&D Director at Sappi Europe who is the project coordinator and will oversee the pilot plant, said “We are very excited to be able to move from a bench top environment into real-world production. Our targeted run-rate will be 8 tons per annum. We will produce a dry powder that can be easily redispersed in water. The nanocellulose is unmodified which makes it easier to combine with other materials. The product will be used to build partnerships to test the application of our nanocellulose across the widest range of uses.”

He went on to thank the Government of the Province of Limburg in the Netherlands for their significant support and financial contribution towards the establishment of the pilot plant.

South African headquartered Sappi, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp and graphics, speciality and packaging papers, uses research and development to drive product innovation and to develop new uses for its renewable resource (woodfibre) as well as for the biomass and other residues from its production processes. One such area of investigation is nanocellulose; a new forest products material which Sappi believes will play a key role in its future suite of products, both as a product in itself and in its applications.
For more information visit www.sappi.com
Brightlands Chemelot Campus
At Brightlands Chemelot Campus, research and development are performed and education is provided in the field of chemistry and materials, and related life sciences. The focus is on performance materials, biomedical materials and bio-based materials. The campus is developing into a creative breeding ground for innovation and new businesses, with thousands of highly-trained workers. This dynamic has been created in part through collaboration between the business community, educational and knowledge institutes, and the authorities. The campus provides an active contribution through activities such as facilitating the construction of pilot plants and accelerating new business development.
Chemelot Campus collaborates with Maastricht Health Campus under the name Brightlands. Brightlands also relates to the research program of Maastricht University, Zuyd Hogeschool and the Province of Limburg.
For more information: www.brightlands.com.
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sappi logoOn the 27th of February 2015, employees from Sappi Europe’s Headquarters in Brussels headed out to the Forêt de Soignes with a batch of 1,400 saplings, ready to be planted.  A further 2,600 will be planted by Natuur en Bos on behalf of Sappi. This will bring to over 12,000 the number of trees replanted by the group since the initiative started 5 years ago.

Sappi’s employee-led tree planting initiative stated in Spring 2010 in association with ANB (Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos), the equivalent of the Department of Forestry. This organisation is responsible for the planting of approximately 30,000 trees in the Forêt de Soignes every year as part of the National Forest Management Plan (Belgium).

The tree-planting initiative is just one of a series of actions clearly showing that sustainability is at the heart of everything that Sappi does.  Here at Sappi, we have chosen to be eco-effective. This is how we function both as people, and as a company, integrating our approach to business and the environment. Sustainability relies on each individual choosing to be responsible and engaging in regular sustainability related initiatives, no matter how big or small.

Jens Kriete is the Environmental Manager at Sappi Europe, “Sappi is a paper manufacturer and by producing our paper we make sure that forests are managed in a sustainable manner. It’s important that we take the time to go back literally to our roots. Through this team building exercice, not only do we reconnect with this fact, but we can also make the link between sustainability theory and practice.”

La Forêt de Soignes is a forest located in the south-eastern part of Brussels covering an area of over 4400 hectares - http://www.zonienwoud.be
Sappi Fine Paper Europe Tree Planting Expeditions have planted the following numbers of trees:
-    Spring 2010 – 1250 trees
-    Spring 2011 - 2200 trees
-    Winter 2011 – 2000 trees
-    Winter 2012 – 2750 trees
-    Spring 2015 – 4000 trees

Sappi’s approach to sustainability is based on a holistic view of Planet, People and Prosperity (the 3P’s). These values and commitments underpin everything we do.
Planet: contributing to a world of biodiversity, renewable energy and environmental care
People: adding to the wellbeing, safety and health of employees and communities
Prosperity: aiming at long-term profitability and customer satisfaction through innovation and ethical conduct.

About Sappi
Sappi Europe SA is the leading European producer of coated fine paper used in premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Sappi Europe is recognised for innovation and quality. Its graphic paper brands include Magno™, Quatro™, Vantage™, Royal™, Galerie™, GalerieArt™ and Jaz™ ranges. Algro®, Fusion®, Leine® and Parade® are the brands for speciality labelling, topliner, packaging papers and boards. Sappi papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification and EMAS registration for all our mills in the EU. Sappi European mills hold chain-of-custody certification under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) and/or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC™) schemes.
Sappi Europe SA is a division of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 12,800 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries, sales offices in 50 countries, and customers in over 100 countries around the world. Learn more about Sappi at www.sappi.com.
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sappi logoSappi Italia srl, Sappi Europe’s Italian sales organisation, signed an agreement on December 23rd 2014 to acquire Corexim, Sappi’s agent for Release Paper in Italy since 1979.

Pablo Grounauer (71), CEO and owner of Corexim took the decision to sell his business to Sappi. He will gradually cease activities within the company, handing over to Mrs Iris Scharloo, Business Unit Manager Release Paper Sappi Europe, who will replace him on the operational side. Corexim employed 4 people who will continue in their current jobs, now working for Sappi Europe.

Business will continue as usual following the acquisition, with no impact on customers since the people, location and contact information remain unchanged.

“We thank Mr Grounauer for his fantastic work and the successful management of the agency over the years. He has a great understanding of the market, thorough knowledge of the products he sells and an eye for good designs, developing many successful Sappi patterns that are sold all over the world. Sappi and Corexim have established a strong relationship over the years. On this basis, Sappi is very excited about the acquisition,” says Roberto Guerrera, managing director Sappi Italia.

Mr Gronauer adds ”I’m happy that Corexim is in the good hands of Sappi Europe. I’m confident that it is a good fit and that the acquisition will benefit us all. I am especially pleased that the Corexim team will remain in place, reflecting their commitment, passion and professionalism – values that I have worked hard to establish within the company.”

About Sappi Warren Release Paper

Release paper is used as a mould to put texture on other surfaces, ranging from manmade wood and leather to engineered films and rubber. The textures are developed and produced in Sappi’s Westbrook Mill in America and are sold to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa by our teams based in Belgium and Italy. Release paper is used to manufacture products that surround us in our everyday lives from sports gear, shoes and handbags, sofas and chairs, laminate flooring, work surfaces and waterproof clothing, to aircraft and car interiors.

About Sappi

Sappi Europe SA is the leading European producer of coated fine paper used in premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Sappi Europe is recognised for innovation and quality. Its graphic paper brands include Magno™, Quatro™, Vantage™, Royal™, Galerie™, GalerieArt™ and Jaz™ ranges. Algro®, Fusion®, Leine® and Parade® are the brands for speciality labelling, topliner, packaging papers and boards.

Sappi papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification and EMAS registration for all our mills in the EU. Sappi European mills hold chain-of-custody certification under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) and/or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC™) schemes.

Sappi Europe SA is a division of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 13,500 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries, sales offices in 50 countries, and customers in over 100 countries around the world. Learn more about Sappi at www.sappi.com.

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Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University discover new low-cost process to make nanocellulose. Promises wonder material break-through.

  • Sappi to build a pilot-scale plant for low-cost Cellulose NanoFibrils production
  • Follows three year partnership between researchers from global pulp and paper producer Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University
  • Nanocellulose has potential to be used in a huge range of applications – from packaging and touch screen displays to car panels and wound care
  • Market could reach 35 million tonnes per year by 2020s
  • Continues Sappi’s move into new and adjacent business fields based on renewable raw materials

Scientists from Edinburgh Napier University and Sappi have developed a low cost way to turn wood into a wonder material that could be used to build greener cars, thicken foods and even treat wounds.

sappi nano

It means Sappi will be able to produce the lightweight material on a commercially viable basis – and without producing large volumes of chemical waste water associated with existing techniques. The energy-saving process will be used in a new nanocellulose producing pilot plant to be erected by Sappi.

“Nanocellulose, extracted from wood fibres, has a number of unique optical, barrier and strength properties,” said project coordinator Math Jennekens, R&D Director at Sappi Europe. “Unlike other lightweight, high-strength materials based on fossil fuels it is completely sustainable, making it very desirable as a new material for various industrial and transport applications.”

The versatile material has previously been produced by intensively processing wood pulp to release ultra-small, or ‘nano’ cellulose fibers – each so small that 2,000 could fit inside the width of a single strand of human hair.

But the Edinburgh Napier research team say they have been able to drastically reduce the amount of energy needed to power the process, as well as the need for expensive chemicals.

“What is significant about our process is the use of unique chemistry which has allowed us to very easily break down the wood pulp fibers into nanocellulose,” said Professor Rob English, who led the research with his Edinburgh Napier colleague, Dr. Rhodri Williams.

“There is no expensive chemistry required and, most significantly, the chemicals used can be easily recycled and reused without generating large quantities of waste water.

“It produces a dry powder that can be readily redispersed in water and leaves the nanocellulose unmodified – effectively making its surface a chemical “blank canvas” and so more easily combined with other materials.

“The ability to bring all these attributes together have so far eluded materials scientists working in the field. It is very exciting.”

Nanocellulose produced at the proposed Sappi plant could be used in a wide range of industrial and everyday products and devices because of the way they can improve the properties of materials they are combined with, said Professor English.

“It could be used to thicken water-based products such as paints, foods and concrete,” he said. “Or when it’s used in plastics to make a composite it can replace glass fibers, which is very attractive in the production of the next generation of lighter, fuel-efficient vehicles. 

“Because of its low oxygen permeability it could also be a possible replacement for plastic films in packaging.  Then there are also applications for it in containing films in lithium batteries and touch screen displays.  And as cellulose is inherently bio-compatible and bio-absorbable, there is considerable potential in biomedical applications such as wound dressings and regenerative medicine.”

Andrea Rossi, Group Head Technology, Sappi Limited, said a pilot production plant was being planned for “towards the end of 2015.This pilot plant” he continued “ will move Sappi into new adjacent business fields based on renewable raw materials to produce innovative performance materials and help in delivering on Sappi's strategy to seek growth opportunities in adjacent and new markets.”

Professor English added: “Commercial interest in nanocellulose is growing at a phenomenal rate following predictions of a possible 35 million tonnes per year market by the 2020s. And so the key challenge now is very much in business development and understanding the value offered by nanocellulose in our target markets.”

According to Andrea Rossi, the pilot plant will test the manufacturing of dry re-dispersible Cellulose NanoFibrils (CNF). Using this proprietary break-through technology, Sappi will ultimately be able to manufacture CNF with unique morphology, specifically modified for either hydrophobic or hydrophilic applications. Products produced will be optimally suitable for conversion in lighter and stronger fibre-reinforced composites and plastics, in food and pharmaceutical applications, and in rheology modifiers as well as in barrier and other paper and coating applications.

Andrea Rossi indicated that using the products manufactured in the pilot-scale plant, Sappi will seek co-development with multiple partners to incorporate CNF into a large variety of product applications to optimise performance and to create unique characteristics.

South African headquartered Sappi, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp and graphics, speciality and packaging papers, uses research and development to drive product innovation and to develop new uses for its renewable resource (woodfibre) as well as for the biomass and other residues from its production processes. One such area of investigation is nanocellulose; a new forest products material which Sappi believes will play a key role in its future suite of products, both as a product in itself and in its applications.

2014-12-09 202007Edinburgh Napier University is home to forward-thinking people inspired by the world around them. We create and support personalised learning and research opportunities that develop talent and solutions that really work and matter in today’s and tomorrow’s world.  With over 12,000 UK and EU students and more than 6,300 overseas students, Edinburgh Napier is a truly international University with students from 110 countries. We have over 3,000 students based in Hong Kong, where we are the largest UK provider of higher education. As a testament to our commitment to being connected with business and industry, we are in the top 20 in the UK for graduate employability, with 95.4% of our undergraduates in further work or study within six months of graduating (HESA 2013). It also means that our courses are accredited by over 100 Professional Bodies.

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sappi logoThe Magno range is the trusted graphic range for printers and creatives throughout the world due to its extensive availability, consistency and quality.  

Sappi Europe is pleased to announce that Igepa group has chosen to become a preferred stockist merchant partner for the Magno range of coated graphic papers in Germany.   

Flavio Froehli, Sales Director for Sappi’s commercial print products said; “We are delighted to have our long term partner becoming our German stockist merchant for the Magno range. Igepa are the ideal partner for the German market reinforcing Magno as the strongest brand in Europe with stockist partners in all European markets. Already today Igepa has the most extensive range of Sappi products in stock, supported by a network of superb warehouse facilities. Together, Sappi and Igepa will be able to provide the best product range and service flexibility to the Germany printing market.”  

Further information:  

The Magno graphic paper range offers eight products including gloss, silk, matt and uncoated surfaces, basis weights range from 80gsm to 400gsm with all products having an aligned high white shade.  

For further information, samples or to organize a trial please contact our local sales office
Tel: +49 (0) 511 123 33 700 email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

AboutSappi

Sappi Europe SA is the leading European producer of coated fine paper used in premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Sappi Europe is recognised  for innovation and quality. Its graphic paper brands include Magno™, Quatro™, Vantage™, Royal™, Galerie™, GalerieArt™ and Jaz™ ranges. Algro®, Fusion®, Leine® and Parade® are the brands for speciality labelling, topliner, packaging  papers and boards. Sappi papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification and EMAS registration for all our mills in the EU.  Sappi European mills hold chain-of-custody certification  under  the  Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) and/or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC™) schemes.

Sappi Europe SA is a division of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered  in Johannesburg,  South Africa, with over 13,500 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries, sales offices in 50 countries, and customers in over 100 countries around the world.

Learn more about Sappi at  www.sappi.com.

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