UPM and Canfor in pulp cooperation

UPM and Canada's Canfor Pulp Products have announced an agreement of a strategic sales and marketing cooperation.

Approximately one million tonnes of pulp sales from eight mills on three continents are included in the collaboration.

UPM's pulp sales network will represent and co-market Canfor pulp in Europe and China, while Canfor pulp's sales network will represent and co-market UPM pulp in North America and Japan.

In the initial phase, the cooperation agreement will include six grades of market pulp; Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (PRP NBSK), Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK), Northern Bleached Birch Kraft (NBBK), Bleached Eucalyptus Kraft (BEK), Unbleached Electrical Kraft Pulp (UBE), and Bleached Chemical Thermo Mechanical Pulp (BCTMP).