In 2015, raw materials for the paper industry have become considerably more expensive, and this upward trend is not expected to come to an end soon. Wood pulp, the largest cost item by far, is traded in US dollars on the world market. Due to a strengthening of the dollar with respect to the euro at a rate of approx. 25% during the past 12 months, the company's results have dramatically deteriorated.
Brigl & Bergmeister is the leading manufacturer of label papers and flexible packaging papers.
