The complaint was lodged by PaperlinX together with its German subsidiary, Deutsche Papier Vertriebs GmbH.
Sappi has supplied paper products to PaperlinX and its subsidiaries in Germany and in other EU Member States for a number of years under the parties' longstanding commercial relationship.
The complaint also sets out PaperlinX's view that these practices have had, and continue to have, a serious impact on PaperlinX's ability to compete to win new business and to increase its market share, and that these practices are also to the detriment of printers and other customers in the industry.
Since Sappi has been unwilling to engage with PaperlinX to resolve these issues commercially, PaperlinX is now seeking to protect its interests through a formal complaint to the appropriate national competition regulator.
PaperlinX is a fine paper wholesaler based in Melbourne, Australia. PaperlinX has regional offices in Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Singapore. The company is a distributor of specialty paper used in brochures, magazines, annual reports and other business papers. They supply high-quality fine paper used as office paper and packaging.
