Feb 19, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Södra is adjusting its price for bleached softwood sulphate pulp to $590 per tonne from March 1, 2009, the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. “The situation in the pulp market is looking brighter. The market balance has improved and we are getting interest from new buyers,” says Ulf Edman, President of Södra Cell International. “Widespread production cutbacks and capacity shortages have had a positive effect on the market. We therefore think that we are now seeing the lowest point in the economic cycle. We see signs of an ongoing improvement in the market during the spring and rest of the year,” he adds.