Imerys 2005: Pigments for paper.

(From Chemical Business NewsBase - Company Reports - CBNB)

For its fiscal 2005, Imerys Group has reported on its Pigments for Paper business. After a good 2004 (+ 5.1%), the world market for printing and writing paper, the business group's main outlet, posted low growth in 2005 (+ 1.7%), but this was concentrated in Asia: In North America, paper production was almost stable (-0.2%), with growth in mechanical papers offsetting lower output in other segments; In Europe, which was badly hit in 2Q 2005 by the Finnish paper industry strike, the paper production rate progressively returned to normal during the summer. Over the year, it was stable (with - 2.9% in 1H 2005 …