If you want to ask about the hottest keywords in the packaging industry in September and October this year, it must be "price increase". The price of base paper has risen round after round, true or false, and there are rumors that "may increase in a few days", which can be said to be overwhelming for packaging companies whose bargaining power is already weak.

Since the National Day, the price of packaging materials has continued to rise. After Shanying and Nine Dragons successively implemented the increase, raised the price of corrugated cardboard by 100 yuan/ton, and drove a large number of small paper mills to follow the increase, the cardboard factory issued a price increase letter along with the trend. From October 4, the cardboard factory has issued two rounds of price increases.

On October 11, the six bases of Nine Dragons issued a price increase letter again. On October 13, the base paper rose again by 100 yuan; then, Shanying officially sent a letter to increase the price by 200 yuan.

However, the price increase is not only paper, but also other raw materials. Glue, ink and even flat yarn are increasing in price; it is not only price increase that affects the cost of packaging companies, and some packaging companies themselves are also within the scope of power outages.

This is a price increase letter received by a certain ink manufacturer. The price increase of ink and pigment is more fierce than that of base paper. Among them, permanent orange rose by 10,000 yuan/ton. Although ink costs account for a small proportion of packaging companies, such a high increase will inevitably make companies begin to be cautious. (The price increase is far more than the auxiliary materials, such as the decorative base paper of Sunshine Prince (Shouguang) Special Paper Co., Ltd., which directly increased the price by 1,500 yuan/ton.)

Compared with the rise of various raw materials, the power rationing and shutdown of the factory also dampened the enthusiasm of enterprises for production. Large-scale enterprises have "stopped three to open four" or even "stopped four to open three" electricity curtailment measures. Previously, there were rumors on the Internet that business owners used donkeys and other animal power to run equipment, which is an exaggeration, but one thing is certain is that companies may also face the risk of fines when they produce their own generators.

The price of raw materials was increased before, and production was suspended afterwards. The carton factory, which has always been weak in bargaining power, had to raise prices for end customers. For the better, the cardboard factory has risen, and I will rise accordingly-other auxiliary materials, and the increase in costs caused by power outages, I will bear it first.

Of course, there is also such a more "hard" unwritten notice.

Here comes the problem. In the context of power rationing and production shutdowns and sluggish orders for downstream terminals, terminals will inevitably be forced to bear the pressure of rising costs across the board. Does this work?

Obviously, not all of them are bought. As Nine Dragons’ six major bases issued further price increases, when more paper mills are ready to move, should cardboard and cartons continue to pass on costs? Can only say that it is difficult!