Announcements of Thermal Paper Price Increase in 2018
At the beginning of 2018, we got worse news for thermal paper market. After few months of chemical and paper shortage since 2017, the critical situation stays unchanged in 2018. The short supply of leuco dye with increasing demand lead to higher cost for regular paper supply. The world thermal paper suppliers have announced the price increase one [...]
Blue Image Thermal Paper Rolls
Thermal paper was often described as paper with a chemical coating which will turn black when exposed to heat. It's true that black image thermal paper occupied the market. Actually, thermal paper could also be produced with blue image. Blue image thermal paper is a new choice to figure out problem of paper shortage and high price in [...]
The Palace Museum Cancelled Paper Tickets—Paper Demand is Down
The Palace Museum has cancelled the paper tickets since October 1, 2017. From October, all tickets will be booked online. And it doesn't need to print tickets before entering the museum. This is just one example recently. With the development of smart phone and mobile payment, paper tickets become a replaceable part of business. As a result, paper demand [...]
Connect Chemicals’ Temporary Shutdown
Date: September, 2017 Connect Chemicals has been shutdown temporarily for at least 3 months, while they are rectifying to meet environmental standards. China lanuched strict environmental inspection from 2016. The govenment shut down polluting factories, mines and processing facilities. For paper industry, they eliminated backward and excess capacity and shut down many small paper factories. This lead to capacity reduction [...]
Update: Global Thermal Paper Shortage in 2018
Background (Date: November, 2017): Connect Chemicals, the world's largest supplier of leuco dye chemical to make thermal paper, was shut down by China government due to environment reasons in September, 2017. China launched strict environment inspection from 2016. The government closed polluting factories, mines and processing facilities. For paper industry, they eliminated backward and excess capacity and shut down many small [...]
Why Thermal Paper Price is Increasing so Much?
Date: October, 2017 After decades of stable price, thermal paper situation has changed since 2016. Thermal paper price has been increased month by month, sometimes even week by week. Why does this happen? 1. Local environmental factor. To protect the environment, China lunched environmental inspection in 2016. They shut down polluting factories, mines and processing [...]
Thermal Paper Roll with QR Code
QR code stands for everything. It can be contact information, slogan, website address, mobile app. It's easy and convienent for business. For a resautant, we print QR code on the receipt paper. When customer got the receipt paper, they can scan QR code. It turns out a mobile order system. It's easy and quick to order next [...]