The Rosenthal mill in Germany
    
Mercer International said that it will extend a maintenance shutdown at its German pulp mill, Mercer Rosenthal, to cover the entire month of September 2026. Originally, the shutdown was scheduled for two weeks.

Mercer said that it is working with production, wood procurement, logistics, and pulp sales to coordinate this undertaking with customers and stakeholders.

Mercer Rosenthal produces a variety of wood-based products such as kraft pulp, tall oil and lignin. The mill site also operates Thuringia's largest biomass power plant (413 MW thermal / 57 MW electrical). This allows the mill to be completely energy self-sufficient while also feeding electricity into the public grid.

The Rosenthal mill, with about 400 employees, produces 360,000 tonnes of kraft pulp (NBSK) annually for paper and tissue production. With a focus on the European market, the site also serves international demand.

Mercer International is a global forest products company with operations in Germany, the United States and Canada, with consolidated annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes of pulp, 960 million board feet of lumber, 210,000 cubic meters of cross-laminated timber, 45,000 cubic meters of glulam, 17 million pallets and 230,000 metric tonnes of biofuels.

Source: Mercer International  Inc.