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September 27, 2021
NA Public Companies Own the Largest Share of Papermaking Capacity – So Why Have They Built Far Fewer New Machines than Private Companies?
In North America, publicly traded companies such as International Paper, Procter and Gamble, and Verso own the lion’s...
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December 07, 2020
Business Intelligence: The Least Expensive Source of Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Establishing a sustainable competitive advantage within your company is crucial to its success because without one,...
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September 27, 2021
NA Public Companies Own the Largest Share of Papermaking Capacity – So Why Have They Built Far Fewer New Machines than Private Companies?
In North America, publicly traded companies such as International Paper, Procter and Gamble, and Verso own the lion’s share of papermaking capacity....
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December 07, 2020
Business Intelligence: The Least Expensive Source of Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Establishing a sustainable competitive advantage within your company is crucial to its success because without one, it’s hard for any company to earn...
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November 23, 2020
Global or Local – Does Paper Mill Location Really Make a Difference?
Call it Sales 101: To better serve your market, recognizing and addressing your customers’ unserved needs while understanding direct and indirect...
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November 19, 2020
Using Market Trend Data to Become a Winning Analytical Company
When uncovering the foundational elements that ensure success for your company, it is important to keep in mind that knowledge is always power....
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November 10, 2020
China Promotes Transition from Coal to Gas Power; How Will it Impact P&P?
Per recent information published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) National Library of Medicine, coal has been the...
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October 01, 2020
A Business Relationship & Platform with a Singular Vision: Driving Customer Success
Understandably, global economic circumstances are at the forefront of daily business decisions right now—especially in the manufacturing sector,...
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September 03, 2020
Market Forecasts: Your Key to Effective Budgeting During Periods of Uncertainty
The economic downturn that has gripped the world since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an extreme degree of uncertainty, which is...
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August 25, 2020
A Technical Look at Pulp & Paper Fiber
Let’s take a very simplified and quick look around the Pulp World. Cellulosic pulps are comprised of basically the same materials, cellulose...
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August 12, 2020
Pulp & Paper Products Consume 50% of Harvested Timber in US
This post originally appeared onForest2Market's Market Watch blog. When it comes to the issue of managing America’s forests, environmental and...
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August 06, 2020
Washington Post Covers COVID-19 Impacts on Paper Industry; Cites Fisher Expert
From nosediving demand for printing and writing paper to soaring toilet paper sales, we at Fisher International have extensively covered the effects...
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August 05, 2020
Major European Player Enters North America’s Corrugated Market
It’s hard to argue there’s a need to be filled in the thriving North American corrugator market, but one major European producer believes a presence...
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July 27, 2020
Increase Sales, Efficiency with a CRM Built for Pulp & Paper
Pulp and paper professionals have been underserved by CRM (customer relationship management) suppliers. The loss in efficiency – to say nothing of ...
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June 24, 2020
How and Why Do Prices Really Move in the Paper Industry?
Standard economic theory holds that prices are determined by the intersection of supply and demand. As the theory goes, one only needs to understand...
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June 23, 2020
How to Maximize Your Use of Data to Make Smart Decisions
Quality data is fundamental for pulp and paper professionals when it comes to gleaning information about competitors, customers, and the marketplace,...
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May 18, 2020
Changes to Struggling P&P Segments Will Accelerate Under Pandemic
This post originally appeared on Forest2Market's Market Watch blog. Structural changes in markets are often caused by profound changes to the...
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May 14, 2020
How Much Energy Can Recycled Fiber Save Your Mill?
A large number of paper mills use recovered paper as a major source for fibers. It’s generally assumed that making paper using recycled fibers saves...
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May 11, 2020
Three Reasons Why Folding Boxboard is Growing Rapidly in Europe
There are four main coated paperboard products produced in North America and Europe:
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May 07, 2020
Toilet Paper Production & Its Impact on North American Forests
Toilet paper has stepped into the spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic. Either you have hordes of it, or you’re down to your final roll and...
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April 26, 2020
Three Ways to Use COVID-19 Data to Inform Pulp & Paper Strategy
In its continuing efforts to assist clients during this unique time in global history, Fisher International has fully integrated COVID-19 data into...
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April 16, 2020
Coronavirus to Alter Global Toilet Paper & Tissue Production
Thankfully, the toilet paper shortages seen during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic should be balancing in most places as the supply chain...
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April 16, 2020
Fisher International Launches Free Interactive COVID-19 Map
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised countless questions and provided very few answers about the future of the pulp and paper industry.
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April 14, 2020
How Accurate Data Intelligence Can Help Suppliers Survive Coronavirus
In a recent blog we discussed how the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have rewritten how the Pulp and Paper industry will function and...
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April 09, 2020
Forecasts Show Coronavirus Has Rewritten Strategy & Financial Targets
The Pulp and Paper industry is under a historical stress test right now. Coronavirus has infected every part of the industry as demand in some grades...
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April 03, 2020
Global Printing & Writing: Are More Storm Clouds Ahead Amid COVID-19?
Like most, I’m reading the daily updates about the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, and if anything is certain, it’s the uncertainty of the overall...
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March 23, 2020
How the Forest Industry Survives Down Markets, COVID-19 Crisis
Just two months ago, Americans watched cautiously from a distance as the COVID-19 contagion caused a nearly unimaginable scenario by upending China’s...
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March 18, 2020
COVID-19 Update: A Message from Fisher International CEO Peter Stewart
We hope that you and your families are staying well during these especially challenging times. We have been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19...
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February 10, 2020
FisherSolve Spotlight: Spain Facing Headwinds from Declining Population
Spain’s tissue business has been shaped by the economic challenges the country has faced since 2007. The great worldwide recession, which started 12...
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January 24, 2020
FisherSolve Spotlight: Indonesia’s Pulp & Paper Industry
Indonesia was once thought of as the Asian tiger of the paper industry as North American producers considered it a major threat with its low-cost...
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January 17, 2020
Pulp & Paper Business Cycles: Questions Executives Need to Ask
How can leaders in the pulp and paper industry (PPI) predict the next trend? The next expansion? The next recovery? Which ‘crystal balls’ of...
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August 31, 2019
Battery Ventures Acquires Forest2Market, Inc. and Fisher International, Inc.
Boston, Charlotte, N.C. & Norwalk, Conn. (August 13, 2019) – Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm, announced that it has...
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