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July 11, 2023
Do Mills That Grow Their Own Forests Have an Advantage?
Within the pulp and paper industry, there are either mills that grow their own forests to produce pulp or mills that...
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June 20, 2023
State of the Industry – Key Issues and Trends in Today’s Pulp, Paper and Tissue Industry
TAPPICon 2023 was held earlier this year in Atlanta, Georgia from April 22-26. This year, Fisher International’s Nancy...
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July 11, 2023
Do Mills That Grow Their Own Forests Have an Advantage?
Within the pulp and paper industry, there are either mills that grow their own forests to produce pulp or mills that buy the wood from the market. In...
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June 20, 2023
State of the Industry – Key Issues and Trends in Today’s Pulp, Paper and Tissue Industry
TAPPICon 2023 was held earlier this year in Atlanta, Georgia from April 22-26. This year, Fisher International’s Nancy Hasson, Director of Business...
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June 13, 2023
US OCC Prices Are Now Lower Than Contract – What Does It Mean?
Over the last several months, an interesting flip has occurred in the OCC market. Prices for OCC bought on the spot market are now lower than those...
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June 01, 2023
2023 Brings More Pulp and Paper Mill Closures – Do You Have the Right Data?
Toward the end of the first quarter, Pactiv Evergreen announced that its Canton paper mill is slated to close by June 2023. This came as a surprise...
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May 17, 2023
Are You Up to Date with the Latest Pulp and Paper News?
In partnership with MarketIntel News, FisherSolve™ provides one of the most extensive paper industry news services. Subscribers receive daily emails...
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May 09, 2023
How to Navigate Supply Chain Issues in the Pulp and Paper Industry with Fisher International
At the end of last year, Moody’s Analytics put out a list of the top 10 supply chain risks that companies face. These included:
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April 21, 2023
Major Occurrences in the Pulp and Paper Industry: 1Q2023
1Q Pulp and Paper Market Trends European and North American pulp prices decline – During the first quarter of 2023, one important market trend we...
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April 18, 2023
Pulp and Paper News: Top Industry Headlines of the Week
In partnership with MarketIntel News, FisherSolve™ provides one of the most extensive paper industry news services. Subscribers receive daily emails...
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March 20, 2023
Is Your Company Positioned for Profitability as We Sit in Economic Uncertainty?
The economic calamity of the last three years has been painful in many respects. Businesses worldwide have undergone serious stress and we’ve all...
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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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August 09, 2021
Maine’s New EPR Fee Could Set Precedent for Packagers
On July 13, Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation into law making the state the first to require ...
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August 02, 2021
Stora Enso's Mill Closures Raise Questions for Uncoated Woodfree Producers
The ground continues to shift across Europe as demand patterns in the uncoated woodfree segment have driven manufacturers to make some difficult...
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June 10, 2021
After Investor Purchase, Whakātane Mill Will Remain in Operation
In March of this year, Bay Plenty’s Whakātane mill announced that it was expecting to shut down after nearly 80 years of operation due to the mill’s...
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June 09, 2021
Can Semi-Chemical Pulp Give Chinese Containerboard Producers a Boost in Flexibility?
Lee & Man Paper recently placed an order with Andritz for a semi-chemical pulp production line for its mills in Dongguan, Guangdong Province and...
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June 07, 2021
Ocean Freight Rates are Skyrocketing, What Does This Mean for Global P&P Producers?
In the first quarter of 2021, the container freight market shocked the global logistics industry with soaring prices that have yet to abate....
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June 01, 2021
Suzano’s New Pulp Capacity Poised to Redefine Global Pulp Market
Suzano, a Brazilian pulp and paper company that specifically deals with eucalyptus sampling, has recently announced plans to build a new pulp mill in...
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May 26, 2021
With Domtar Acquisition, Paper Excellence Expands Presence in NA Market
The post-COVID global landscape continues to shift in a number of new directions within the pulp and paper industry – some expected, some unexpected....
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May 19, 2021
Malaysia Pulp Project Expected to Increase Profit per Ton of Paper
At the beginning of March, Zhejiang Jingxing Paper answered questions during a conference call with analysts on pressing issues including the...
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May 13, 2021
In Wake of China's RCP Ban, NA Recovered Paper Exports Find a New Home
Global trade flows of RCP have been affected by China’s ban on imported RCP and structural changes to the segment that have taken place in recent...
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April 28, 2021
Soaring Demand Stresses Corrugator Capacity, Drives Price Spike
Over the course of the last year, we have seen the emergence of a number of unexpected developments occur within segments across the Pulp & Paper...
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April 27, 2021
Escalating Pressure for European WFU Producers Raises Essential Questions
The ground continues to shift across the EU as demand patterns in the woodfree uncoated (WFU) segment have driven manufacturers to make some...
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April 22, 2021
Are Global Corrugators Positioned to Reap Growth Opportunities?
Global containerboard capacity has increased rapidly over the past 2 years. With the increase in at-home deliveries combined with strong...
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April 14, 2021
Top 5 Blog Posts from 1Q2021: Did You Miss Any of Them?
The Pulp & Paper industry underwent some significant changes in 2020 – some expected, some unexpected – but the industry as a whole emerged from a...
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April 08, 2021
PulPac Accelerates Commercialization Process of Dry Molded Fiber Technology
Amid a global trend in plastics reduction, alternatives to disposable non-degradable plastic packaging such as pulp mold, degradable plastics and...
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March 31, 2021
Market Pulp Price Surge: What’s Driving Prices Higher?
Market pulp is a critical global commodity within the pulp and paper industry. As such, market pulp is a constant fixture in global trade flows...
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March 23, 2021
Is Nylon Creating Unexpected Impacts in the Paper Industry?
2020 will go down as a year defined by a series of unusual and unprecedented events — from the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic (and the...
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March 17, 2021
2020 FAO Report Highlights State of Global Forest, Pulp & Paper Markets
The 2020 edition of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ...
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February 26, 2021
Whakatane Mill Expected to Close After Nearly 80 Years of Operation
Bay Plenty’s Whakatane mill is expected to shut down after nearly 80 years of operation, which unfortunately, is not surprising due to the mill's...
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February 22, 2021
Do You Know How to Fix What’s Slowly Killing Your Company?
Robust, competitive markets force participants in those markets to learn how to serve their customers in more efficient, cost effective ways, or else...
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February 18, 2021
China’s Paper Industry is Well Positioned in New RCEP Trade Agreement
On November 15, 2020, the 10 member countries of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,...
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February 11, 2021
Spike in Frozen Food Sales Creates Strong Demand for Paper Products
The global COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way we have gone about everyday life over the last 10 months… and counting. Some of these changes will...
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December 09, 2020
China’s Paper Industry Boom: Leading Enterprises are Speeding up Development
Under the influence of supply side reforms and trade friction, China’s paper industry is undergoing a period of intensified competition that is...
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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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December 02, 2020
More R&D Activities Open Up Lignin’s Feedstock Potential
Lignin is expected to play a significant role as a new chemical feedstock particularly in the formation of supramolecular materials and aromatic...
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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 14, 2020
Sustainability Initiatives Making Headlines in September
Over the last month, the global forest products industry continued its goal to help drive a more sustainable approach to resource management and...
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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 17, 2020
AF&PA Highlights Remarkable Sustainability Progress of US Paper & Wood Products
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) recently released its 2020 Sustainability Report, highlighting the paper and wood products industry’s...
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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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June 16, 2020
Life After COVID-19: China Pulp & Paper Focused on OCC, Plastics Bans
It’s been a handful of months since the spread of coronavirus started in China. And though the pandemic crippled Chinese markets early on, the...
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May 19, 2020
7 Ways the Pulp & Paper Industry Has Helped Fight COVID-19
Despite the hardships and sadness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a sense of community, compassion and empathy has shone through around the world.
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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 13, 2020
Australasia Spotlight: Chinese Woodchip Imports & Supplier Trends
This post originally appeared on Forest2Market's Market Watch blog. Hardwood chip deliveries to China fell to their lowest quarterly total in two...
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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 30, 2020
Australian Wildfires: Impacts to Forest Products Industry
This post originally appeared on Forest2Market's Market Watch blog. The extent, ferocity and impact of the 2019-20 wildfire season in Australia will...
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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 31, 2020
Are We Really Running Out of Toilet Paper During Coronavirus Crisis?
For the last several weeks, consumers around the world have been faced with empty store shelves when looking to restock toilet paper. Has the...
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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 Updates: Fisher Experts Detail Global Coronavirus Impacts
The novel coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19, has sent the world into a frenzy. Stock markets are a daily rollercoaster, supermarkets are a daily venue for...
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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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March 11, 2020
Foreign Pulp & Paper Investors Are Flocking to North America
Foreign ownership of North American pulp and paper mills has more than doubled since 2007. While the biggest share in ownership in 2007 was held by...
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March 10, 2020
Toilet Paper & Coffee Cups: COVID-19 Continues Shake-Up of Paper Industry
The continuing spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has taken its toll on financial markets, major gatherings, and individual industries.
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February 27, 2020
How Coronavirus Could Impact Pulp & Paper Demand
Coronavirus outbreaks have developed across the globe. Countries like Italy and China have instituted blockades and quarantines to prevent the spread...
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February 21, 2020
How Strikes, Regulations, Disasters Impact Pulp & Paper Supply Chains
The pulp and paper industry enjoyed a collective sigh of relief earlier this month when the Finnish paper workers’ strike reached a resolution.
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February 11, 2020
5 Predictions for Global Pulp & Paper Industries in 2020 (and Beyond)
Fisher International has spent considerable time over the last 35 years tracking trends coming over the horizon and predicting where they will take...
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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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February 04, 2020
Coronavirus’ Impact on China’s Paper Industry Still Unknown
The coronavirus has spread from the Chinese city of Wuhan around the world. Hundreds of people are dead, thousands have fallen ill, and millions are...
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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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