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US and European Anti-Dumping Actions on Thermal Paper

The U.S. Department of Commerce will conduct an anti-dumping investigation on thermal paper from Germany, Japan, South Korea and Spain, which...

January 13, 2021

How the Rise in E-Commerce Has Facilitated the Value of Mixed Paper

The effects of the stay-at-home orders and lockdowns that were set in place at the beginning of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic have created a...

December 22, 2020

Pulp & Paper Industry 2020 Year in Review

Printing and Writing Papers For most of 2020, the pulp and paper industry experienced fluctuations in different segments due to the global COVID-19...

December 21, 2020

Fisher International’s Top 7 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2020

2020 has been an unprecedented year in more ways than we can count. In a year overwhelmingly dominated by headlines about COVID-19, global civil...

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...

November 19, 2020

US forest industry

US Forest Industry Performance for November: P&P Remains Strong

US forest industry performance in September and October was recently reported by both the US government and the Institute for Supply Management.

November 02, 2020

Does NY Plastic Bag Ban Open New Opportunities for Paper?

In late October, New York reinstated a statewide plastic ban that prevents any business or reseller (specifically those required to collect sales...

October 21, 2020

Finnish Paper Mills Outperform Their EU Peers in Energy Efficiency

The papermaking process and technology is uniform all over the world, so benchmarking against similar paper mills in other countries helps to...

October 16, 2020

Fisher’s Matt Elhardt Featured in TAPPI’s Inaugural Podcast

TAPPI’s Paper360o Magazine announced in September the debut of a new monthly podcast series: Better Together: Conversations with Innovative Leaders....

October 15, 2020

Fisher’s Pirita Huotari to Present at Specialty Papers Europe Conference

Fisher International is honored to be a part of the upcoming Specialty Papers Europe 2020 online conference that will run from October 19 – 21....

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,...

August 31, 2020

Data Reports Strong US Paper Industry Profits, Employee Wages

2019 was a banner year for pulp and paper and the entire forest products industry.

August 26, 2020

Fisher Expert Participates in Webinar on Asian Pulp & Paper Markets

Fisher International and Forest2Market business partner IndustryEdge has teamed up with The Australasian Pulp & Paper Technology Association (Appita)...

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...

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...

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...

July 13, 2020

Global Shipping Companies End Recovered Paper Exports to China

Recovered paper (RCP) shipments to China could cease before the end of 2020, with global shipping companies now rejecting shipments for delivery...

July 02, 2020

Amazon, HP Ditching Plastics for Sustainable Paper Packaging

The push for a more sustainable planet continued in June as both HP and Amazon announced major initiatives to cut down on the use of single-use...

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...

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,...

June 16, 2020

Paper Recycling

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...

June 04, 2020

Paper Recycling

Millennials Are Poised to Make Lasting Changes to Sustainable Packaging

(This article originally appeared on the Sustainable Forestry Initiative blog) Millennials are changing the way we look at the world in many...

June 03, 2020

Where Do We Go from Here? A Q&A with Fisher Int'l CEO Pete Stewart

Fisher International and Forest2Market President & CEO Pete Stewart recently participated in a Q&A published in the June issue of The Forestry...

June 02, 2020

Discussing the Past, Present, Future of the Tissue & Towel Industry

Toilet paper supply and demand has charged to the forefront of the pulp and paper industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mills have added shifts and...

May 22, 2020

Pulp & Paper News: Top Industry Headlines of the Week

The following is a collection of headlines from the week from FisherSolveTM Next news and other sources.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

March 26, 2020

FisherSolve™ Spotlight: Canadian Tissue Buying & Building in U.S.

This abridged article, which originally appeared in Tissue World Magazine, presents a static picture summary of Canada’s tissue industry.

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...

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...

March 05, 2020

Market Review Reveals Decline In Paper Demand, Increase in Pulp Production

The 2019 edition of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ...

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...

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.

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...

January 21, 2020

Paper Manufacturing

Three Reasons Why India's Paper Industry Hasn't Boomed

China and India account for more than one-third of the world’s population with India predicted to exceed China as the most populated country by 2024....

January 17, 2020