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November 18, 2021
Supply Chain Woes Begin to Pinch US Manufacturing Performance
Following a -0.5PP revision to August’s data (to -0.1 percent MoM), total industrial production (IP) fell another 1.3...
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January 21, 2021
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...
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November 18, 2021
Supply Chain Woes Begin to Pinch US Manufacturing Performance
Following a -0.5PP revision to August’s data (to -0.1 percent MoM), total industrial production (IP) fell another 1.3 percent in September (but +4.6...
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January 21, 2021
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...
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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...
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December 28, 2020
US Forest Industry, Manufacturing Finish the Year Strong
US forest industry and manufacturing performance in October and November was recently reported by both the US government and the Institute for Supply...
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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...
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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...
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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
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.
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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...
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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...
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October 20, 2020
Post-COVID Changes in Caustic Soda Sector Impacting Trade Flows
Chlor-alkali is an industrial process widely used to produce chlorine, caustic soda, and other chlorine and sodium derived/based products. The pulp...
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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....
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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....
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October 12, 2020
Major Chinese Paper Manufacturers Seek Lower Cost Destinations
Mirroring China’s larger economy, the country’s pulp and paper industry boomed from 2000 to 2018. While packaging production has remained stable over...
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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 16, 2020
Manage Raw Material Price and Plan for Success During Budgeting Season
Raw material price volatility is perhaps the single biggest enemy of successful budgeting for manufacturers. Extreme price volatility and market...
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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.
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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)...
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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 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 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...
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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...
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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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June 10, 2020
Paper Packaging Has Become Preference of Europeans, Survey Says
Two Sides Europe recently released the results of a survey that measured packaging preferences of 5,900 consumers in Europe. The results bode well...
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June 04, 2020
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...
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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...
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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...
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May 28, 2020
COVID-19 Driving Decrease in GHG Emissions & Energy Prices
This post originally appeared onForest2Market's Market Watch blog.
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May 27, 2020
United States Consumers Greatly Prefer Paper Packaging, Survey Finds
Two Sides North America recently released the results of a survey that measured packaging preferences of 2,000 consumers in the United States. The...
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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.
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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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May 05, 2020
COVID-19’s Potential Impact on Commercial Hand Towel Demand
As Dwight Eisenhower famously remarked: “In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
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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 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.
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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 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 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) ...
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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 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 21, 2020
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....
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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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