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How Is China’s Pulp and Paper Capacity Growth Affecting Global Markets?
China has spent years expanding its pulp and paper manufacturing base. But as new capacity continues to enter a market where supply is already...
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Why Are Wood Fiber Costs So High for European Pulp Producers?
European pulp producers face some of the highest wood fiber costs in the world due to a combination of constrained wood supply, growing competition...
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UPM and Sappi Graphic Paper Joint Venture: What It Means for the European Paper Industry
UPM and Sappi have signed a non-binding letter of intent to form a graphic paper joint venture, combining UPM Communication Papers with Sappi’s...
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Moneyball for Pulp and Paper: How Data-Driven Benchmarking Improves Mill Performance
If you've seen the film Moneyball, then you know it's a true story of how the Oakland A's transformed baseball by using data and analytics to...
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How to Maintain a Competitive Edge in the Evolving Pulp and Paper Industry
Recently, Saica Group announced it will acquire Schumacher Packaging's Polish subsidiary. This acquisition includes two state-of-the-art corrugated...
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European Pulp and Paper Industry Market Outlook
The European pulp and paper industry is currently at a pivotal point, encountering a mix of unprecedented challenges and promising opportunities. For...
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Wood Market Dynamics and the Impact on Pulp and Paper: Current Trends
The decrease in pulp prices we’ve recently seen may not be a temporary occurrence. We anticipate an excess of market pulp capacity in the near...
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10 Interesting Facts about the Current State of the Pulp and Paper Industry
A heightened sense of uncertainty continues to plague various aspects of our lives as global geopolitical trade flows and economic structures remain...
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Why Is Kraft Paper Demand Rising and Where Is it Heading?
Kraft packaging paper has maintained a roughly 4% share of all fiber-based packaging capacity since 2015, however, as of late, the relative share of...
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How the Transition to a Greener Economy Could Impact the P&P Industry
We now live in an era where the world has come to the realization that we cannot keep consuming our natural resources in the way we once did. As a...
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Pulp & Paper Industry Trends to Watch in 2022
The Pulp and Paper industry is booming and new innovations and trends are constantly emerging across multiple sectors. Within the past year, there...