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In a world of uncertainty, the one thing supply chain professionals know for sure is that planning needs to adapt to a rapidly changing landscape. Our panel of leaders discuss [...]

Byline: Steve Farrell It's the image that defined prelockdown panic-buying: a shopper pushing a supermarket trolley brimming with toilet rolls. So severe was the stockpiling, with shelves stripped bare, toilet [...]

The roofing and construction market is the largest durable market for nonwovens, and companies that do business in the segment can think positive. Despite a 2% slip in U.S. housing [...]

The paper industry has been suffering from a supply demand imbalance that has dramatically increased prices. The cost or pulp has risen from $390 per metric ton in 1993 to over $900 per metric ton. However, operating rates have been increasing since 1994 and the outlook is for prices to rise at a slower pace through 1997. A buyers market will not reappear for the foreseeable future as paper capacity is growing at under 1%., Inflation may be under control, but don't try to tell that to buyers of paper and paper packaging. More to the point: The combination of rising demand and relatively small [...]

P&G posts profits, lowers forecast Procter & Gamble (P&G) said that profits in the April-June period jumped 15%, but it also gave a disappointing forecast for the current quarter. The [...]

As the rubble of the recession is cleared away, the path that lies ahead for major U.S. industries is slowly becoming visible through the clouds of pessimism that blanketed the […]

Globally, the personal wipes market stood at $5.8 billion in 2008, growing by a healthy 8% on 2007 despite the difficult economic conditions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eastern Europe and Latin America, [...]

Last Year was supposed to be the year in which growth was sacrificed to stamp out inflation. With inflation beaten out of the danger zone, the theory went, then business [...]

A bumpy ride yields a stable market After three roller-coaster years of fluctuating paper costs - rapidly rising in 1994 and 1995, then falling last year due to inventory build-ups [...]

THE RECENT STEEP increases in the cost of paper, which are expected to continue through much of the year and maybe into 1996, are causing great concern among publishers--and are [...]

What a difference a year makes. Last year, paper manufacturers were discussing the problems of getting through an extended period of slow economic recovery. This year, they're hearing good news [...]

There's no question that electronic imaging and data storage systems are slowly eliminating the role paper plays in these areas. But this does not mean that paper is about to […]

Byline: JIM TIERNEY Spot prices for paper increased in 2010 by an average of about 20% for most coated groundwood grades. That's a significant hit to mailers, says Dan Walsh, [...]

The North American newsprint market continued to deteriorate in March. Consumers still have the upper hand, as newsprint mills have been unable to slow the pace of production to match [...]

While newsprint consumption in the U.S. fell year-over-year by 11.5% overall and 7.1% for daily newspapers inJanuary, the news was not all bad. According to statistics released today by the [...]

There's more money to be made in recycled paper in 2005, both for the generators and processors, an industry expert predicts. A fairly steady 2004 will give way to some [...]

Most Missouri publications reporting their recycled paper usage exceeded a state goal of using at least 50 percent recycled content paper. Eighty-five publications in the state reported their recycled paper [...]

Less than half of all paper made in the U.S. is going into landfills for the first time. Paper recovery hit an all-time high of just more than 50 percent [...]

(With graph: Sorted office paper Ontario/Western N.Y.): A GROWING OFFICE: Sorted office paper prices have increased significantly since the end of 2003. Markets have jumped as high as $135 to [...]

Prices for a benchmark recycled fiber grade could double by next summer as overseas demand for used fiber continues to grow. China has several new paper machines coming on-line in [...]

Recycled paper supplies could remain soft into next year, according to a major player in the market from mid-America who attended last month's Waste Expo in Las Vegas. Why is [...]

TRANSACTION PRICE FORECASTS 2000 2001 Quarterly averages Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 FORECAST STEEL (dollars/ton) Hot-rolled sheet 327 335 287 242 222 Cold-rolled sheet 437 437 390 355 333 Galvanized [...]

Following is PURCHASING Magazine's outlook for 2001. We start with an economic forecast from Ann Millen Porter and then report specific forecasts for 100 major markets. The entire editorial team [...]

I feel stupid. I feel stupid because, in my lifetime, I have believed in folly and fable. I believed in the Tooth Fairy. I believed in the Loch Ness Monster. […]

The paperless society Wilfred Lancaster envisioned three decades ago is almost at hand For decades, high-tech pundits have carelessly attributed one of the central claims of the Information Age to [...]

Kenaf newsprint teeters on brink of death for the umpteenth time The owner of 90% of Kenaf Industries, which planned kenaf mills in Texas, Arizona, and, possibly, Spain, reported the [...]

Plastic containers are the fastest growing beverage containers, but cans still lead the pack, according to a study by the Freedonia Group, Cleveland, Ohio. Metal beverage containers accounted for 102.5 [...]

It's already possible to transmit most internal company information digitally, but talking to agents and suppliers outside your company too often relies on more old-fashioned ways of communication. In the […]

It was only a few years ago that people were genuinely enthusing about the 'paperless office'. The reality compared with the vision is laughable. We've come to accept that paper […]

Cut-size office paper consumption will double from 1996 levels by 2003 because of the use of office and home printers, says Boston Consulting Group. 'We hear forecasts that e-mail will [...]

PAGE Co-op general manager Chuck Berky told members in April that a further newsprint price decrease this spring was 'quite possible.' He says prices for the Wayne, Pa., purchasing cooperative [...]

Koch Industries $21 billion deal to buy Georgia-Pacific in November 2005 was a positive sign for investors in the paper and forest-product industry, since 1995 was the last year in which profits on paper and wood products were significant. One bullish sign is that the stocks trade much below their private-market values, suggesting that the sector is undervalued and hence stocks of paper companies seem to ready to bounce after years of sluggishness, with companies like Weyerhaeuser, Bowater and Smurfit-Stone emerging as winners.

The European paper stocks were the worst performing sector in 2005 and has had no pricing power for the last four years. The sector trades at roughly one times 2006 consensus estimated book value, which is 50% discount to the broader European market, compared to an historical average discount of 42%.

DALLAS -- As it marks its 90th anniversary, Kimberly-Clark Corp. is introducing a line of designer facial tissues. The new Kleenex brand tissues, which are slated to hit store shelves [...]

THE OUTLOOK FOR TEN INDUSTRIAL SECTORS The fuel that powers industrial growth-consumer demand-has become a scarce commodity this year. The slowing in the economy that was needed to dampen inflationary [...]

Paper prices are expected to rise throughout 1998, but at a slower rate than most industry observers had predicted. Although mill executives are pushing for a 20% increase, most analysts forecast 10% due to lower price inflation. Although the Asian economic crisis may have a negative effect on demand, the Western European, Canadian, and U.S. paper markets are expected to counteract any downturn., Office paper has held steady at $820/ton for almost three months, but the mill execs are fidgety. They want higher prices, and appear ready to act before the quarter ends. [...]