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Enhance your understanding of the market with The Future of North American Containerboard: A Strategic View.
The Future of North American Containerboard: A Strategic View provides:
Volume 1 and Volume 2
This is a 2-part study. Volume 1 covers broadly defined topics including consolidation, current basis weight data, virgin versus recycled paper, current capabilities and apparent strategies, and the end-use perspective.
Volume 2 is an analysis of the converting side of the business, where changes in the manufacturing process chain, supplier ownership and alliances, innovative board combinations and customer requirements have altered the converting landscape more in the last five years than in the decades before 2010.
Table of Contents (Volume 1)
Get the latest on potential port strikes in Sweden and how they could affect pulp and paper trade in the region.
Learn about the future of housing as experts discuss market conditions, builder challenges and strategies for success.
Fastmarkets proposes to launch Nordic sawn timber export prices for selected European markets and grades, while discontinuing the PIX Sawn Timber FAS Finland indices. The PIX sawn timber FAS Finland indices have not been widely adopted by the industry and the new price assessments will offer more end-market-specific data for major European markets and will […]
Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for PIX Packaging GCC indices via an open consultation process between April 16 and May 14, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. Full details of the prices covered by this consultation can be found here. No feedback […]
Learn how timber imports affect the US economy regarding Canadian softwood lumber and future trade policies.
Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for the PIX Forest Biomass Finland price indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until June 12, 2025, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the […]
BEK pulp prices in Europe dropped $40/tonne in April, driven by US import tariff uncertainties and weaker demand in China.
Explore the current trends in the wood market as prices for framing lumber continue to decline amidst economic uncertainty.
Explore the latest trends in packaging prices in the GCC region, focusing on recycled fiber-based containerboard in April.
Fastmarkets has decided not to proceed with the proposed launch of inferred net prices for the PIX Pulp NBSK and PIX Pulp BHKP indices in Europe at this time. After assessing market feedback, Fastmarkets has determined that current circumstances do not make the launch of inferred net prices viable. Throughout this process, Fastmarkets has continued […]