Introducing ResourceWise: A Unifying Brand for Forest2Market, Fisher International, and Tecnon OrbiChem
By: Forest2Market
Forest2Market, Inc., Fisher International, Inc. and Tecnon OrbiChem Ltd. are excited to introduce their unified brand, ResourceWise, to the market. The group of companies merged in 2019 and 2020 and continues to grow in 2022.
Wood Resources International Joins the ResourceWise Group of Companies
By: Forest2Market
ResourceWise, the newly formed parent company of Forest2Market, Fisher International and Tecnon OrbiChem, has acquired Wood Resources International (WRI). WRI is the publisher of Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ), a market report that tracks log, wood chip, lumber and pellet prices on a global basis.
Sanctions Against Russian Exports Will Permanently Alter the Global Trade of Forest Products
By: Håkan Ekström
Lumber trade flows changed almost instantly when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Trade sanctions and restrictions in financial transactions by Europe, North America, and major markets in Asia halted shipments from Russia and Belarus. In addition, exports from Ukraine were also disrupted. The total lumber exports from the three countries in the war zone were 34 million m3 in 2021.
Case Study: Demonstrating the Sustainability of a Working Forest
By: John Greene
To the casual onlooker, it seems counterintuitive that harvesting and utilizing trees could result in increased forest sustainability. At a granular level, we struggle to make the necessary connections that illustrate this process. But at a landscape level, this is exactly how the effective management of renewable natural resources and markets work in collaboration.
Locking Up Forests For Carbon Storage Not So Clear Cut
By: Nick Smith
Of the 193 million acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands, less than half (45 percent) are unreserved and available for forest management and timber harvest. The rest are either permanently set aside as Congressionally-designated wilderness areas or national monuments or are “inventoried roadless areas” where management is prohibitive.
Why Have Market Pulp Prices Continued to Remain So High?
By: Luis Sampaio
Market pulp is a critical global commodity within the pulp and paper industry. As such, it is a constant fixture in global trade flows because of its primary role in manufacturing numerous paper grades.
10 Interesting Facts About the Current Global Tissue Market
By: Matt Elhardt
Over the course of the last two years, a heightened sense of uncertainty has permeated our lives and the markets we depend on, though there are shimmers of light and reasons to be hopeful.
As Oil Prices Skyrocket, Will Delivered Wood Prices Follow?
By: John Greene
Historically, the supply and demand of logs and wood fiber is ultimately what drives the price of these products on the market, which is independent of fuel price. However, the cost of producing logs and fiber is not independent of fuel price, or the price of any other input that goes into generating these products; steel, labor, tires, oil, etc. all affect the cost of producing forest products.
Global Wood Pellet Trade Reached Record-High 29 Million Tons in 2021
By: Håkan Ekström
The world's thirst for renewable energy continues, and demand for wood pellets—mostly made from sawmill byproducts—is increasing. As a result, the total global wood pellet trade in 2021 was up 9% YoY to 29 million tons, 50% higher than in 2017.
CPI & Forest Products Sector PPI Continue to Expand
By: Forest2Market
Total industrial production (IP) rose 0.5 percent in February to a level that is 103.6 percent of its 2017 average. Manufacturing output increased 1.2 percent after having been little changed in each of the previous two months. Manufacturing output was restrained yet again in February by motor vehicles and parts, which declined 3.5 percent thanks to the continued shortage of electronic components.