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sustainable market, there has to be higher prices for wood pulp. Buj with
heavy discounting of wood pulp on the market it will be tough to pass
along any significant price increase.
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DElNKlNG GRADES
As 1993 unfolds, deinking grades, primarily office grades, appear to be
the driving force for the industry. After office collection programs flooded
markets, over the second half of the year two things began to happen:
new deinking plants started to come on line, and a number of facilities
which historically used high-end grades started to use larger amounts of
“post-consumer” fibers. Collection programs pulled greater amounts of
material from office setting, delivering larger amounts of sorted white
ledger, sorted colored ledger, laser-printed computer paper, as well as
other grades such as coated books onto the market.
Initially, these grades found limited market opportunities. While tissue
mills continued to use some office stocks, stagnation of the markets were
seen. This situation continued for the first half of 1992.
While difficult markets appeared for deinking grades, greater interest
was beginning. Although much of the conversation looked at “testing”
these grades, enough interest sprang up that actual demand increased.
The result was end-of-year orders intensified. A number of packers and
brokers noted demand growing for office grades, especially a grade many
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