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Paper forum

Unfolding

paper’s fUtUre

The sometimes shocking rise in paper prices is a subject that has fired up

many in our industry. A forum in London later this year aims
to explore why this rise is happening

he impact of higher will increasingly be switching this year. Organised by BOSS n Understand the impact of
paper prices on profit their focus to renewable sister organisation the BPIF escalating raw material costs
tmargins is an issue you sources, both for the energy and National Association of on existing business models
as an office supplies dealer are they need in production and for Paper Merchants (NAPM), the in both paper merchanting
all too familiar with. But are you alternative wood products they BPIF-NAPM Paper Forum will and print manufacturing;
aware of the bigger picture? need as raw materials. That’s bring print customers, print n Learn how these models will
Did you know, for example that, good for the environment, but manufacturers and paper need to adapt to cope with
strategic shifts in the global partly because of development and office product suppliers the new environment; and
forest fibre sector are about to costs it inevitably means that together for the first time n Discover how office product
make this issue far more acute price pressures will continue to to examine the longer term suppliers and merchants
than it already is? be a major concern for anyone outlook for the cost of paper, can work together to
We don’t want to sound who buys paper or print media. and what this will mean for offset these pressures
pessimistic, however, so let This whole issue will be your business. by cutting supply chain
us explain. With worldwide the main debating point The forum aims to help costs, streamlining
population set to grow by 30 for a new conference due office products suppliers and procurement and making
per cent by 2030, papermakers to be held in London later others: distribution more efficient.

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