Price increase may be on the horizon from high input costs, CEO says

摘要

in what could eventually turn into the first tisue product price increase in three years, KP Tissue's top executive recently said he expected an increase because of rising mar-ket pulp and input costs. The rising commodity prices, expected to continue over the "next few quarters," KP Tissue pres/CEO Mario Gosselin said, "will probably require a price increase in the mar-ketplace." Over the past year, BEK effective list picing in North America is up 5% and northern bleached softwood kraft is up to 13.8%, according to PPI Pulp & Paper Week.