Paper Outlook — Another Notch in the Market's Belt

McCready predicts consolidation will bring efficiencies to paper producers, such as helping to rid the industry of redundancies and inefficient machines. "It may or may not reduce price volatility; it depends on just how consolidated the market becomes." Still, some printers have concerns as to how consolidation will affect them in the future. "Fewer mills will obviously mean changes in the future. It is my hope that quality standards are not compromised," warns Debbie Creel, CFO of Las Vegas-based Creel Printing.