Q1 Paper Outlook — Market Taking Stock

Could the answer to paper supply and price concerns be found in an industry standards initiative called papiNet? Quad/Graphics is among the major North American printers investing time and money to find out.

The stated goal of the group is to facilitate the real-time exchange of information—system to system—between buyers, sellers and distributors of paper and broader forest products. The methodology being pursued is implementation of XML-based, global electronic business transaction standards.