Q3 Paper Outlook — Paper Thin Market

"The day after the price increases were announced, you could still source spot work just as aggressively as you could three weeks before it was announced," the materials manager reveals.

Orndorff is hesitant to make any predictions about the outlook for paper, other than to say that he believes prices will remain stable throughout the summer and it will continue to mostly be a buyer's market. That's assuming buyers behave sensibly.