Q3 Paper Outlook — Waiting for the Rebound

But Tom Conley, vice president, general manager and co-owner of Professional Printers in Columbia, SC, believes that prices have indeed stabilized. "I am not sure how much lower they can go. The consolidation (among manufacturers) has helped to keep prices at today's levels. Can you imagine what the pricing would be if we still had the number of mills that we did five to six years ago?"