Will USA Manufacturing Ever Come Back?

Scary thought surrounding the pulp and paper industry is whether the production will return to normal times. Most think that manufacturing will see signs of life before 2012, but the industry will see more automation and more globalization of supply- good for companies – bad for employees. As the economy crawls out of recession and workers return to various factories and offices and homes begin to be brought – the forecast is for more paper (copies, invoices, acknowledgements, etc.) and more containers (more consumer units requiring corrugated container for packaging) demand. But, will China, India, Brazil and Russia fill the demand for paper?