Paper down 440,000 tonnes, board up 60,000 tonnes, TCS prices for outcomes, Xerox print profit more than doubles — and 9 more | BPJ News
As demand shifts toward packaging, profit is beginning to split not by volume, but by pricing, energy, maintenance and delivery terms.
Demand is shifting from paper to paperboard, while Xerox doubled profit in its print division even as revenue fell. Disaster-preparedness stockpiles, outcome-linked pricing, AI purchasing, electricity and logistics costs are all shaking printers’ order books and investment decisions.
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Japan’s paper and paperboard market saw graphic-paper volumes fall while packaging board rose at the same time. Corporate earnings are increasingly shaped by Xerox’s cost improvements, Tata Consultancy Services’ outcome-linked fees and ZOZO’s AI-driven recommendations. Alongside power and wages, air-freight charges and waste-paper collection terms are beginning to determine whether factories make money.…
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