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We provide detailed transactional data, cost benchmarks and in-depth analytics for participants in the wood raw materials supply chain.
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From biomass suppliers in the Baltics to pulp producers in Brazil and TIMOs in the United States, Forest2Market provides products and services for suppliers, producers and other stakeholders in the global forest products industry.

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Pete Stewart

Pete Stewart founded Forest2Market in 2000 serving as the CEO and President, eventually acquiring Fisher International and Tecnon OrbiChem, and rebranding to ResourceWise in 2022 as the CEO. ResourceWise acquired Wood Resources International and Prima Markets in 2022 adding them to the ResourceWise portfolio.

Recent Posts

January 03, 2017
9 Predictions for Global Wood Consuming Industries (& the NBA) in 2017
My predictions for global wood consuming industries (and the NBA) in 2017: US pulp and paper producers will...
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August 30, 2016
Global Wood Consuming Industries: 2016 YTD in Review
At the end of 2015, I put together a list of predictions for global wood consuming businesses for 2016. While 2016 has...
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April 25, 2016
What Does It Take to Move Pulpwood from Western Russia to Scandinavia by Water?
As many of you know, Forest2Market recently started operating in Europe and western Russia. We have named the new...
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December 22, 2015
9 Predictions for Global Wood Consuming Industries in 2016
We'll be taking a break over the holidays. But not before we close the year with another list of predictions for wood...
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December 21, 2015
2015 Wood Consuming Industry Predictions: The Scorecard
In his blog post last December, Forest2Market president and CEO, Pete Stewart made ten predictions for wood-consuming...
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April 01, 2015
Wood Supply Chronicles, Part 2: The Unintended Consequences of Timberland Divestments
In the first part of this series, Wood Supply Chronicles, I highlighted three events that have changed wood supply in...
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March 13, 2015
Want to Know If Your Wood Costs Are Too High? Find a Peer Group
Are my wood costs too high? This is an age old question, often posed rhetorically. I am sure that all of us— from...
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January 22, 2015
Wood Fiber Supply Chronicles, Part 1: Divestment, Depression and Demand Create Bio-mess
In this series, I will discuss the difficult circumstances that consumers of wood fiber are facing. In this first post...
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December 22, 2014
10 Predictions for Wood Consuming Industries in 2015
We'll be taking a break over the holidays. But not before we close the year with a list of 10 predictions for wood...
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November 03, 2014
How Much Wood Supply Do I Need Under Agreement?
From traditional timberland leases to agreements between private owners that are guided by a strict legal contract, the...
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February 04, 2014
How Much of a Manufacturing Facility’s Wood Supply Should Be under Supply Agreement?
Every year, 25 million tons of wood move under supply agreements indexed to Forest2Market’s data and pricing. It’s no...
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July 30, 2013
The Real Threat to Forest Sustainability in the US South
There was a time, not long ago, when the largest threat to forests in the United States was widely believed to come...
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April 10, 2013
Lunacy Is to Think that Natural Systems Cannot Solve Humankind’s Problems
A response to "Wood the fuel of the future: Environmental lunacy in Europe," which appeared in the The Economist on...
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December 01, 2012
Housing Market Improves – Inventory Drying Up
Over the past two years, we at Forest2Market have pointed out the extreme housing overbuild that occurred during the...
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June 07, 2012
When Will the Skies Clear over Pellet Markets?
For what seems to be generations now, we have been talking about bioenergy. The threats; the opportunities; the...
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January 14, 2012
When Will the Recovery in Sawtimber Prices Start in the US South?
When will sawtimber prices start to recover? Many of our customers in the South– both buyers and sellers--have asked...
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October 21, 2011
Three Reasons Maine is the Northeast’s Best Bet for Industrial Pellet Investments
I recently returned to Charlotte from the Northeast Biomass Conference in Pittsburgh, where I delivered a presentation...
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