Mercer International Inc's Business Segments

Mercer Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington. Its common stock is quoted and listed for trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (MERC) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (MERC.U).
We are one of the world’s largest producers of “market” NBSK pulp, which is pulp that is sold on the open market. Our size provides us increased presence, better industry information in our markets and close customer relationships with many large pulp consumers. We operate two modern and highly efficient mills in Eastern Germany and one mill in Western Canada and have our headquarters in Vancouver, Canada. We are the sole NBSK pulp producer, and the only significant market pulp producer in Germany, which is the largest pulp import market in Europe. We are able to supply the growing pulp demand in China both through our Canadian mill’s ready access to the Port of Vancouver and through our Stendal mill’s existing logistics arrangements. In addition, as a result of the significant investments we have made in co-generation equipment, all of our mills generate and sell a significant amount of surplus “green” energy to regional utilities. We also produce and sell “tall oil”, a by-product of our production process, which is used as both a chemical additive and as a “green” energy source.

The Company has three operating segments, the individual pulp mills that are aggregated into one reportable business segment, market pulp, due to the similar economic characteristics of the mills.