Mercer International Inc. manufactures and sells northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) and northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) pulp in the United States, Germany, China, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Pulp and Solid Wood. The company produces and distributes pulp, electricity, and chemicals through pulp mills, and also manufactures and sells lumber, cross and glue laminated timber, finger joint lumber, wood pallets, electricity, biofuels, and wood residuals. In addition, it generates and sells green energy from biomass cogeneration power plants, and produces NBSK pulp from softwood, green energy using carbon-neutral biofuels such as black liquor and wood waste, tall oil from black liquor, wood pellets and briquettes, lignin, and provides wood procurement and logistics services. Its pulp products are sold to pulp markets and integrated paper and paperboard manufacturers, while lumber products are sold to national and regional distributors, large construction firms, secondary manufacturers, retail yards, and home centers. Mercer International Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.