Oct 26, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Pope & Talbot, Inc. announced on October 25, 2007 a $20 price increase to its customers in North America and Europe until further notice. The new prices will be $870 in the North American market and $850 in Europe for its northern bleached softwood (NBSK) grades. Pope & Talbot is a pulp and wood products business. The company is based in Portland, Oregon, and trades on the Pink Sheets. Pope & Talbot was founded in 1849 and produces market pulp and softwood lumber at mills in the US and Canada. Markets for the company’s products include the US, Europe, Canada, South America and the Pacific Rim.