Aug 18, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. The new prices will be $770 in the North American market and $730 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 traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Pope & Talbot was founded in 1849 and produces market pulp and softwood lumber at mills in the U.S. and Canada. Markets for the company's products include the U.S., Europe, Canada, South America and Pacific Rim countries.