Mercer International Inc. (MERC)
Pulp and lumber mills in Germany and Canada. Read November 8, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 77 of the 84 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
20%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
23%
Employees, annual report
3,545
Leading staffing pattern
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now20%
- End of 202723%
- End of 202823%
- End of 203024%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 74%
- Becomes checking a model's work 21%
- Handed over with lighter checks 4%
Mercer International states about 3,545 employees, 2,310 in Germany, 1,070 in Canada and 145 in the U.S., about 1,900 in its pulp mills read at pulp mills and 1,520 in its solid wood segment read at sawmills, engineered wood and other wood products by description.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 20% now, 23% at the end of 2027, 23% at the end of 2028, 24% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 24% desk work, 9% people work and 67% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 74% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 21% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
3,545 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 145 of about 3,545 employees work at U.S. locations; 2,310 in Germany and 1,070 in Canada.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employ approximately 3,545 people, of which approximately 2,310 work at our German locations, approximately 1,070 work at our Canadian locations and approximately 145 work at our U.S. locations.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills | 57% | Stated count (a): the pulp segment employs approximately 1,900 people at the Rosenthal, Stendal, Celgar and Peace River mills, with the about 125 not assigned to either segment inside, pulp mills, NAICS 3221, the SIC 2611 business. |
| Sawmills and Wood Preservation | 25% | Stated count (a) split by description (c): the solid wood segment employs approximately 1,520 people, most at the Friesau sawmill and the Torgau sawmill and pallet operations in Germany, lumber production, NAICS 3211, the segment's largest revenue line. |
| Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing | 10% | By description (c): the mass timber business making cross-laminated timber and glulam in Spokane, Washington and Conway, Arkansas, engineered wood products, NAICS 3212, within the solid wood segment. |
| Other Wood Product Manufacturing | 8% | By description (c): the pallet production at Torgau (5% of revenue) and the biofuel and manufactured products lines within the solid wood segment, other wood products, NAICS 3219. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 3,545 employees, 2,310 in Germany, 1,070 in Canada and 145 in the U.S.; the pulp segment about 1,900 and the solid wood segment about 1,520; the majority in both segments bound by collective agreements with unions and works councils; a Road to Zero safety program.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Sylvamo Corp (SLVM, 6,500 employees)21% now, 26% by 2028
- Mativ Holdings, Inc. (MATV, 5,000 employees)21% now, 25% by 2028
- Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM, 2,325 employees)21% now, 26% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
0 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing's text names AI in no sentence.
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20250median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 3,545 | 2026-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 3,580 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 3,508 | 2024-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 3,320 | 2023-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 2,415 | 2022-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 2,375 | 2021-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 2,295 | 2020-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 4,385 | 2019-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 3,680 | 2018-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 2,532 | 2017-02-10 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 2,518 | 2016-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 2,840 | 2015-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 2,906 | 2014-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 2,987 | 2013-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 2,973 | 2012-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 2,964 | 2011-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 1,455 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 1,515 | 2009-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 1,490 | 2008-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 1,469 | 2007-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 1,667 | 2006-03-16 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The solid wood segment's count is split among lumber, mass timber and pallets by description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-048855, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Mercer International Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 23% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Mercer International Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Mercer International Inc. employ?
- 3,545 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 4% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Mercer International Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 4 industry staffing patterns, the largest Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills; by those patterns the work is about 24% desk work, 9% people work and 67% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Mercer International Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 0 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on November 8, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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