Avatar Posted by tony 12 hours ago (http://www.purchasing.com)
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(USA) World demand for printing and writing paper grades will show virtually no growth in 2008 and then show marginal expansion through 2010, according to a forecast by the Printing and Writing Papers Association. read more »
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Avatar Posted by tony 4 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
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(North America) How bad are things in the (print) newspaper industry? Don't ask. After another jarring 3.5% decline over the past six months, print-paper circulation will drop to about 50 million this year--the lowest level since 1946 (62 years ago). read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound 16 days ago (http://www.hindu.com)
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(India) The Indian government has said it would set up a high-level committee to look into the problems of the paper industry in the country's north-eastern region... read more »
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Avatar Posted by tony 16 days ago
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(USA) Increased use of scanners, PC networks, optical storage devices, e-mails and fax modems connected to PCs are heralding the change towards a paperless office. The consequences of these trends are forecasted to have a negative impact on pulp and paper industry and consequently decelerate... read more »
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Avatar Posted by zhao7 25 days ago (http://www.packaging-online.com)
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(USA) n its recently-released 48th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) states that the decline in recycled paperboard capacity last year followed a string of declines that began in 2001 and were particularly large in 2005... read more »
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Avatar Posted by zhao7 25 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
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(USA) When investors asked early last year when newspaper profits would start to improve, the answer from some industry analysts was, "Maybe early 2008." read more »
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Avatar Posted by zhao7 25 days ago (http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com)
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(Finland) Finnish forestry companies and paper worker negotiators have agreed on a wage deal for the next two-year period, lifting wages annually by about 4 percent, the industry federation and paper union informed recently... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound 29 days ago
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(USA) The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has urged the US Congress to approve the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) quickly. This important trade pact will benefit the U.S. forest and paper industry and advance the economic interests of both the U.S. and Colombia... read more »
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Avatar Posted by paperperson 32 days ago (http://www.canada.com)
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(Canada) The announcement that Nanaimo's Madill Equipment has gone bankrupt is just the latest set back in the province's beleaguered forest industry that has seen mills and jobs decimated in the Nanaimo-area and across B.C. over the past few years. read more »
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Avatar Posted by paperperson 32 days ago (http://business.timesonline.co.uk)
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(UK) Britain’s paper-bag industry is protesting against government plans to extend its proposed action against single-use carrier bags to include those made of paper, as well as plastic. read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound 36 days ago (http://www.theglobeandmail.com)
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(Canada) Newsprint is always going to be made because newspapers, we hope, will always be read. But for the companies that produce the newsprint, the future is far less certain - making any investment in AbitibiBowater Inc. only for the very brave. read more »
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Avatar Posted by zhao7 37 days ago (http://www.canadianbusiness.com)
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(USA) Moody's Investors Service says the global paper and forest products industry outlook is negative as it faces tight credit conditions. read more »
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Avatar Posted by tony 38 days ago
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(USA) The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its 48th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity in New York, NY. The Survey indicates that U.S. capacity to produce paper and paperboard edged down 0.6% in 2007 to 97.1 million tons... read more »
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Avatar Posted by tony 46 days ago (http://www.bizjournals.com)
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(USA) Across the Washington state, papermaking companies' profits are being squeezed by rising Chinese demand for a key feedstock: waste paper. Forced to compete against Chinese paper mills' voracious hunger for waste paper fiber, at a time of declining demand for newsprint... read more »
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Avatar Posted by paperperson 53 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
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(China) Chinese producers of diapers and toilet paper face rising raw-material prices, tighter regulations, increasing inflation and a general stock-market downturn. Still, the companies catering to Chinese bottoms are tops with many analysts. read more »
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Avatar Posted by zhao7 59 days ago
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(USA) World market for Paper Packaging Materials is forecast to maintain a CAGR of over 2.76% over the years 2001-2010 and reach in excess of 223 million metric tons by the end of the decade. While Containerboard constitute major part of the paper packaging materials, Cartonboard... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minhr 70 days ago (http://www.canada.com)
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(USA/Canada) Pulp-and-paper giant AbitibiBowater Inc. has said that the two-year downswing in North American newsprint demand is slowing and producers are determined to keep prices rising through mid-year... read more »
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