Market Harborough-based public relations, marketing and research consultants Collins Scott Marketing, has announced the launch of a new service platform, which will enable clients and customers to obtain a full visitor report and breakdown on exhibitions and conferences, without leaving their desk.
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"Our industry associations have done a very poor job...at defending our business in the court of public opinion...It is as if a bunch of papermakers, otherwise macho beyond reason, are suddenly cowered when it comes to facing the public."
This is a story about an ex-supermodel, a messy and well-publicized divorce, a possible goof by The New York Times, and a major newsprint company that may -- or may not -- be on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Pity the Pacific salmon: It expends all its energy swimming upstream, then gets screwed and dies. Several North American papermakers know the feeling, as evidenced by several events this past week:
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"How much is spent every year by your storeroom on things they already have, but do not know where they are?"
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Leading independent paper merchant Premier Beswick, part of the Premier Paper Group, has sponsored employee Simon Bennett, who is undertaking an enormous feat for the Help for Heroes charity by trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, which is at a height of 5,585 metres.
"Day-to-day, we deal with such large numbers that they are essentially meaningless to us beyond being big, really big, even bigger, extremely big, and so big it makes my head spin.
The real meaning in the numbers becomes apparent and is best appreciated if we focus on one."
A decade ago, a prominent U.S. paper executive used to refer to Finns as "communists" -- until a Finnish company bought his firm. Now it's the Finns' turn to complain about America's paper industry, weak currency, and government subsidies.
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The huge black-liquor subsidy of pulp mills expired last week, but that isn’t stopping the U.S. forest-products industry from tapping taxpayers' money in other ways. More than 100 paper mills are registered for the new Biomass Crop Assistance Program, and some are getting federal stimulus money
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Every two weeks the Paperitalo team produces several charts tracking the Pulp and Paper Industry. This is one of our favorites, tracking the year-over-year performance of each member or the PM40. 2009 was tough on a lot of companies, but 2010 begins with a bit of hope.
"Learn how to juxtapose situations and see what you come up with. 99% of them will be junk, but it is the 1% that is the big payoff, and they can be a really big payoff."
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Two of America's largest magazine publishers, Time Inc. and Meredith, have reportedly joined forces to buy paper. The two companies issued joint requests for proposals to potential paper suppliers late last year, according to several sources.
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