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We projected last fall that offshore newsprint exports in 2010 would increase by 20% (340,000 tonnes) to 2,040,000 tonnes. Now, five months later, it is very likely that exports will be even stronger... read more »
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Just when the wheels had fallen off the attempt to raise North American coated-groundwood prices, the wagon started rolling again today. NewPage announced a $30-per-ton increase on coated-groundwood (CGW) and coated-freesheet (CFS) prices to take effect on Monday. read more »
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Tharstern has produced a new brochure, highlighting its T4 Management Information System (MIS) business management solution for packaging and carton manufacturers.

The six-page brochure highlights the partnership between Tharstern and EskoArtwork, which has enabled them to share their respective read more »
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"We can now put a date on the beginning of the final gasps of the use of paper for communications purposes. It was the last week of February/first week of March 2010."

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Sometimes, fear is an appropriate response. Pulp buyers should be in fear right now. Pulp supply in the U.S. south has been slowed dramatically due to wet weather conditions. Now, we hear that eastern Canada also has weather problems (with warmer and wetter weather than usual) that will significant read more »
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Austrian-based specialist label papers and flexible packaging papers producer Brigl & Bergmeister has announced the appointment of Michael Sablatnig as its new Managing Director.

Sablatnig has 25 years extensive industry experience, having previously held the position of Chief Commercial Officer read more »
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"Some senior executives in our industry [took] big bonuses while their company prepared to file for bankruptcy. Sound familiar?...We can do little, if anything, about bad apples at the top, but we can certainly help clear up communications for everyone who works for us."

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The $6.5 billion in controversial black-liquor credits earned in 2009 by 21 publicly traded pulp and paper companies was far more than their total profit for the year. Exclusive analysis lists the black-liquor credits each company received from the U.S. government and its 2009 net income. read more »
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(USA/China/Indonesia) "Department of Commerce Preliminary Ruling Just One Step in Long Process": APP read more »
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Appleton Coated, NewPage, Sappi, and the United Steelworkers (USW) received the good news from the commerce department late yesterday. The full press release is helpful and available here at, News Release – 030210 – Trade Case FINAL . In summary… read more »
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Danny Williams, the premier of Newfoundland practically ran AbitibiBowater out of the province. The “Chavez of the North” promised union members and communities that the AbitibiBowater mills would never close. At the same time he was making those promises he was openly hostile to the company. This read more »
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Brussels, Belgium, – 2 March, 2010 – International Paper, the world’s largest paper and packaging company, has re-launched its PRO-DESIGN™ colour laser paper range, encompassing an increased product range offering, with new weights also being added.

A new 300gsm grade will become available from read more »
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"'IT', of course, being the be all and end all to electronic publication, wiping out pub papers in one final death knell."

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Company gets PEFC Certified to Offer Customers Assurance that Wood is from Legal & Sustainable forest in Russia

ST.PETERSBURG (2 MARCH 2010) – The first ever PEFC sustainable forest management certificate in Russia has been issued to Metsäliitto Podporozhye, PEFC announced today. The certificate read more »
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Jim's column this week begins: "I think a dismal view of the status and prospects for the world wide pulp and paper industry is an age related phenomenon." Find out why at

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