Facing overcapacity in their usual markets, the two big North American manufacturers of coated paper have launched uncoated products made on machines designed to produce coated papers. The products enable them to keep their low-cost machines running without oversupplying coated markets further.
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Quebecor World's new chairman is a deal maker who led massive consolidation in the printing industry when he was at Donnelley and other companies. So what is Quebecor up to?
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"In the past, when I gave speeches to those about to enter the workforce, I talked about dress, tattoos and body piercings. Little did I visualize the day would come when there was an even more cautionary and important message to be told..."
"If our schools are not turning out students which want to work in our mills, a serious disconnect exist between the donors and the industry needs. The first thing to disappear will be the donors, but in the long term, the industry will suffer."
U.S. pulp mills participating in the black-liquor program are accepting environmental-incentive money for doing something that does nothing for the environment. But don't blame the mills.
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A creditor and a stock analyst are second-guessing Quebecor World’s decision to spurn R.R. Donnelley's acqusition attempts. Did Quebecor's board look out for the interests of "entrenched management" rather than of the creditors?
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PEFC, as an environmental NGO promoting the sustainable management of the world's forest, seeks to clarify questions surrounding the PEFC Chain of Custody certifications in Indonesia.
1. There are no PEFC-certified forests in Indonesia as there is no PEFC-endorsed certification system operating in
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Makowhiteness Ratings offer a novel way to bring value to paper whiteness by providing a standardized measurement that is clearly understood by consumers at the point of sale. The system is currently being test marketed in a low cost way.
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"In the past few months, black liquor subsidies to U.S. pulp mills have become a particularly contentious issue. Canadian pulp mills say their U.S. counterparts are receiving a tax credit that equates to an unfair competitive advantage."
Here's one for the No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Department: Prominent companies that were trying to promote recycling instead ended up publicizing a telephone-sex outfit offering hundreds of "hot, horny girls . . . who love nasty talk."
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R.R. Donnelley announced late today that it is giving up, for now anyway, on its efforts to buy rival printer Quebecor World. But what does Donnelley mean by saying it will pursue "other strategic initiatives"?
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Makowhiteness has recently released a Newsletter describing the export volumes of Optical Brightener from China and India over the period 2002 to 2007. It can be seen that the volumes have increased rapidly from 2004 onwards and that China has increased more rapidly in exports than India over the s
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Printing giant R.R. Donnelley sweetened the pot today in making another offer for rival Quebecor World. Donnelley said it would kick in another $100 million in cash and help pay for QW’s financing costs until the deal is closed.
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Market Harborough-based Collins Scott Marketing (CSM) is offering a full service package for companies who are either looking to embark on new marketing and communication initiatives, as well as those seeking to establish new business contacts and inform wider markets of their service offerings.
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As rumors swirled the past couple of days that Quebecor World's creditors committee had rejected R. R. Donnelley's acquisitive advances, it became clear that Donnelley's plan may have a fatal flaw.
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Market Harborough-based Collins Scott Marketing (CSM) is offering a full service package for companies who are either looking to embark on new marketing and communication initiatives, as well as those seeking to establish new business contacts and inform wider markets of their service offerings.
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Each month, PaperMoney offers "The View from Europe" from Professor Jorge A. Vasconcellos e Sá. Currently, Vasconcellos is writing a series on questions that Drucker would ask about the crisis.
Less than two months ago, we polled readers about where they expected prices for 40# #5, then at $900/ton, to be in July. Most of the voters (including me) have already turned out to be wrong: Though it hasn't released its full report yet, RISI has revealed that its 40# index for May was $810.
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(UK) Global leaders of the forest products industry meeting today in London sounded a warning that governments efforts to offset the environment challenges and economic crisis facing the world today may have the perverse impact of exacerbating the problems...
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(USA) Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global manufacturer of industrial textiles and rolls used primarily in the paper production process, today announced the appointment of David G...
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