PAPER THIN
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
On the pricing front, mills announced yet another $3 per hundredweight (cwt), or $60 per ton, price increase across the whole grade spectrum, effective...
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Paper prices continue to climb
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
If you thought 2008 might bring relief from rising paper prices, think again: Industry watchers say reduced demand, several mill closures, along with rising energy and manufacturing costs, have rendered paper markets extremely tight....
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Print, Production, & Paper
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY JIM TIERNEY
Multichannel Merchant's exclusive 2007 Benchmark Survey on Print, Production, & Paper finds that catalogers have further embraced digital workflows, digital photography, and digital proofing....
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More pickup for price hikes
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
Unlike the current housing market of high inventory and falling prices, paper supply is going down and prices are heading up. Several mill closures and reduced demand are two key reasons why the cost of paper is escalating....
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Domtar Closing Mill, Paper Machines
Aug 8, 2007 11:21 AM, By Jim Tierney
Continuing the trend of paper mill closures, Domtar Corp. announced it would permanently close its mill in Gatineau, Quebec, along with its converting center in Ottawa, Ontario. What's more, Domtar plans to permanently close two paper machines, one located at its Woodland mill in Baileyville, ME, and another at its Port Edwards, WI, mill.
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TAKING STOCK
Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By JIM TIERNEY
If you waited until now to buy paper for your catalog, you might be in trouble. Prices have gone up, thanks mostly to mill closures and consolidation in the industry....
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Prices take another step up
Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
It's not a great time to be shopping for coated freesheet paper. Nine major paper companies Domtar, Sappi Fine Papers, NewPage, West Linn, Verso, PineBluff,...
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Paper Manufacturers Abitibi, Bowater to Merge
Jan 29, 2007 5:14 PM, By Jim Tierney
In a deal that will create the third largest public paper and forest products company in North America, Montreal-based Abitibi Consolidated and Greenville, SC-based Bowater today agreed to combine companies ...
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Time to Lock in Paper Supply Agreements?
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
As we roll into 2007, paper prices are holding steady or in some cases being discounted. But with mill inventories significantly down for this time of...
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Green Beings
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Sherry Chiger
Around the time that the trade press was following the cliffhanger-worthy passage of the postal reform bill in Congress (see our coverage on page 7),...
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Paper Prices Holding for Now
Oct 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
With the fall mailing season under way, paper prices appear to be holding steady a relief for catalogers after a series of increases earlier this year....
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Weyerhaeuser “Fine Paper” Division Merges with Domtar
Aug 23, 2006 5:04 PM, By Jim Tierney
Federal Way, WA-based forest products giant Weyerhaeuser Co. today announced plans to combine its “fine paper” business with Canadian paper products company Domtar in a $3.3 billion deal that will create North America’s largest manufacturer of uncoated freesheet paper. ...
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Paper Mills Say, Hike
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
At least two major North American paper companies, International Paper (IP) and Fraser Papers, have announced a $2.50 per hundredweight (cwt), or $50...
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Paper Prices Continue Climb
Jun 21, 2006 2:54 PM, By Jim Tierney
Prepare to spend more on your catalog paper: Wisconsin Rapids, WI-based Stora Enso North America has announced a $2 per hundredweight (cwt) increase on its Productolith, LumiArt, and Orion coated freesheets and all private-label web offset papers. This comes just a few weeks after International Paper and Fraser Papers, ...
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