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Avatar Posted by newshound (Press Release/Editorial)
Category: Appointments / Retirements / Layoffs
(USA) Weyerhaeuser has announced that the board of directors has elected Charles R. Williamson, 60, to become non-executive chairman following the planned retirement of Steven R. Rogel, 65, on April 15... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://www.abc.net.au)
Category: New Projects / Mill Closures
(Australia) Tasmanian timber company Gunns has expressed confidence in its proposed Tasmanian pulp mill, even though the project has again been delayed. Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett refused to approve Gunns' plan, saying more environmental studies... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://www.vocm.com)
Category: Company Specific News
(Canada) AbitibiBowater says it is not deliberately diverting orders for newsprint from its Grand Falls - Windsor newsprint mill which it will close permanently at the end of March... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://www.ptleader.com)
Category: Company Specific News
(USA) The Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s pulp and paper mill reopened after a 10-day closure Monday, bringing 275 county residents back to work. Paper machines No. 1 and No. 2 were back to producing pulp and containerboard, while maintenance crews fixed pipes and other problems... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://www.abc.net.au)
Category: New Projects / Mill Closures
(Australia) Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has announced he will not approve the mill until there has been a longer-term study into potential impacts from the mill's discharged effluent... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://business.timesonline.co.uk)
Category: Business / Economy
(China) China’s vast manufacturing sector, the driving force behind the country’s celebrated economic growth story, is on the brink of technical recession as order books run dry and once humming factories fall silent... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (Press Release/Editorial)
Category: Recent Deals
(USA) American Greetings has agreed to purchase Recycled Paper Greetings. Recycled Paper is a Chicago-based preeminent creator and designer... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://thechronicleherald.ca)
Category: Company Specific News
(Canada) Contract talks are to begin soon at a Liverpool-area newsprint plant where workers are already in the midst of a five-week shutdown. "I don’t see the battle to be for improvements... read more »
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Avatar Posted by jthale (http://www.nipimpressions.com)
Category: Blogs / Columns
It is a time of change in many industries, including pulp and paper. What are you doing to ensure your future?

Begin by reading Nip Impressions, this week and every week.
http://www.nipimpressions.com read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://www.business-standard.com)
Category: Business / Economy
(India) “We have been running our paper mills at 100 per cent capacity and our price realisation has been stable. However, with lower GDP growth, an impact on demand would be felt. Still, certain categories within the paper segment, such as coated and photocopier paper will continue... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://cep-tyee-local-686.blogspot.com)
Category: Everything Else
Know how can we who rely so heavily on the Pulp & Paper Industry for our livelihoods as well as those who wish to choose a more environmentally friendly alternative help support the " 2009 Buy Paper " Campaign... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://www.smh.com.au)
Category: Price Movements
(Australia) The price of toilet paper is not generally top of mind, so most consumers would not have realised that cheap imports from China and India - most of them parcelled up into the Select brand for the Woolworths and Safeway supermarket chains... read more »
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Avatar Posted by newshound (http://www.business-standard.com)
Category: Export/Import/Cess/Duties/Taxes
(India) In view of the global meltdown, the Asian paper market has become very vulnerable and major players in Indonesia and China are all set to push large quantities of coated and uncoated wood-free grade paper into the Indian paper market.... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minhr (http://www.forbes.com)
Category: Business / Economy
Lumber and paper products companies faced two challenges in 2008, soaring energy costs in the first half, and sinking demand for their products in the second, which sent shares tumbling for the year. Share prices tumbled an average of 66.2 percent among companies that produce... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minhr (Press Release/Editorial)
Category: Recent Deals
(South Africa) Sappi, the leading producer of coated fine paper and chemical cellulose, has announced that it had completed the acquisition of the coated graphic paper business of M-real, a Finnish board and paper manufacturer... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minhr (http://www.times-standard.com)
Category: Company Specific News
(USA) A potential buyer of the Samoa pulp mill made an impromptu appearance before regional water officials Tuesday to ask for a little more time to put together a deal before a lien is imposed for past due water bills. read more »
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Avatar Posted by minhr (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Finance / Stock Market
(India) Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its rating outlook on Ballarpur Industries to negative from stable while affirming its 'BB-' long-term corporate credit rating... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minhr (http://www.bclocalnews.com)
Category: Business / Economy
(Canada) Can someone please explain to me why the possible loss of jobs in the ailing Canadian auto industry is immediately considered a catastrophe worthy of government life-preservers worth almost $4 billion when our forest industry has been suffering a slow death for years... read more »
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