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January 2007 Greetings to all and, may I say, Happy New Year! The turn of a new year is always exciting – ripe with potential and possibility. But when it comes to your publishing enterprise, you want to go into this year having qualified this potential, having identified these possibilities. To succeed in today’s competitive environment, you need to know what the year ahead will hold and be prepared for it. I’m here to tell you what the paper market looks like for 2007 – to help you understand the forces at work in this industry and to help you plan for the price fluctuations that will directly affect your publishing projects. After all, knowledge is power. I wish you a very successful and profitable year. Taking Stock Mills Announce Paper Price Decreases
I have good news for many of you as we head into 2007: Paper prices on select coated freesheet and groundwood papers are going down. You heard me right – down. There are two factors in today’s market that have conspired to bring us this New Year’s gift: high volume and low demand... What's on the Horizon? (January 2007)
2006 proved to be a flat year for the paper market in North America. Looking forward to 2007, I see the paper market continuing to remain flat and predict that this will keep prices somewhat stable for at least the first half of the year... Mill Round Up Stora Enso North America Accused of Price Fixing
On December 13, 2006, the U.S. Antitrust authorities announced that Stora Enso North America Corp. (SENA) had been indicted for its alleged anticompetitive conduct in connection with the sale of coated magazine paper in the United States in 2002 and 2003... International Paper Agrees to Sell 5 Wood Products Plants to Georgia-Pacific
International Paper has agreed to sell five wood products mills to Georgia-Pacific for approximately $237 million, subject to various adjustments at closing... Domtar Completes Sale of Norampac Interests
Domtar announced recently that it has closed the sale of its 50% interest in Norampac to Cascades. The net after tax proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce Domtar’s initial financing requirements to complete the transaction combining it with Weyerhaeuser’s fine paper business... Of Interest Experimental Xerox Copy Paper Erases Itself, Results In Temporary Documents On Reusable Paper
Xerox Corporation scientists have invented a way to make prints whose images last only a day, so that copy paper can be used again and again...
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