Graphic paper demand Europe down
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Vietnam P&P production up!
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Record losses of Global Forest Products Industry in 2008TORONTO, June 24 /CNW/ - The Top 100 Forest, Paper and Packaging (FPP) companies from around the world saw net income tumble from positive $13.8 billion in 2007 to record losses of $8.0 billion in 2008, the first time this metric has been negative since 1996, the date PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) began the annual PwC Global Forest, Paper & Packaging Industry Survey. This year's survey shows that:
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China stimulus plans to push global Pulp&Paper?
LONDON, Jul. 23, 2009 (RISI) - Recent weeks have seen the first signs of a hoped-for trickle down effect on the pulp and paper industry from China's massive economic stimulus package.
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The 10 Most Common Paper-Purchasing MistakesI wrote recently that I was on the verge of publishing “the best article I have ever seen on paper purchasing” when Google’s robots disabled this blog. Here it is, from guest columnist Bill Lufkin, one of the country's top experts on paper buying.
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Chilean earthquake could cause pulp supply crisis and escalating pricesThe Chilean earthquake and resultant reduction in pulp supply comes at a time when pulp markets are already very tight with Chinese customers on allocation. The immediate impact is likely to be higher pulp prices leading to higher paper prices. NBSK pulp prices are already at US$890/tonne.
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Chile: To suffer from earthquake - forest products industry hit hardest
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How will extended elevated pulp prices affect the North American graphic paper market?
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Printed products - in or out of EU FLEGT?
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What, Exactly, Is Black Liquor? Just Ask the Tax ManIf you want to understand that once-obscure, now infamous pulp byproduct known as black liquor, you can turn to an unlikely source –- the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service.
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North American copy paper trends at home vs. the office – less paper, but far from paperless
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Paper producers gearing up for new expansion in China again!SHANGHAI, Mai. 21, 2010 (RISI) - Expansion, expansion and expansion, in almost all paper grades, was the word that was heard most in talks among industry CEOs and executives during the recently held Metso Summit at the Finland pavilion at the Shanghai World EXPO.
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Newspapers on paper or on the net?Digital newspapers have gained an increasing amount of ground and from an environmental perspective have been put forward as a better alternative to paper-based newspapers.
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RISI-Series: ICT – Killing paper off with a greener image? Part I
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RISI-Series: ICT – Killing paper off with a greener image? Part IILONDON, Mai. 24, 2010 (RISI) - Well, it looks like we have stepped on a hornets' nest.
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RISI-Series: ICT – Killing paper off with a greener image? Part III
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Groundwood Paper Greenhouse Gas Footprint Much Lower Than Freesheet PaperUncoated groundwood paper (such as newsprint, are made from mechanically ground wood pulp that contains impurities - i.e., everything that nature puts into the tree) has less than half the carbon footprint of uncoated freesheet paper (which are made from pulp that is "cooked" and chemically treated to leave them free of impurities) with the same purpose, a recent study by Canadian researchers suggests.
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Sappi combines Southern African paper and packaging businessesJSE-listed Sappi announced on Thursday that its Southern African unit would consolidate its paper and paper packaging businesses to strengthen its ability to meet customer requirements and to develop new business opportunities.
Sappi Fine Paper South Africa and Sappi Kraft would merge to become Sappi Paper and Paper Packaging South Africa, with Sappi Southern Africa CEO Jan Labuschagne to assume direct responsibility for this new division.
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Green toilet paper that is kind to your backsideEvery flush of your loo affects our environment and while low-flush toilets have helped some households save 35000 litres of water a year, it took an Eastern Suburbs man to tackle the toilet-paper dilemma.
Saved A Tree co-founder Damien Scarf, a Vaucluse resident, said global toilet-paper use destroys 27,000 trees every day but his company had found a way to make a loo roll without it costing the earth.
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California legislature looks to ban the bag California is poised to become the nation’s first state to ban single-use plastic and paper bags at supermarkets and convenience stores.
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Money to save for paper industry after research break-throughSwedish research company Innventia has developed a new tachnology that will result in a stronger paper with lower production costs and reduced raw materials consumption.
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Asia Pulp & Paper disappointed in U.S. Coated Paper Duty decisionAsia Pulp & Paper (APP), the leading exporter of coated paper from China and Indonesia, received today the lowest combined antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) margin among Chinese exporters, but is still disappointed with the U.S.
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U.S. announces duties on coated paper imports from China & Indonesia
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WWF’s announcement misleads users regarding true facts about sustainable forestry and print
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Sackkfraft Paper Machine Speed World Record at Mondi FrantschachItaly, Jan 10, 2011 - One month after having installed a new PMT SMARNIP® mini shoe press, the 4.5 m wide PM6 at Mondi Frantschach (A) has broken the speed world record of sackkraft paper machines, producing for over 24 hours in a row at 1002 m/min at pope-reel, in November 2010.
The successful cooperation between Mondi Frantschach and PMT Italia started in 2009 with the installation of a new M4 headbox and a new PMT shoe press on PM7, producing MG papers at a maximum speed of 450 m/min.
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Two Sides reports anti-Greenwash success18 January 2011, London, UK – Two Sides has achieved measurable success from its national campaign to educate major UK corporate companies such as Banks & Building Societies, Utilities and Telecoms about using misleading or factually incorrect environmental claims in their marketing message to promote lower cost electronic billing and services.
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Asia Pulp and Paper: why activists are wrong over destructive logging allegations
The paper giant has been accused by Greenpeace of destructive logging and green-washing. But campaigners are mistaken, says APP boss Aida Greenbury - the company is supporting REDD projects and putting sustainability at the centre of operations
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WWF launch new tool for paper purchases
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Research Shows Americans Still Prefer Print and Paper CommunicationsIf you prefer to read from paper instead of an electronic screen, you're not alone. According to a recent survey commissioned by Two Sides, the fast-growing non-profit organization created to promote the responsible production, use and sustainability of print and paper, 70 percent of Americans, including 69 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds, say they prefer to read print and paper communications compared to reading off a screen.
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Read your newspaper then use it to drive to workSony recently showed off a new bio-cell battery that breaks down paper in order to create power. This novel use of paper has the potential to change how we power devices in the future.
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In 2011, Ilim Group Produced Nearly 1.5 mln Tons of P&P Products in SiberiaOver the 12 months of 2011, OJSC Ilim Group’s mills in Siberia (the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk mills) manufactured 1,490,000 tons of pulp and paper products. This is 1.5% above the 2010 performance.
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10 Questions About Toshiba's No-Print DayIn a stunning display of greenwashing and ignorance, a U.S. branch of Toshiba has proclaimed October 23 National No-Print Day.
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China engineers digital vs. print showdownIf China succeeds in achieving one of its goals in the current five-year plan, 80% of its more than 1.3 billion residents will read books or periodicals by 2015.
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Mondi Syktyvkar Awarded EU Ecolabel for All Uncoated Fine Papers Produced at the MillMondi Syktyvkar in Komi, Russia was recently awarded the EU Ecolabel for all papers produced at the mill. The EU Ecolabel is a certificate issued by the European Union, which verifies the environmental profile of a product or service.
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Tropical Pulp Still a Long Way From Fiction in German Children's BooksA WWF-Germany survey of children's books found about 30 per cent of books contained significant amounts of mixed tropical hardwood fibres characteristic of natural forest destruction.
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