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Latest Blog Posts
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Which of These 4 Print-Related Giants Is Headed for Bankruptcy?
By Dead Tree Edition
USA, January 30, 2012 - It was one thing when weak companies like Borders and NewPage went Chapter 11 last year. But now the bankruptcy talk has spread to four print-related companies that once seemed invincible or eternal: the U.S. Postal Service, Barnes & Noble, Quad/Graphics, and Verso Paper. Are things really soRead More
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How to change the image of paper
By Annie Zhu, Associate Editor, Pulp & Paper International magazine
SHANGHAI, January 23, 2012 - For years the paper industry has been discussing how to communicate effectively with the public and to change the traditional image of the industry as forest damaging, polluting, outdated and inefficient. Now that the new year of 2012 has begun, has the situation improved? Unfortunately the answerRead More
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Is your QCS past its best-before date?
By Mark Williamson, Journalist Engineer
TORONTO, ON, January 16, 2012 - Paper machine quality systems (QCS) are built to last; they are a long-term value investment, to be sure. But, did the original designers really expect these systems would last for decades? Maybe that's a moot point considering the reality today. The lifespan of many of the so-calledRead More
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Asian capacity expansions for paperboard packaging
By Han Yao, Packaging Economist, RISI
BEIJING, January 9, 2012 - The aggressive capacity expansion that has taken place over the last 10 years in Asia for both containerboard and boxboard has raised many questions and concerns, especially in the case of China. Previously we looked into the historical capacity data, and employed both macro- and micro-level factorsRead More
