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- Strike stops work at Sappi's Kirkniemi mill in Finland
- October US boxboard production down 6% year-over-year but up 2% from September levels
- Metso's share exchange offer and stock options for Tamfelt under the combination agreement
- EXCERPT: US pulp, paper firms raise 3Q profit margin to 2.9%; liquor funds help five loss-making firms into the black
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Still saying it with a card
Justin Toland, Contributing Editor, PPI Magazine
The recent postal strike in the UK has led to much commentary about the effect of industrial action on the greetings card industry both in the run up to Christmas and in the longer term. The Royal Mail would normally deliver some 750 million cards over the festive season, business worth GBP 324 million ($544 million), according to the UK's Greeting Card Association (UK GCA). Charities benefit too, bringing in some GBP 50 million each year from the sale of Christmas cards. Read more
Online Feature
Black liquor gold rush coming to an end?
Mark Rushton, Editor, Pulp & Paper International Magazine, RISI
Sadly - for pulp and paper makers in the US at least - it looks like the recent government funding of tax credits in relation to the use of black liquor is coming to an end, bang on time. And there's worse, hopes for the emergence of the so called "Black Liquor II" are beginning to fizzle out. Read more
Indian Seminar
Gautam Thapar to deliver keynote speech at RISI's Indian Seminar
Gautam Thapar, Chairman and CEO of Avantha Group and parent company of Ballarpur Industries (BILT) will deliver the keynote speech at RISI's Indian Seminar on December 3, 3009 in New Delhi.
RISI also confirmed that Mr. Anil Kumar, Executive Director and CEO of the Shreyans Group will give a presentation on "The Challenge of Finding Raw Material Supplies: Recovered Paper, Wood, Non-Wood and Plantations Restrictions."
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Environmental, Product Performance Go Hand-in-Hand at Simpson Tacoma
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Ensuring reliability - The use of bearing isolators at Wausau Paper's Rhinelander mill
A PPI Special report
Wausau Paper is the result of the 1977 merger between Wausau Paper Mills Company and Mosinee Paper Corporation. The merger brought together two companies with rich traditions in the paper industry that dated back to 1819 and 1910 respectively. . Read more