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About HP

Founded in 1939, HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world providing infrastructure and business offerings that span from handheld devices to some of the world's most powerful supercomputer installations. For consumers, HP offers a wide range of products and services from digital photography to digital entertainment and from computing to home printing. HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $107.7 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2008. HP's 2007 Fortune 500 ranking: No. 14.

For more information please visit: www.hp.com

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~ Promotional Campaign of the Year Award - Company
About ColorLok Technology

The ColorLok Paper Standard represents a new, more advanced standard for better printing. In order to use the ColorLok logo, papers must pass a concise set of print quality, physical and electrostatic standards for quality and reliability on office printing systems including copiers, inkjet and laser printers. Customer benefits provided by ColorLok papers include enhanced print quality, fast dry time and consistent, reliable printing. ColorLok papers are supported by major paper and printer manufacturers worldwide.

For more information please visit: www.colorlok.com

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~ Promotional Campaign of the Year Award - Company

About Kemira

Kemira is a global 2.8 billion euro chemicals company that is focused on serving customers in water–intensive industries. The company offers water quality and quantity management that improves customers' energy, water, and raw material efficiency. Kemira's vision is to be a leading water chemistry company.

For more information please visit: www.kemira.com

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~ Water Efficiency Award – Mill
About ANDRITZ

The Andritz Group is a global market leader for customized plant, systems and services for hydropower, the pulp and paper, steel and other specialized industries (solid/liquid separation, feed and biofuel). The Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria and has a staff of approx. 13,000 employees worldwide. It develops and makes its high–tech systems at production, service and sales sites all around the world.

For more information please visit: www.andritz.com

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~ Green Energy and Biofuels Award – Company
About StepChange Consulting

StepChange Consulting is a fully specialized forest and paper value chain management consultancy with a proven track record in supporting clients to achieve sustainable value and improved results.

StepChange is able to offer support from strategy development to operational improvements. We provide innovative and yet pragmatic solutions for restructuring, expansion strategies, merger integration, as well as performance improvement and turnaround initiatives. Our proven track record is based on an international team of industry experts who hit the ground running. The broad client base of StepChange consists of the leading organizations in the industry. All clients continue to rely on our services, loyalty that attests to the industry–focused strategy and supports our international growth.

We place emphasis on delivering measurable business improvements that are supported by solid value analytics, while at the same time institutionalizing a reusable change mechanism. We thereby foster a creative and collaborative approach with our clients to tailor solutions that fit.

For more information please visit: www.stepchange.com

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~ Global CEO of the Year Award – Individual
About BTG

BTG is committed to helping clients achieve significant, sustainable gains in business performance. We accomplish this through our world-class people, market-leading technologies, industry expertise and a passion for results. We are one of the world's leading suppliers of innovative technologies and expertise to the Pulp & Paper industry. With 90 years' experience developing systems and processes to meet the evolving demands of a highly competitive sector, our portfolio covers every aspect of P&P production, from consistency control and wet end management to high–performance blades and rods for metering and doctoring applications. To complement this, we offer a range of specialist consultancy services, after sales packages and training programs designed to ensure our customers always get the very best out of their plant, and their people.

For more information please visit: www.btg.com

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~ Innovative Product of the Year Award – Company
About ABB

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 117,000 people.

For more information please visit: www.abb.com/pulpandpaper

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~ Mill Manager of the Year Award – Individual
About Metso

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, energy, metal recycling, and the pulp and paper industries. The company serves industries and enterprises that process and refine natural resources for the construction of infrastructure vital for business and society. Metso cares about the environment: their solutions meet and exceed strict environmental standards without compromising the customers' demands for productivity, quality and cost. Around the world, the Metso brand has earned a reputation for global technology leadership with proven results and reliability in project management and service.

For more information please visit: www.metso.com

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~ Environmental Strategy of the Year Award – Company
About FM Global

FM Global is one of the world's largest business property insurers. More than one of every three FORTUNE 1000 companies, and similar size organizations around the world, turn to FM Global to develop cost–effective property insurance and engineering solutions to protect their business operations from fire, natural disasters and other types of property risk. FM Global ranks #766 among FORTUNE magazine's largest companies in America and is rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best and AA (Very Strong) by Fitch Ratings. The company has been named "Best Property Insurer in the World" by Euromoney magazine and "Best Global Property Insurer" by Global Finance magazine. For the pulp & paper industry, FM Global offers customized property insurance solutions and unique engineering support.

For more information please visit: www.fmglobal.com

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~ Managing Risk and Safety Award – Company
About Voith

Voith is a global provider of leading-edge technology and industrial services. With energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive the broad portfolio with its plants, products and services serves five essential markets in all regions of the world. Operating business of the Heidenheim (Germany) based Group is bundled in four Group Divisions: Voith Hydro, Voith Industrial Services, Voith Paper and Voith Turbo.

A large proportion of the world's paper production is manufactured on Voith paper machines. A quarter of the energy generated worldwide from hydro power is produced with turbines and generators from Voith Hydro. Voith Turbo drive components are found in applications all over the world, both in industrial plants and in road and rail vehicles, as well as on the waters. The largest companies trust in the technical services of Voith Industrial Services.

Founded in January 1867, today with approximately 40,000 employees, annual sales of €5.2 billion and locations in 50 countries all over the world, Voith is one of Europe's large family-owned companies.

For more information please visit: www.voith.com

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~ Business Strategy of the Year – Company
About Cargill

Cargill has a strong commitment to the paper industry, with more than 100 professionals actively serving this market across the globe, providing a full portfolio of high quality products to serve wet–end, surface treatment and coating applications.

With increasingly stringent environmental regulations, Cargill offers products and services to the paper industry that meet even the toughest requirements for cost effective, top-performance solutions.

Creating innovative solutions for our customers is the driving force in our long–standing relationships with papermakers. Our deep involvement in this industry, dating back more than 40 years, has created a solid foundation of understanding, experience and knowledge. We are committed to bringing papermakers state–of–the–art products and services to serve their needs today and into the future.

For more information please visit: www.cargillindustrialstarches.com

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~ Environmental Strategy of the Year Award – Mill
About eka

Eka Chemicals, a business unit within AkzoNobel, serve the pulp and paper industry through its 2,600 employees in 28 countries worldwide. Eka is dedicated to make the pulp and papermaking processes more sustainable, focusing on innovations for energy efficiency, less usage of fiber and raw materials such as water. For pulp bleaching, Eka is the largest supplier of sodium chlorate and a large producer of hydrogen peroxide For papermakers, Eka offers retention and drainage systems, sizing agents, wet strength resins, coating additives, tissue softeners and microbiological control.

For more information please visit: www.akzonobel.com/eka

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~ Efficiency Improvements of the Year Award
About Kadant

For more than a century, Kadant has been delivering smart and efficient solutions to process industries. As a global leader in fiber processing, fluid handling, water management, and doctoring systems, our equipment plays a critical role in nearly every stage of paper making and paper recycling, enhancing process efficiency and product quality for our customers. At Kadant, we are proud to offer innovative products and technologies that help reduce energy consumption, improve water management, and enhance efficiencies for long-term sustainability.

For more information please visit: www.kadant.com

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~ Promotional Campaign of the Year – Pulp, Paper and Board Product