Paperloop's Lockwood-Post directories in new multivolume format

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17, 2003 - Paperloop, the premier provider of information for and about the paper, pulp, forest, converting and allied industries, today announced the availability of an entirely new format of Lockwood-Post directories. Both the Lockwood-Post's Directory North America and the Lockwood-Post/PPI International Directory are now presented in multivolume box sets.

John Rockwell, Paperloop's vice president of production operations explained, "We're constantly striving to improve time and information management for our customers. In terms of our directories, this led us to launch online, fully searchable versions for the first time in January of this year as well as these new printed version that are designed to be easier to reference, carry, store and share."

As well as providing familiar data such as alphabetical listings of pulp and paper company executive offices, pulp and paper mills, paper and paperboard converters, paper merchants and recovered wastepaper dealers in combined and region-specific books, the new Lockwood set provides a number of newly developed charts and reports and a "map book" providing a pictorial country-by-country guide to operating pulp and paper mills worldwide.

Lockwood-Post's directories have been trusted for 130 years as a source of pulp and paper-related information. Other directories in the Paperloop portfolio include China Pulp & Paper Directory and Factbook, China Pulp & Paper Directory - Online, CMM Directory of North American Converters (online and print) and NonWovens Markets International Directory and Factbook.

About Paperloop

Paperloop's mission is to provide the most valued information for and about the paper, pulp, forest, converting and allied industries through the best channels for information exchange. This is achieved through leading industry publications such as the Pulp & Paper and PPI family of magazines and newsletters, RISI, experts in paper/forest products analysis and forecasts, Paperloop's cost benchmarking team, and the foremost website for the paper industry, www.paperloop.com.

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices throughout North America, in Europe and in Asia, Paperloop was founded in February 2000 and leverages deep, relevant experience from well over 100 well-established, leading print and online industry publications as well as conferences and trade shows.