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11-12-2007
Cascades reports improved third quarter results
Rock-Tenn annual profit spikes 185%
Boise Announces Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Finnish paper mill to open in Uruguay despite Argentina's protests
MM Packaging acquires in Jordania and sells in Austria
11-06-2007
WS Packaging to buy senecasalem
Chesapeake Reports Third-Quarter 2007 Results
Weyerhaeuser's 3Q profit skids 55 percent
Smurfit-Stone Reports Strong Sequential Earnings Improvement in ...
Temple-Inland 3rd-qtr earnings fall
International Paper 3rd-quarter net income slips
Caraustar Industries, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Abitibi-Consolidated Reports Q3 Results
SCA Net Profit +32% On High Demand;Warns Of Raw Material Prices
Fraser Papers
reduced net loss to $22.9 million in January ...
Potlatch Corp. has strong 3rd quarter
M-real Corporation Interim Report January-September 2007
Stora to Cut Jobs, Close Mills After Reporting Loss
MOD-PAC CORP. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Europe’s biggest print plant could double in size
Temple-Inland sells $2.38B worth of timberland
Amcor sues former executives
Carded Graphics To Expand Manufacturing Plant in Staunton,
Virginia
Heidelberger Druck Q2 net profit falls to 36.45 mln eur from 63
...
10-22-2007
Mondi looks
east to show it is no paper tiger
M-real
sells its Duren paper mill in Germany
Barry-Wehmiller acquires Stanford Products
Sonoco Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Packaging Corp 3rd-qtr profit up on pricing
Australia's cardboard king confesses to carton cartel
Feds impose duties on Chinese paper
Tembec idles mill and paper machine
Fibre to cut 200 jobs in 6 months
Curtis Packaging Neutralizes its Carbon Emissions
Multi-Color presses on demand
09-25-2007
Stora Enso pulls out of North America
Corrugated box shipments slide
Sonoco Lowers Base Earnings Guidance for Third Quarter and Full ...
IP's Faraci likes Russian partnership
David B. Fischer Named President of Greif, Inc.
Metso Paper to deliver containerboard line to Mondi ...
09-16-2007
Boise Cascade packaging business to be acquired by Aldabra
Norampac sells its Red Rock Mill in Ontario
Weyerhaeuser wins $42M in arbitration decision
Explosion and Fire Shuts Down Love Box Factory
Smurfit-Stone Container converting Buffalo plant
Norampac enters into a joint venture with Jamestown Container and ...
Greif Q3 Profit Rises As Sales Grow 27%; Reaffirms FY08 Outlook ...
California company planning paper mill in Yuma
Newton Falls Paper Mill begins production
Lacey box plant endured tough times
Box company settles with township
Boliden CEO Johansson to take over as SCA CEO
Kraft, Inc. Announces Key Promotions
08-27-2007
Smurfit Kappa throws down gauntlet to rivals
Lee Laurel mill closing
Longview Fibre to pay $200000 over workplace safety violations
Amcor to upgrade Townsville corrugated box plant
07-30-2007
Graphic Packaging Corporation and Altivity Packaging, LLC Announce ...
Pratt invests $33M in Statesville expansion
Multi-Color Corporation Expands Print Capabilities
Ecco Newsprint secures site for newsprint machine
Smurfit-Stone restarts machine, adds 53 jobs
Stora Enso acquitted on price-fixing charges
SCA to invest 46 mln eur in new corrugated board plant in France
Mondi acquires companies in Turkey, Austria
Packaging Corp. 2Q Earnings Climb
Smurfit-Stone Reports Improved Second Quarter 2007 Results
Temple-Inland profit drops 65 percent
Sonoco Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Urbana paper mill shutting down; 180 out of jobs
UPM-Kymmene Reports 2Q Loss of $270M
M-Real Q2 net loss wider than forecast; no clarity on fine paper ...
06-12-2007
US paper industry hoping China sanctions boost business
Russia okays IP's $1.3B joint venture
Genstar's Fort Dearborn Company Acquires Renaissance Mark
Greif Q2 Profit Declines; Revenue Up 31%; Lifts FY07 EPS Excl ...
Packaging Corporation of America Achieves Sustainable Forestry ...
600 out of work as NB mill closes indefinitely
Tembec shuts Louisiana paper mill, 540 jobs cut
St. Marys a done deal
Labeltronix Now Producing Embossed Labels
Metso to rebuild paper machines in Russia and Sweden
05-21-2007
SP Newsprint mulls sale
Stora Enso invests 25 mln eur to modernise Veitsiluoto fine paper ...
Hong Kong firm to develop $1.2 bln paper mill in Vietnam
Newsprint mill unveiled for Norfolk by Palm Group
St.
Marys Paper Could Be Rolling Out Paper By June 15
Corrugated paper manufacturers find better uses for black liquor ...
Only Die Cutter Of Its Kind Installed At Curtis Packaging
Smurfit-Stone Names Bruce Allred Corporate Safety Director
05-15-2007
Ampac
Packaging Acquires Fully Integrated Flexible Packaging ...
Arla poised to sell packaging venture
Label and Packaging Manufacturer Announces Change in Ownership
Weyerhaeuser Reports 1st Quarter Net Earnings of $755 Million on ...
Chesapeake Reports First-Quarter 2007 Results
Caraustar Industries, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2007 Results
Multi-Color Corporation Reports Record Fiscal Year 2007 Results
Mod-Pac narrows 1Q loss
Cascades reports first quarter results
Neenah Paper sees rise in first-quarter income
Abitibi-Consolidated Reports Q1 Results
Boise Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results
KapStone Reports First Operating Quarter
Koenig & Bauer AG- Good start to 2007
Weyerhaeuser Weighs Changes for 2 Units
Weyerhaeuser considers sale of division
Cascades faces challenges of high fibre, energy costs
Abitibi faces challenges on all sides
Southern Container corp. Retained by FreshDirect as New Box Vendor
Packaging magnate gears up for court cases
04-02-2007
Longview Fibre shareholders OK deal
ST Paper buys Oconto Falls Tissue
Flint Group to Acquire Day International
Packaging Corp. reports stronger earnings
Sonoco Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Amcor expands its fibre plant in Queensland
DS Smith aided by better pricing climate
Matthews International Announces Second Quarter Earnings and ...
Packaging company opens with ceremony
Port Townsend Paper Corporation Receives Final Court Approval of ...
Metso Paper rebuilds linerboard machine for Boise Cascade
$100000 corrugated cardboard cutter goes to UF
04-23-2007
Port Townsend Paper Corporation Receives Interim Court Approval of ...
Greif Promotes Four to Vice President
Temple-Inland Inc. Announces Post-Transformation Leaders for ...
03-29-2007
Hart seeks US drink packager
Longview Fibre sells eight eastern US box plants
Rock-Tenn is riding a profitable wave
EPA says Smurfit-Stone agrees to pay penalty of $325000
Smurfit Raises EU1.3 Billion in Record Packaging IPO
St.
Marys Paper Begins To Shut Down
Box, boards market is feeble
United Paper Mills to Start Production of Electronic Paper
Packaging group buys majority interest in paper labels biz
3-13-2007
Cenveo says Cadmus deal is completed
Mod-Pac secures $8M credit facility
MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG Replaces Incumbent PDM System with
...
John Jordan Named CFO of Baldwin
3-7-2007
Boise announces 2006 financial results
Greif, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2007 Results
Temple-Inland to separate into three companies
US
Paper Mills Want To Limit Chinese Imports
Neenah to close fine paper mill
Stora Enso to build mills in Russia and Hungary
SCA puts $145 million into Alabama paper mill
Georgia Pacific is laying off 60
PackPrint Cancelled
Green Bay Packaging division wins P&G recognition
1-26-2007
Packaging Corporation of America Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results
Rock-Tenn posts Q1 profit, buys rest of GSD Packaging
MOD-PAC CORP. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End 2006 ...
Smurfit-Stone Posts a 4Q Profit
Smurfit-Stone Announces Key Appointments to Its Sales and ...
Appleton announces $100M investment in West Carrollton mill
Norampac and TRI Announce Full Operation of World's First ...
Metso supplies large papermaking line to Japan
M-real Oyj- M-real to close two paper machines in its mill in ...
Boise Paper selling Salem plant
Label.Com Gets New Aquaflex Press
Printing's Mr Big gets ready to flex its muscle
1-9-2007
Orbis completes Linpac deal
Lakeview Equity buys Plover labeling equipment maker
12-28-2006
Cenveo to Acquire Cadmus Communications
Firm submits plans to clean up 270 acres at industrial site
12-20-2006
Hart bids
$3.5b for a global packaging empire
Container company looks to expand
Stora Enso accused of price-fixing
Stora Enso invests in coreboard production at Wisconsin Rapids ...
Box-Board recapitalizes, plans purchases
Smart Papers out of bankruptcy reorganization
KBA closing Pennsylvania plant, relocating functions to Williston
Legal action for Amcor
European Union clears Glatfelter deal
M-real to close mill in the UK in Jan 2007
North packaging firm wraps up buy-out deal
Weyerhaeuser Names Shaker Chandrasekaran Senior Vice President
12-12-2006
Domtar to sell its interest in Norampac to Cascades
Spokane packaging maker buys old Honeywell facility
Keystone Paper Buys Former Quebecor World Printing Bldg.
Greif, Inc. Reports Record Sales and Income for Fiscal 2006
Cascades shutting Montreal folding carton plant
Tembec to close paper mill
UPM's Irvine paper mill announces multimillion pound investment in ...
PT Holdings Company, Inc. Announces Containerboard Price Increase ...
Packaging Corporation of America Declares Quarterly Dividend
Longview Fibre declares dividend
Nampak to embark on R500m Rosslyn project
100 jobs go as factory shuts down
Bankrupt Marcal's health uncertain
41% Of All Graphic Arts Firms Now Say They Offer Some Type Of
Digital Printing In-House...
For 10% of Graphic Arts Firms Overall, Packaging Is 50% or More
of ...
There Are Fewer than 30,000 Commercial Printing and Prepress ...
Longtime Indianapolis Business Leader, Andre' B. Lacy, to Retire ...
11-30-2006
Alcan to invest US$27.5 million in Shelbyville, Kentucky ...
Private Equity Firm Acquires Paper Mill
3M era closing on East Side
Barry-Wehmiller to acquire Sandiacre Rose Forgrove in UK
Label World Named Best of the Best in Best Workplace in the ...
Verso Paper Names Mike Jackson President and Chief Executive ...
11-26-2006
Caraustar Industries, Inc. Announces Closure of York, PA Carton ...
High Point printing firm buys Thomasville company
Smurfit-Stone to close another local plant
PT Holdings Company, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results and ...
Nampak full-year headline EPS up 72 pct
Paper makers Tokai Pulp, Tokushu plan April merger
Metso Oyj- Metso to supply a fiber line to west coast paper, india
Rock-Tenn fire ruled accidental
Stora Enso fires up newsprint machine
Finland's Botnia gets World Bank financing for paper mill in ...
11-20-2006
Longview Fibre Third Quarter Net Sales Increase 10 Percent; Cash ...
Cascades Q3 profit rises to $10 million from year-earlier $3 ...
US Paperboard Box and Container Market Stagnates at $42 Billion!
S. Container wants rest of Pre-Flex
Sonoco To Close Brantford, Ontario, Tube and Core Plant
Ground broken for folding carton plant
Nippon Paper, Rengo, Sumitomo set sector tieup
Mercer divests last paper operation
Pliant Reports Solid 3rd Quarter Results
Flames consume former Otsego paper mill
Georgia-Pacific plant 'suspends operations'
Mill will cut 300 jobs in Camas
International Paper concludes tire burn trial
Nampak Corrugated makes printing excellence happen
11-1-2006
Cenveo Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Banta
RR Donnelley to Acquire Banta Corporation for $1.3 Billion In
Cash
Boise Announces Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results
Enfocus and
Prepress Training Solution Partner to Provide PitStop ...
10-31-2006
Packaging giants see rapid growth in China
Domtar Announces Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results
Fraser Papers squeezed by weak lumber market
Fraser Papers Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
Paper company files for protection
Catalyst Paper to cut newsprint production by more than 10 per ...
Myllykoski to close German paper mill, cancels Czech mill plans ...
Canfor Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2006 Results
Amcor cuts profit forecast
Intervention is needed to force pulp mill action
Sonoco To Expand Its Keating Rotogravure Capacity
Ink
Jet Printer delivers multiline codes from one printhead.
Smurfit-Stone Container Elects Steve Strickland Senior VP, Sales ...
10-24-2006
Paper production cut from Rockford
Temple-Inland Earnings More Than Double
Norampac Reports Its Third Quarter Results
Profits rise for Kimberly-Clark
DuPont Files for Preliminary Injunction Against MacDermid Printing ...
Union,
Graphic Packaging reach contract agreement
Schoeller Technical Papers Plant To Add 125 Jobs Over Next 18 ...
Elopak plumps for Verizon managed IP networking
Wexxar Packaging Introduces New Series of Fully Automatic Case ...
10-20-2006
Cenveo Sends Letter to Banta Corporation
Packaging Corp.'s Net Surges
Sonoco Reports Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results
New CEO at Finnish firm
10-17-2006
Blue Ridge Paper’s plan to buy new business collapses
Neenah paper mill equipment heads to auction
Abitibi-Consolidated to close 4 Quebec mills
Day International Completes Acquisition of Duco International
Hart sells forests in NZ, buys US mill
Thomas Kelly Jr., box company co-founder, dies
Tissue manufacturers get poor environmental marks
GE Corporate Lending Provides $95 Million to Support the Acquisition of U.S.
Corrugated
Mill employees mark 200 years
10-10-2006
Box
company to build plant in Jackson
Smurfit
Kappa: Disposal of assets
Grafikom acquires Grenville Printing Limited
GP official signs sales agreement on ex-mill
Steam explosion reported at Camas mill
Scott Paper Limited to Change Name to Kruger Products
Higher
profile sought for paper converting
Testing Machines Group. New Crease & Board Stiffness Tester from ...
Barry-Wehmiller Promotes Lapins, DeAnda as Partners
10-04-2006
Cenveo
Sends Revised Proposal to Banta Corporation
Weyerhaeuser
closes two more mills
Stora
Enso to shut down paper mills in Germany and the Netherlands
Altivity
Packaging to Expand Plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana
GP
cited and fined by OSHA
Boise
Unveils Heatstar(TM) Anti-Fraud Technology for Checkprotect ...
09-29-2006
Future of SIG packaging businesses
Stora Enso Oyj- Stora enso’s port hawkesbury mill to restart
09-27-2006
Newsprint decline spells disaster for producers
Greif acquires chemical packager
Sonoco Opens New State-of-the-Art Recycling Facility in North ...
Paper products exec gets 15 years in prison
Avery Dennison Names Robert Cornick as General Manager of RFID ...
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