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The paper products industry covers the manufacture of paper and paperboard from wood pulp. The industry also includes the production of finished paper and cardboard products. The stationary and paper products sector of the industry includes writing and printing papers, greeting cards, office and school papers, and other related products. In the US, the market for these products has grown steadily, seeing a 2.8% increase between 1999 and 2003, according to a report from Datamonitor Industry Market Research. The paper packaging market in the US has been experiencing declining growth rates over the past several years, according to Datamonitor. The market is expected to continue to see weaker growth rates for the next five years. Prices for tissue paper, paper towels, and bath tissue are on...
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NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's Equity Research expects paper demand in 2011 to be generally positive, as it expects the economy to continue to expand modestly this year. S&P Equity Research says producers have taken aggressive steps to optimize output on both a temporary and permanent basis, and it thinks these moves will allow prices to remain at elevated levels.
In a sign that company managements are feeling better about the financial situation, dividend payouts have risen and, in some cases, significantly. In fact, two companies that had eliminated their dividends, Wausau Paper (WPP 9 ***) and Domtar (UFS 87 ****), reinstated their payouts, and Buckeye Technologies (BKI 21 ***) instituted a dividend for the first time in its history. International Paper (IP...
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Brazil's emergence as a leading pulp manufacturer and China's as a papermaker. The crippling impact of high electricity costs. The downturn in the newspaper and magazine industries, the home building market and the continued uptick in paperless computer usage.
And, of course, the worst economic recession since the 1930s.
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- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 1725 I Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, D. C. 20006, Petitioner, v. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M. Street, S.W., Washington, D. C. 20460, Respondent, Chemical Manufacturers Association; American Cyanamid Company; Fmc Corporation& Union Carbide Corp.; Ford Motor Company; American Paper Institute & National Forest Products Association; Chicago Association of Commerce & Industry; Illinois Manufacturers' Association & Mid-America Legal Foundation, Intervenors., 683 F.2d 752 (3rd Cir. 1982)
Frances Dubrowski, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Washington, D. C., (argued), for petitioner.
Nancy J. Marvel (argued), Donald W. Stever,...
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CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings maintains an overall stable outlook for North-American issuers in the paper and forest products industry for 2006; however, c...
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c74500) has announced the addition of Euromonitor International's n...
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c72158) has announced the addition of Euromonitor International's n...
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Memphis and Shelby County mayors met this week with officials of Montreal-based Kruger Inc., according to an official schedule. Shortly after, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton said the meeting involved an economic development prospect.
It's just a very promising employment opportunity and I'm just not at liberty to say more than that," Wharton said after telling the Shelby County Commission he had met with an unnamed business interest.
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CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings released its Paper and Forest Products liquidity report today and says that the financial wherewithal of the paper and forest...
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c44216) has announced the addition of Sanitary Paper Products - Glo...