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Is it time to stop talking about tons in the containerboard industry?

By:

Jim Thompson, Executive Editor

I was recently having a discussion with a senior executive in the containerboard industry. We were talking about the move to lighter weight containerboard. I was pointing out the pressure the recycled mills with their lighter weight board are putting on the old line virgin or mostly virgin fiber mills in the US. His comeback was that they still represent 90% of the market and dictate what happens in the business. I am not so sure that their representation of position in the market is accurately reflected if one thinks only of tons...

PM40

The PM40 closed Friday, 31 October 2014 at 3347.

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The PM40 closed 31 October 2014 up 13% from the 1 November 2013 level.

Disconnected Comparisons

In this issue we evaluate Kimberly Clark Corp and Neenah Paper, Inc.

Insider Trading

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

Spotlight on Forest of the Future

Robotics, automation, telematics and autonomous vehicles are the future?

L.C. Paper Started Up PM2

Rebuild was mainly to reduce PM2 energy costs and improve paper machine efficiency

Voith Installs a New Stock Preparation System

Meets the rising demand for graphic paper in the Indian market

Catalyst to Take Temporary Curtailment

Strategy to match production with domestic market demand and inventory

Plum Creek's Forestland in Montana and Washington

An important conservation project

Rentech, Inc.'s Start-up of the Wood Pellet Facility

Total capacity of the Atikokan wood pellet facility is 100,000 tonnes

Valmet's New OptiBin Innovation

Provides an increase in production of about 1,000 Adt/yr

BillerudKorsnäs Invests for Growth in Sack Paper Markets

Volume to be increased and the quality of sack papers improved

Georgia-Pacific Investing for the Future

Housing market and economy are continuing to show a slow and steady improvement

International Paper Announces Investment at Mill

To increase energy efficiencies and strengthen its competitive position

Saint-Gobain: First Plasterboard Plant in Indonesia

The company to respond better to local demand

Södra Invests in Mönsterås Pulp Mill

More efficient energy utilisation and enhanced productivity

Stora Enso Invests in Quality

Transformation into a customer focused renewable materials company

Catalyst Paper Corporation to Purchase Paper Mills

Acquisition to improve balance sheet and enhance the Company's long-term competitiveness

LDI Acquires Harbor Packaging Inc. of San Diego

An excellent strategic fit because of growing packaging market opportunities

Cascades Inaugurates Solar Park in Kingsey Falls

Reduces the consumption of natural gas

Ence Shuts Down Production at Huelva Pulp Mill

To be converted into a biomass power plant

Orient Paper Announces Temporary Suspension of Production

Suspension complies with Government directive

The Final Word by Chuck Swann

By:

Chuck Swann, Senior Editor

How many of us have the "pulp and paper religion?" By that, I mean the understanding--even the conviction--that making pulp and paper is a world-wide public service. The times, they are a-changing and they always will, but the world still needs paper. And it always will.

RockTenn is Closing Cincinnati, Ohio Facility

Closure is based on market conditions

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