The Board of Directors of Brødrene Hartmann A/S has resolved to propose to the shareholders that the Board of Directors be supplemented with Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen as a new member of the Board.

The Board of Directors intends to convene an extraordinary general meeting to be held in late August 2010, at which the Board will recommend that Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen be elected as a new member of the Board of Directors with a view to subsequently appointing Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen as the new chairman of the Board of Directors.

Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen has been attached to the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity with immediate effect.

Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen (52) holds a PhD from the University of Copenhagen and is Executive Vice President, COO of Aalborg Portland A/S.  Furthermore, Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen has experience from a number of positions, including several board memberships, and from executive positions in the Carlsberg Group and other companies.

Please direct any questions to Walther Vishof Paulsen on tel. +45 40 51 15 08.

Brødrene Hartmann A/S

Walther Vishof Paulsen                      
Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors

SCA has signed an agreement to sell its Asian packaging operation and puts focus on hygiene growth in Asia.

The buyer is International Paper and the purchase consideration amounts to USD 200m. In 2009, the Asian operation reported sales of approximately USD 250m and had approximately 4,500 employees at 15 plants in China, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

“We divest our packaging business in Asia in line with our strategy, to focus on our hygiene products there”, says Jan Johansson, President and CEO of SCA.

The purchase consideration will be settled in cash. The transaction will result in neither capital gain nor capital loss.

The transaction is expected to be finalised during the second quarter of 2010, subject to approval from the relevant authorities.

For additional information, please contact
Pär Altan, Vice President Media Relations, +46 8 788 52 37
Johan Karlsson, Vice President Investor Relations, +46 8 788 51 30

Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has completed the acquisition of Associated Packaging Technologies, Inc. (APT), North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of Crystallized Polyethylene Terepthalate (CPET) containers to the frozen food industry, it was announced today by Harris E. DeLoach Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer.

The all-cash purchase price, including the cost of paying off various obligations of APT, was approximately $120 million, subject to certain possible adjustments. The acquisition is expected to be modestly accretive in 2010 and is expected to generate annualized sales of approximately $150 million. The transaction closed on June 29, 2010. APT was previously majority owned by investment funds controlled by Castle Harlan, Inc.

Founded in 1993, APT is a leading provider of dual-ovenable, food packaging serving the frozen food industry in North America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand. The Company operates four state-of-the-art CPET thermoforming manufacturing facilities in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada; Chillicothe, Missouri; Waynesville, North Carolina; and Carrickmacross, Ireland, and employs more than 400 workers. In addition to being able to manufacture approximately 3 billion CPET containers annually, APT has monolayer and multilayer barrier polypropylene container capabilities. The company also is a pioneer in the development of recycled PET (RePET) frozen food trays.

"With this acquisition, Sonoco has significantly expanded its existing thermoforming plastic container capabilities into the growing global frozen, chilled and ready-to-eat food markets," said DeLoach. "While APT is today the leading global supplier of CPET containers, we believe its proprietary material formulations and rotary thermoforming technology provide a strong platform for significant product development and growth. In addition, this acquisition will help accelerate Sonoco's current development of multilayer barrier polypropylene food containers."

About Sonoco

Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a $3.6 billion global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services, with more than 300 operations in 35 countries, serving customers in some 85 nations. Sonoco is a proud member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. For more information on the Company, visit our Web site at http://www.sonoco.com.

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SOURCE: Sonoco

Sonoco
Roger Schrum, 843-339-6018
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M-real Corporation, part of Metsäliitto Group, will exercise its right to early redemption of its senior floating rate notes maturing on 15 December 2010 (ISIN XS0276828042). The remaining outstanding nominal amount before the redemption is approximately EUR 90.05 million, which will be redeemed in full. The early redemption will take place on 30 July 2010 and the redemption price will be 100 per cent plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date according to the terms of the notes.

In June 2010, M-real has drawn pension loans worth EUR 135 million with ten years maturity.

These measures extend M-real's debt maturity profile and strengthen liquidity position.

M-REAL CORPORATION
Further information:
Sanna Väisänen, IR and Communications manager, tel. +358 50 355 7990

CCT10 is a new test method developed by Billerud in order to measure true paper performance of corrugated board. This is a further step towards the company's vision of setting the global packaging standard.

Billerud has taken the standardised method used by the industry, CCT, and developed it so that it more accurately simulates demanding transportation in real life. Our method, CCT10, subjects the paper to an even, constant load over a period of 10 days and in conditions of high humidity. The specification indicates the weight a paper can withstand in these demanding conditions. The test reveals significant differences between the strength and endurance of different qualities - differences that the traditional test does not show as clearly.

Billerud Box Lab has the capacity to tests boxes and papers using CCT10.
Box Lab has several compression testers and a climate chamber, which can be adjusted for humidity and temperature. It also has the technical competence needed to analyse the results and, when necessary, propose improvements. Billerud welcomes paper and packaging manufacturers and users of packaging solutions to test their materials in Box Lab.

"We know that packaging-related losses can be reduced substantially by taking the actual demands in the delivery chain into account. We want to help industry develop better solutions. Billerud's goal is to introduce a new standard that specifies how well a quality performs in the real-life conditions of demanding transportation", says Lennart Eberleh, Business Area Director, Billerud Packaging Boards.   

The traditional test for paper used in corrugated board, CCT, which is used by paper manufacturers all over the world, involves crushing the material using a compression tester. The material's specification is determined by the peak load it can withstand before collapsing, without taking into account the relevant climates and transport times.

For further information, please contact:

Lennart Eberleh, Business Area Director, Billerud Packaging Boards, phone +46 555 41037

International Paper has completed the purchase of SCA Packaging Asia for approximately US$ 200 million, subject to post-closing adjustments.

"This acquisition strengthens International Paper's industrial packaging business in China -- the largest corrugated market in the world, and it extends our presence in Southeast Asia," said Paul Brown, president, International Paper Asia. "We have an experienced leadership team in place and our business will now be more competitive and better able to serve customers in this fast growing region of the world."

International Paper's industrial packaging business in Asia now has 27 plants, including 21 facilities in China, and operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

About International Paper

International Paper  is a global paper and packaging company with manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. Its businesses include uncoated papers, industrial and consumer packaging and distribution. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., the company employs more than 60,000 people in more than 20 countries and serves customers worldwide. 2009 net sales were more than $23 billion. For more information about International Paper, its products and stewardship efforts, visit internationalpaper.com.

SOURCE International Paper

STI Lilyfield has purchased the equipment and machinery of Pettaras Press after receivers for the now defunct print shop were unable to secure a buyer. Lilyfield is also re-locating it's local operations to Pettaras' facility in the Sydney suburb of Padstow.

The new site will increase the company’s floor space from 4,000sqm at its current facility in Regents Park to more than 10,000sqm. STI Lilyfield says the new site and the additional equipment will enable it to establish a new factory for point of sale (POS) materials.

Set to be completed within the next three to six months, the move includes all STI Lilyfield’s existing equipment and employees, with the company adding the move will be strategically managed resulting in no impact on the delivery of goods and services.

In a letter to customers yesterday Ian Kingham, managing director and Tom Giessler, chief operating officer of STI Group said, “In combination with the well-proven expertise of the STI Group as the market leader for POS solutions in Europe, we will offer additional products and services around POS.

“In addition to this, we are in the position to offer also additional services in our high quality commercial print business such as direct mailing, warehousing, and other logistical services at even more competitive rates.”

The equipment sale includes an HP Indigo 5000 and a 10-colour Komori Lithrone press bought by Steve Pettaras, former owner of Pettarars Press, in the last 18 months.

Earlier this month, Pettaras receivers PPB announced the wind down of the business after failing to secure a buyer for the business as a going concern. The announcement came after sale negotiations, which looked likely to see Print National as the new owners of Pettaras, broke down after several weeks of deliberation.

European Commission’s DG AGRI, Forest Europe and UNECE-FAO (UN bodies) jointly released a very timely publication giving guidance on how to increase wood supply in Europe. CEPI, the Confederation of European Paper Industries, welcomes this publication and encourages all stakeholders in the forestry field to make good use of it.

The document entitled “Good practice guidance on the sustainable mobilisation of wood in Europe” refers to good practice examples of successful and sustainable removal of wood from Europe’s forests, to assist policy-makers and practitioners alike in taking and supporting similar measures.

The publication comes timely for three reasons:

o The target of reaching a 20% share of renewable energy of the total energy consumption can only be fulfilled with a massive additional supply of biomass, especially wood, as CEPI already warned in 2007 on the basis of the findings of a shortage of 260 million m3 of wood by McKinsey.

o The Member States of the EU are to spell out their renewable energy action plans by the end of June 2010. These plans should include provisions for biomass mobilisation.

o Wood is a crucial raw material for the European paper industry and access to it needs to remain cost effective and competitive to ensure the global competitiveness of the industry.

Teresa Presas, CEPI Managing Director: “We thank the European Commission and DG AGRI as well as UNECE-FAO and Forest Europe for having assembled these good practices and for sharing them with all stakeholders. We urge the Member States of the EU to make good use of these practices when elaborating on their national renewable energy action plans.”

The guidance helps decision-makers from administrations and industry, as well as forestry practitioners, make sound choices and implement appropriate actions with respect to all aspects of sustainable wood supply, whilst ensuring sustainable forest management (SFM).

For more information, please contact Daniela Haiduc at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ahlstrom, a global leader in high performance fiber-based materials, today announced that it will continue to adjust upwards prices for its filter media products for transportation filtration, as a consequence of the continued rise of raw materials prices.

Prices of key raw materials used for the manufacturing of filter media have continued to rise steadily over recent months and although Ahlstrom has made strong efforts to mitigate the impact on its products, it is necessary to continue to adjust prices.

The price increase will affect filtration grades produced by Ahlstrom globally, sold for transportation filtration applications. The level of increase will depend on the markets, the constituents of the products, and the agreements in place. The increase range will vary up to 10 %. Specific details will be discussed with each customer individually by the appropriate business teams in the coming days.

Ahlstrom is a leading manufacturer of filtration materials for Transportation, Air and Liquid filtration with 12 filtration production sites across four continents.

For further information, please contact:
Tommi Bjornman
Executive Vice President, Filtration
Tel. +39 0119260111, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Monica Cappello
Vice President Sales, Transportation Filtration
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