International Paper has been named an IDG Computerworld's 2010 Best Places to Work in IT honoree for organizations that challenge their IT staff while providing great benefits and compensation. Honorees will be included in Computerworld's coverage along with results from the 17th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey.

"We are extremely proud to have earned a place on the Best Places to Work in IT list," said John Balboni, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for International Paper. "At International Paper, the Information Technology organization is an integral part of the day-to-day operations and strategic direction of our many business and staff organizations. We recognize that hiring and retaining the best IT talent is critical to the success of our mission.

"Our IT team has successfully delivered on a tremendous number of initiatives under extremely difficult economic conditions over the past 18 months," Balboni said. "These challenges have served to energize and engage the entire organization. I congratulate our team for their spirit, efforts and accomplishments that have led to this honor."

International Paper's IT organization is headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., and employs more than 1,200 IT professionals throughout their global operations. The group is responsible for designing, implementing, upgrading and sustaining the information infrastructure, and systems that support and enable our worldwide operations.

"To be among the Best Places to Work in IT, it's not enough just to seek out and hire the most talented IT people, offer them competitive pay and provide great benefits," said Scot Finnie, editor in chief of Computerworld. "The organizations that made this year's Best Places to Work list sustain a dynamic work environment in which IT professionals keep their hands on the latest technologies and work on projects that are business critical."

About Best Places to Work in IT

Since 1994, Computerworld's annual "Best Places to Work in IT" feature has ranked the top 100 work environments for technology professionals, based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention.

About International Paper

International Paper (NYSE: IP) 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 about 56,000 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.

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SOURCE International Paper

It is often assumed that use of paper grades intended for printing, particularly newsprint, has been dropping for some years in the developed world, due to replacement by electronic communication, mostly over the Internet. This has led to numerous statements by paper industry representatives and promoters criticizing electronic communications.

There is lots of conflicting information out there.

The good news is that the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) reported in May that shipments of printing and writing grades have been increasing each of the past six years. Also, Australasian paper companies recently reported increased consumption of communications grades over the past few years.

However, we have all noticed the shutdown of numerous fine paper and newsprint machines, and even complete mills, over the past few years. Canada has been harder hit than the United States, largely because of the country’s high newsprint production and the recent increases in the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar and the euro.

One recent example of decline in Canada was a report in the Montreal Gazette on 05 June that routine annual delivery of the white pages (residential directory) telephone book would cease in all major Canadian cities, reducing paper consumption by about 3500 tons per year. It also was mentioned that the Yellow Pages Group, which distributes most Canadian phone books, had previously reduced delivery frequency from annual to biannual in trial cities, offering to provide directories to anyone who requested one. Less than 1% of subscribers made such requests. This augurs poorly for on-going demand for paper for phone books.

The yellow pages (business directory) telephone books continue to be distributed, presumably because they bring advertising revenue. Even that is liable to decline, as advertisers realize that increasing numbers of people turn to Google or other search engines to find products, because the up and coming generations find it much easier to walk their fingers over a keyboard than the yellow pages.

There have been numerous attempts by paper industry and printing organizations to combat the move to electronic reading, although I have been unable to find any discussion of the issue on AF&PA or Forest Products Association of Canada Web sites.

Unfortunately, most “pro-paper” publications that I see are laced with wildly erroneous data, which is just as bad as many of the erroneous allegations on pollution by mills that are made by the less competent of the environmental advocacy groups. When pulp and paper promotional campaigns publish misleading data on even a few points, they destroy the credibility of the document they are in, and weaken the whole industry’s credibility in the eyes of politicians and the public.

Two Sides (www.twosides.info), an industry-supported organization, has countered organizations that append notices to their emails suggesting the readers do not print the document. Unfortunately their standard letter has been stating that by 2020 half the energy consumed in the United Kingdom will be by PCs and servers, thus suggesting that reading on screen leads to gross greenhouse gas emissions. I questioned them on this, and after some research they agreed that the source they had used in good faith (the BBC, referring in turn to Deutche Bank research) was wrong.

"Paper – part of every day," a recent and generally well written Australasian Paper Industry Association publication to promote paper (available at www.papereveryday.com.au/index.php) states that computers generate 226 grams CO2 emission per hour used. I measured power consumptions by my laptop and desktop computers, and concluded that actual greenhouse gas generation is probably about 50 g CO2/hour.

A study commissioned by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) concluded that the carbon footprint of reading a typical email is about 5 grams CO2 emission, whereas a letter by mail generates about 20-25 grams CO2.

All this begs the question as to whether the industry should be actively campaigning to persuade people to use print media instead of electronic. I think not, since the data are against paper use, and the above examples show that such campaigns are liable to reduce industry credibility.

Remember, too, that the pulp, paper, and printing industries combined generate only about 1% of world greenhouse gas emissions.

The pulp and paper industry has a positive story to tell on sustainability, but this message is not well known, although the industry and its organizations have lots of good data. The positive information can be used, for example, to persuade people to choose paper rather than plastic for many uses, particularly packaging and “use once” products such as fast-food coffee cups.

The industry also has been spectacularly successful in reducing pollution by mills, to the point that with a few (sometimes ugly) exceptions, the impact of pulp and paper mills on receiving waters and the atmosphere ranges from unmeasurable to trivial. Unfortunately, the public image of mills is still bad. This is not a current problem, but will become one when companies wish permits to expand, modernize, or build new mills. However, changes in public image take time. We should be willing to admit that the mills of 40 years ago were often disgusting, while demonstrating the improvements that the industry has made. Industry publications related to the environment seem to be heavily focused on greenhouse gas emissions. We have a good story to tell in this respect, but should not forget the public’s interest in local air and water pollution.

By: Neil McCubbin

International Paper, the world’s largest paper and packaging company, has donated its PRO-DESIGN™ colour laser paper range, for the production of “This book is all about me”, a book that has been produced to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital charity.

Some 20,000 copies of the fund-raising book have been produced, the first of which were printed at this year’s international graphic arts exhibition, Ipex 2010, which was held in May at Birmingham’s NEC.

“This book is all about me” was produced with the aid of International Paper’s donation of PRO-DESIGN™, and also with the assistance of Premier Beswick, the independent merchant group stockiest of PRO-DESIGN™, and leading global solutions provider, Ricoh.

Mike Robertson, International Paper’s UK & Ireland Country Manager said that International Paper were delighted to support this very worthwhile cause.

PRO-DESIGN™ is produced at International Paper’s Saillat mill in France. The Saillat mill is one of the best in the world in terms of CO² emissions, with just 122kg per ton as declared in the Paper Profile. Following a range of improvement’s, including new weights and packaging, PRO-DESIGN™ was re-launched in March this year.

PRO-DESIGN™ is International Paper’s colour laser range for professional laser printing, used by graphic reproduction houses, digital printers and copy centres. Its significant features include improved high whiteness 168 CIE quality; this provides sharper contrasts for excellent reproduction, whilst other features include better sheet formation, smooth surface, optimal stiffness for jam-free runnability and ISO 9706 providing an anti-ageing guarantee.

PRO-DESIGN’s™ outstanding environmental credentials, such as its environmentally friendly manufacturing process and accreditations to both PEFC and EU Ecolabel certifications, provide an environmental guarantee and endorsement of the products high sustainable standards.


The Saillat mill has achieved a 78% reduction in CO² emissions since 1990, (which is better than both the CEPI reduction requirement of 27% and also the Kyoto Protocol guidelines of 8%).

The high environmental credentials of the Saillat mill put the production facility amongst the best in terms of environmental reliability. The mill was also among the first in Europe to achieve PEFC Chain of Custody certification in 2003, with its wood supply coming from local sustainably managed forest sources within a 120km transportation distance.

The merchant stockists in the UK for PRO-DESIGN™ are; Premier Beswick, PaperCo, Polycopy (Loughborough), HOS Paper Merchants (Leeds) and Springfield Business Papers (Bristol).

For more information on International Paper and its product ranges visit www.internationalpaper.com

Both U.S. and Canadian courts have confirmed the reorganization plans of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, clearing the way for the company to emerge from Chapter 11 in the U.S. and CCAA protection in Canada.

"With confirmation of the Plan of Reorganization, Smurfit-Stone is now on a path to emerge from our financial restructuring on June 30," said Patrick J. Moore, chairman and CEO of Smurfit-Stone. "Upon consummation of the restructuring plan, we will have successfully reduced our debt and realigned our capital structure in a way that dramatically improves the company's prospects for long-term growth and profitability."

"I particularly want to thank our employees, whose hard work and enduring dedication have allowed us to continue meeting and exceeding our customers' expectations throughout this process and whose efforts contributed greatly to positioning us for a successful emergence," continued Moore.

Smurfit-Stone's plan of reorganization (POR) received overwhelming support from its creditor constituencies. On May 24, 2010, Smurfit-Stone announced that it reached a resolution with certain holders of the company's preferred and common stock. The resolution provides that 4.5% of the new common stock of the reorganized company that the POR previously provided for distribution to unsecured creditors will now be distributed to the company's current stockholders, with 2.25% being distributed pro rata to the holders of the company's preferred stock and 2.25% being distributed pro rata to holders of the company's common stock.

Smurfit-Stone Container is an integrated containerboard and corrugated packaging producer.

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and BASF received a 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award at a ceremony held at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. The two companies were honored for their jointly developed hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology that vastly improves the production process of a key chemical intermediate, propylene oxide. Propylene oxide from the HPPO process can be used in a variety of applications from home insulation, appliances, automobiles and furniture to aircraft de-icers, paints, brake fluids and pharmaceuticals.

The award has been presented on behalf of the White House by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency annually since 1996. It recognizes breakthrough technologies that transfer sustainability principles from the research lab into the real world to enable environmentally responsible and economically viable routes to commercial chemical manufacturing. It is the seventh Presidential Green Chemistry award for Dow and the fourth for BASF.

“The EPA’s recognition is a testimony to the power of innovation and collaboration that came together in this project,” said Guillermo Novo, Dow’s Vice President for Polyurethanes. “It will require more new technologies and partnering like this between companies, governments, NGOs and communities to secure our sustainable future.”

“We are proud to have such an outstanding example of joint research and development,” said Jacques Delmoitiez, President of BASF’s Polyurethanes division. “This state-of-the-art technology combines economic success with improved environmental performance and has set the standards for future projects.”

The Dow-BASF innovation offers distinct economic and environmental benefits when compared to conventional propylene oxide (PO) process technologies. A joint study conducted by the two companies in 2007 using BASF’s Eco-Efficiency Analysis tool revealed the new HPPO process reduces wastewater by 70 to 80 percent and energy use by approximately 35 percent, compared with existing PO technology. HPPO technology is also more environmentally friendly because no by-products are produced besides water. In addition, PO plants using the HPPO technology require up to 25 percent less capital to build than conventional technologies, as they have reduced infrastructure, a smaller physical footprint and simpler raw materials integration. The two companies successfully started up the first commercial-scale HPPO production plant in 2008 at BASF’s Antwerp, Belgium, facility. SCG-Dow Group is building a second plant based on this technology which is scheduled to begin production in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, in 2011.

Canfor's Taylor Pulp mill has purchased two microbubble aeration systems from Seair Inc. The purchase comes after an extensive period of testing and energy efficiency verification in conjunction with BC Hydro, during which it was confirmed the Seair system reduces the energy required by the mill's effluent system by 3,800 megawatt hours per year. Seair notes that the expected savings in energy reduction alone will be in the range of $285,000 annually using current BC Hydro tier 2 pricing, equivalent to a 12 month payback purely on energy savings.

Seair's aeration have a small footprint, which makes them versatile and easy to fit within existing facilities.
Craig Thomson, energy and environmental supervisor at the Canfor mill, notes: "We purchased our first Seair unit three years ago and continue to be impressed with its performance, reliability, and efficiency. With these additional units we believe we have obtained the optimal balance for our aeration system. Our mill is proof that environmental stewardship and superior economics are not mutually exclusive."

Harold Kinasewich, Seair's president and CEO, adds, "The Taylor mill is the first full Seair implementation at a pulp mill. However, with BC Hydro's continued support, we are presently demonstrating Seair's solutions at a number of other mills and we look forward to additional full implementations."

Seair is a developer of patent-protected diffusion and sterilization technologies, which allow for the efficient diffusion of gases into liquids, thereby facilitating numerous applications in a wide variety of industries, including wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, food processing, aquaculture, agriculture/horticulture, sterilization, golf course irrigation and pond treatment, animal enhancement and oil and gas.

Mark Hooper has stepped down as chief financial officer (CFO) at PaperlinX and will also retire as a Director of the company, both effective by September 16. He will assume the position of managing director and chief executive officer of Sigma Pharmaceuticals.

Commenting on the resignation, Tom Park, managing director of PaperlinX says, “Mark has made a strong contribution to PaperlinX as both CFO and as a director of the company.

“It is with regret that we see him leave, but he leaves us with strengthened management across our finance community, and improved processes to help with the future growth of PaperlinX. This platform will help with a smooth transition. I wish Mark well for the future.”

PaperlinX outlines that Hooper’s replacement is yet to be determined.

Buckeye Technologies Inc.announced that its Foley Plant in Perry, Florida, which manufactures specialty wood cellulose and fluff pulp, is back in operation following a power failure and electrical surge that occurred last Thursday, June 17. The power failure was triggered by a malfunction in a main incoming electrical line from a power provider and caused an unplanned complete shutdown of the facility that damaged numerous pieces of equipment. Purchased power has been fully restored to the facility, and one of the plant's two production lines resumed operation at reduced rates on Sunday. Company officials are targeting for the second line to resume operation by Wednesday.

Buckeye Chairman and CEO John B. Crowe said, "We appreciate the efforts of our employees and contractors who literally have worked around the clock in a safe manner since Thursday's power failure and surge to test motors and other equipment, to identify the damaged equipment and then to replace it. Replacement equipment has been ordered and shipped in on an emergency basis. We will be working during the week to minimize the impact of this event on our customers. The production of the Foley Plant remains sold out, and our highest priority is to continue safely returning the plant to full capacity in compliance with our environmental permits so that we can meet our customers' needs."

The Company indicated that it presently is unable to fully quantify the financial impact of the event. However, depending on the timing of returning to full production, the Company estimates that the financial impact of the outage, excluding the effect of any insurance proceeds, could be in the range of a $4 to $5 million reduction in pretax operating income for the quarter ending June 30. This would result in earnings in the range of 24 to 27 cents per share for the quarter. The Company reported that it has property loss and business interruption insurance with a single $2 million deductible and has received a preliminary report from its insurance broker that the event is a covered loss.

Buckeye, a leading manufacturer and marketer of specialty fibers and nonwoven materials, is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Company currently operates facilities in the United States, Germany, Canada, and Brazil. Its products are sold worldwide to makers of consumer and industrial goods.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and is intended to qualify for the Safe Harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "assumptions," "target," "guidance," "outlook," "plans," "projection," "may," "will," "would," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "potential," or "continue (or the negative or other derivatives of each of these terms or similar terminology). The "forward-looking statements" include, without limitation, statements regarding the expectation for returning the Foley plant to full operation.These statements are based on management's estimates and assumptions with respect to future events and financial performance and are believed to be reasonable, though are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially from those projected as a result of certain factors. A discussion of factors that could cause results to vary is included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other period filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE: Buckeye Technologies Inc.

GAW Technologies obtains orders worth 14 Million Euro Chinese Paper Group Nine Dragons is repeatedly relying on GAW know-how.

The Austrian industrial plant constructor with world-wide excellent reputation GAW technologies has received a very special order with a volume of 14 Mio. Euro from a longterm customer – the largest producer of containerboard products in China – Nine Dragons Paper, and takes an important part in the current production extension at several locations.

Paper Corporate Group of the richest self-made woman in the world
Cheung Yan (also called Zhang Yin) founded Nine Dragons in 1995 and she reached the top of the richest people list in China only 11 years later. She also was the richest self-made woman in the world at that time. Zhang Yin recognized in time that the rise of the Chinese economy would result in an immense boost of paper-demand. She emigrated to the USA,started to collect waste paper on a grand scale and began a very successful export business where she shipped the raw material to China for recycling purposes.

Massive increase of the production capacity until 2011
The Asian multinational paper company is planning to extend its production capacity significantly in modernizing and extending the existing paper machines and/or building new units at the locations in Taicang, Dongguan, Chongqing and Tianjin until end of 2011. Besides that Nine Dragons is emphasizing its important role as a producer of papers based on recovered/waste paper. In the course of these wide activities Nine Dragons is trusting once again in the competence and know-how of GAW, being a reliable supplier for almost a decade already. An extraordinary sign of trust is the fact that GAW has been involved in the delivery of all the existing 34! paper machines of the customer.

GAW scope of delivery at Nine Dragons
GAW is delivering the wet-end chemicals, deinking chemicals, GCC wet grinding system, the coating colour preparation and the working stations as well as starch system for the paper machines PM21, 28, 32, 33 and 34. The start-ups of all units are planned in 2011. By closure of these projects - according to Nine Dragons - the overall capacity of the group will increase to 11,1 Million tons per year, this corresponds to a capacity extension of 26%. For this reason Nine Dragons is once more proving its strength as one of the most successful players on the global paper-market.

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GAW technologies GmbH
Sigrid Tertinegg / marketing
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The conference is the first step towards the establishment of an FSC National Office (NO) in Mozambique and the development of a national standard for FSC forest certification in the African country. This project delivers on Goal 5 of the FSC Global Strategy – to strengthen the FSC Global Network – by testing how well founded FSC offices from the North can support capacity-building of sister organizations in the South.

FSC Denmark is supporting FSC Mozambique in establishing AGREF - Association for Responsible Forestry in Mozambique (Associação pela Gestão Resposável das Florestas em Moçambique) with funding from the Danish Government. AGREF aims to promote and enhance responsible forestry in Mozambique through FSC certification and will become the FSC NO in the country.

To attend the conference, please write an email to Ms. Kümmel Nielsen with name, title, e-mail and phone number of the participant.