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Tuesday, 02 November 2010 10:00
Buckeye Establishes $300 Million Senior Credit Facility
Buckeye Technologies Inc. has announced that it has established a new $300 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The maturity date on the new revolver is October 22, 2015, and the facility includes an increase option for an additional $100…
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Friday, 29 October 2010 08:35
Georgia-Pacific Announces Locations for $500 Million Investments in Advanced papermaking Technology
Georgia-Pacific has announced that its mills in Port Hudson, La., and Crossett, Ark., have been selected as the locations for the company’s previously announced more than $500 million investments in advanced, proprietary tissue-papermaking technology. With the investments, each site will…
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Monday, 25 October 2010 07:38
Final Determination by U.S. International Trade Commission Confirm Coated Free Sheet Paper Imports From China & Indonesia Cause Injury to U.S
Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, and Sappi Fine Paper North America – together with the United Steelworkers (USW) -- welcomed the U.S. International Trade Commission's (ITC) finding today that imports of coated paper from China and Indonesia are causing material…
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Thursday, 14 October 2010 13:30
Clearwater Paper Corporation Announces Pricing of $375 Million of Senior Notes
Clearwater Paper Corporation has announced the pricing of $375 million principal amount of senior notes due 2018 (the "Notes"). The Notes will have an interest rate of 7 1/8% per annum and are being issued at a price equal to…
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Monday, 11 October 2010 11:10
Clearwater Paper Corporation Announces Proposed Offering of Senior Notes
Clearwater Paper Corporation has announced a proposed offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2018. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to finance in part the Company's acquisition of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.,…
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Friday, 08 October 2010 11:30
NewPage to Release Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results
NewPage Corporation announced today that it will release its third quarter 2010 financial results on Thursday, November 4, 2010, before the market opens. The news release will be available on the NewPage Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com. The company will broadcast…
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:00
U.S. Taxpayers' Black Liquor Tab Surpasses $30 Billion
The cost of "green" energy subsidies involving the pulp and paper industry shot well past $30 billion today -- with not a cent of it doing anything to help the environment. President Obama today signed the Small Business Jobs Act…
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Monday, 27 September 2010 09:14
International Paper Completes Sale of 163,000 Acres of Real Estate Properties
International Paper has announced that it has closed the sale of 163,000 acres under contract with Figure 8 Partners, LP, an affiliate of Rock Creek Capital (the "Partnership"). The total consideration of $199 million includes $160 million in cash and…
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Friday, 24 September 2010 07:30
Verso Paper Corp. Receives SFI President's Award
Verso Paper Corp. was presented the Sustainable Forestry Initiative(R) (SFI) President's Award for its partnership efforts to promote sustainable forest management principles and initiatives in Maine. "Verso is proud to be recognized by SFI for our efforts to increase the…
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 11:00
Gardner Denver, Inc. Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Gardner Denver, Inc. has announced the appointment of Michael M. Larsen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 11, 2010. Mr. Larsen succeeds Helen W. Cornell, who has served in this capacity since 2004 and previously advised the…
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Friday, 17 September 2010 13:00
Paper Makers Bring Out the Big Guns for Dumping Case
Nine senators, 10 House members, and one governor are slated to appear at today's U.S. International Trade Commission hearing on the anti-dumping case against Asian paper companies. The agenda doesn't state whether the politicians will be speaking or which side…
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Friday, 17 September 2010 08:00
Clearwater Paper to Acquire Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.
Clearwater Paper Corporation has announced it has agreed to acquire Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc., an Alpharetta, GA-based integrated manufacturer of tissue products, for approximately $502 million, including equity value of approximately $247 million and net debt of approximately $255 million.…
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 12:00
Sonoco Selected to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Company is One of Only Two U.S. Packaging Companies Listed on DJSI World in 2010/2011 Sonoco announced that for the second year in a row it has been selected to join the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World). DJSI…
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 08:00
IKEA Featured in New 'On Paper' Sustainability Series Podcast
NewPage Corporation has announced the upload of a new "On Paper" sustainability series podcast featuring Anders Hildeman of IKEA. As global forestry manager for IKEA, Hildeman discusses the importance of responsible forestry management and the role IKEA plays through numerous…
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 12:00
Steelworkers, Who Backed Black Liquor Credits, Now Attack Green Energy Subsidies
The United Steelworkers, which vociferously supported black liquor tax credits for U.S. pulp mills, suddenly seems to have decided that renewable-energy subsidies are not such a good idea. In a case of One Person's (or Country's) Jobs and Energy Program…
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