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The operator of three newsprint mills in Quebec, White Birch Paper Company, has filed for creditor protection in Canada and the U.S., to improve its capital structure.

White Birch Paper is the parent company of the F.F. Soucy mill in Rivière-du-Loup, the Stadacona mill in Quebec, and Papier Masson in Gatineau. The company's U.S. subsidiary, Bear Island Paper Company, also filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

"This process is about fixing our capital structure," said Christopher Brant, president. "We remain committed to delivering the highest quality product to our many valued customers, and through this financial restructuring, we believe we will be better positioned to continue to do so well into the future."

White Birch expects operations to continue as usual during and after the restructuring process.

The company is seeking approval in Canada and the U.S. of a $140 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing.
White Birch Paper is the second largest newsprint producer in North America. It cites a decline in demand for newsprint, combined with a decline in prices, as well as the increased strength of the Canadian dollar, as having a negative impact on its business. AbitibiBowater, another large newsprint producer in North America, is also operating under bankruptcy protection

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NewPage Corporation announced today a significant upgrade in the appearance of its No. 4 coated groundwood paper brands, Escanaba ® and Dependoweb ® , effective immediately. In addition, NewPage is reintroducing its Capri ® line of No. 4.5 coated groundwood papers to augment a comprehensive selection of papers designed for magazine, catalog and retail customers.

The Escanaba ® brand has always provided a premium printing surface when compared to other coated groundwood products. Now the brand offers a higher brightness and pleasing blue-white shade to match its unparalleled print performance.

"Escanaba ® is a highly regarded, premium coated paper for the magazine, catalog and commercial printing industries. This improvement further solidifies its reputation," said Lee Bendtsen, general manager, medium weight web products.

In addition to the Escanaba ® product improvements, Dependoweb ® also has been enhanced to maintain its position as a reliable and competitive No. 4 coated groundwood paper. With a brighter, cleaner white shade, Dependoweb ® reproduces images accurately for every type of end use application.

For those customers looking to differentiate their publications while maintaining their budgets, NewPage is pleased announce the return of the Capri ® brand of coated groundwood papers. Capri ® is an ideal choice for catalogers, magazine publishers and retailers because it provides a 76 brightness for great appearance, a choice of gloss or silk finishes and a wide range of basis weights.

"We have listened to our customers and their need for more choices in the coated groundwood category. Whether they are looking for a premium printing surface or a cost saving solution, NewPage has the right paper for their job," added Bendtsen.

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The Oil Skimmers Model 6V oil recovery system removes animal, vegetable and petroleum-based oils, fats, greases, and oily wastes that float on the surface of water. The unit removes as much as 100 gallons of waste oil per hour and decants it into a drum -- so efficiently that the recovered waste oil is virtually water-free. The Oil Skimmers Model 6V system is the dependable, cost-effective and uncomplicated solution for removing oily wastes from process and environmental applications.

model_6v1Many Paper Mills often have a problem with leaking seals on the bearings that are on the dryers. This is a pressurized lube system that is used to assure that the bearings are properly lubricated. If a leak occurs, it is impractical, and would be very expensive, to shut the mill down. Therefore they keep running until a scheduled maintenance shutdown, when the leaks can be repaired. During the waiting period, lube oil leaks and runs onto the floor and into the U trenches. By recovering the oil from these trenches before the water hits the water treatment area, the oil can be reclaimed and possibly be used as fuel for the boilers. Recovering the oil will also save on the water treatment costs.

How The Model 6V Works
Oil Skimmers, Inc. Model 6V oil recovery system removes waste oil by means of a specially formulated collector tube. Oil adheres to the outside of the closed-loop tube as it is slowly drawn across the surface of the water and into the oil skimmer.
The tube snakes over and around floating debris, adjusting automatically to changing water levels. The tube is drawn up into the oil skimmer and through scrapers that remove the oil. Then the tube returns to the water surface to collect more oil. The recovered oil flows into a collection container. The Model 6V system removes as much as 100 gallons of waste oil per hour; the recovered oil is virtually water-free.

The length of the collector tube is customized to meet individual specifications. Experienced representatives are available to survey customers' oil removal needs.

Engineered For Headache-Free Operation
The external parts of the Oil Skimmers Model 6V unit - the drive wheel, scrapers, and pressure blocks -- are made of high abrasion-resistant ceramic. Gearings are engineered to require minimal power and maintenance. Its thoughtful design and durable construction ensure the Model 6V system an operational life span of 15-20 years. Many units have been in service for more than 25 years and are still going strong.

The Oil Skimmers Model 6V oil recovery system has been designed to operate continually and unattended as it removes animal, vegetable and petroleum-based oils, fats and greases that float on the surface of water.
Mounting Equipment Options Increase Versatility

Prefabricated mounting packages further extend the Model 6V system's flexibility. These packages simplify placement of the system on pits, sumps, ponds, and open or closed tanks, thus eliminating costly operation.

The Model 6V system also can be outfitted with insulation and heating packages for cold weather operation.

Oil Skimmers, Inc. has thousands of its Model 6V systems and other oil recovery units in operation throughout the world, in a large number of industries. These include all types of food, oil, and chemical processors; steel and aluminum mills; the glass and metal container industries; nuclear, fossil, and hydro power generating plants; metal machining; and the rail and trucking service industries.

Model 6-V

Features/Benefits

• Closed loop collector tube floats on water surface
• "Collector Tube" performance is unaffected by any floating debris
• Tube easily floats up or down to changing water level.
• Gyrating action of "Collector Tube" breaks up oil crusts.
• Virtually maintenance free operation
• Unique anti-clogging design
• Cast metal housing and structural members
• High performance, quite-running motor
• Can operate unattended 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
• Up to 20 year operating life

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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 13:30

Metso’s Annual Report 2009 published

Metso Corporation's year 2009 Annual Report, Sustainability report, complete Annual Accounts of the parent company and group (including Board of Director's Report) and Auditor's Report have been published today in Finnish and English.

PDF documents of the Metso reports and other related material are available at www.metso.com/reports. The printed reports can be ordered from the same web address.

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries. www.metso.com

Further information, please contact:
Johanna Henttonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253

Attachments:

Annual accounts 2009, pdf

Annual report 2009, pdf

Sustainability report 2009, pdf

Auditors Report 2009, pdf

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The continued upward pricing cycle for pulp has recently intensified due to the unfortunate events in Chile which has led some pulp suppliers to suspend deliveries under force majeure. This is compounded by strikes at some transportation companies and ports in Finland together with severe weather conditions in Scandinavia. This has resulted in an extraordinary situation concerning both the availability and subsequent costs of this key raw material.

M-real has announced price increases for all uncoated paper products in reels, cut sizes and folio sheets across all European business by 8% as of 1 March.

In addition, a further increase in paper prices of 15% will become effective as of 15 April 2010 to be applied to all uncoated paper products in reels, large formats and cut sizes.

Further information:

Marcel Bigler
Head of Sales & Marketing, M-real Office Papers business area
Tel + 31 (0) 20 572 7550

Helga Disimimo
Head of Sales & Marketing, M-real Speciality Papers business area
Mob. + 49 172 293 0992

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michael clarkThe Paper Industry Gold Medal Association is pleased to announce that the Gold Medal for 2010 has been awarded to Michael Clark.

The Award Committee met on the 25th January at Stationers' Hall under the independent chairmanship of the current Master of the Stationers' Company, Mr Richard Brewster.

The medal will be presented to Michael at the Charter Dinner of the Stationers' Company on 5th May 2010.

Michael retired from full time employment with M-Real in 2008, but remained active in retirement as Chairman of PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) until December 2009.

The award recognises Michael's contribution to the wider industry over many years. Although primarily concerned with the cartonboard market, Michael recognised that the industry needed to present a united front when faced with wider issues such as the introduction of Packaging Waste Regulations, the poor perception of the industry by NGOs and the wider public, or the need to embrace environmental issues such as forest certification proactively and whole-heartedly.papergoldmedal

His contributions to PIMO (Paper Industry Materials Organisation), the CPI (Confederation of Paper Industries), ProCarton, and PEFC have been positive and constructive. At the same time he was active within the PAA (Paper Agents Association) where he served on Council for a number of years and completed a two year term as President. He continued to support the Association's Environmental Committee after his retirement from M-Real.
In nominating him, the PAA said "The Paper Agents Association believes that Michael's commitment to the establishment of meaningful industry bodies and fair representation for all branches of the industry in its relationships with Government, the EU and NGOs uniquely qualify him for consideration as a recipient of the Gold Medal."

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Published in European News
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 09:20

Union strike will close mills

(UPM, Helsinki, 3 March 2010 at 09:30 EET) – The Finnish Transport Workers' Union strike which started on Tuesday, 2 March 2010, will stop transportation of raw materials to UPM's Finnish mills and seriously impede the transportation of products from mills to its customers. The strike will have an immediate impact on the operations of all UPM mills in Finland. If the strike will expand to cover the stevedores of the Finnish ports, this will in effect shut down all of UPM's paper machines in Finland within a few days. The financial impact of the strike in UPM's result is estimated to exceed EUR 3 million a day.

UPM will commence paper mill shut downs in Finland as soon as operations are no longer possible due to the lack of raw material and paper storage. In line with the Finnish Contracts of Employment Act UPM will suspend salary payment 7 days after the end of paper machine production work.

UPM aims to deliver its customer orders from its mills located in other countries. Nearly half of UPM's paper production capacity is located in Finland.

For more information, please contact:
Hans Sohlström, UPM, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Development, tel. +358 2041 50542

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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 13:15

CEPI offers new statistics packages

CEPI – the Confederation of European Paper industries - has expanded its offer on statistics packages. Next to a full set of 'Annual Statistics' from the European pulp and paper industry, which includes country data as well as production figures, CEPI now offers several new packages including a quarterly and even monthly package of statistics.

The packages can be combined in a very flexible way. Four different statistics packages are available, which were created to meet the needs of stakeholders from the pulp and paper industry.

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ÅF has been awarded with a paper machine speed increase study for a classified client. The customer requested a substantial increase of the production speed of more than 20%.

ÅF Materials Technology put together a tailor made team for these specific customer needs. Depending on the findings, the progressing results and the specific customer requests, the scope and techniques are evolving to fit into the specific customer application.

This study is a typical ÅF assignment as it involves several of ÅF's highly specialized competences. The ÅF-Group is autonomous and unique as it is able to offer independent packages to its customers.

The engineers perform inspections, thickness measurements and non destructive testing to find weak points in the systems. Moreover, they carry out Vibration measurements and studies, Fatigue and strength calculations, as well as Metallographic analyses.

ÅF's dedicated Paper and Board expert team is one of the pulp and paper industry's most respected and preferred supplier of strategy consulting and engineering for all kinds of pulp & paper mill projects globally. As part of the ÅF group of consulting companies, they draw from over 100 years of experience and more than 4400 consultants worldwide supplying expertise to the whole pulp and paper making related projects.

ÅF is an engineering company based out of Stockholm, Sweden with offices in 19 countries all over the world and offers services in all industrial categories; e.g., pulp & paper, environment, energy, food, pharmaceutical, oil, automation, IT.

For more information please contact:-

Tomas Anderson
Manager Paper & Board
Direct: +46 (0)10 505 95 97

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Published in European News
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 12:00

A CEO's Perspectives

ceo-2009CEO Perspectives in the Forest, paper & packaging industry worldwide - 2010 Edition

PricewaterhouseCoopers recently conducted its third series of in-depth interviews with CEOs in the Forest, Paper and Packaging (FPP) industry. We interviewed 33 executives from leading companies around the world. The objective, as with the first two sets of interviews in 2006 and 2007, was to learn more about executives' opinions of the state of the industry, the key issues it faces and its future direction.

Our last edition of CEO Perspectives grappled with major changes in the world in which the FPP industry operates. The years 2008 and 2009 saw global credit markets, and then the world economy, go into freefall. The crisis exacerbated existing declines in some markets and precipitated steep drops in demand in many others, particularly in mature markets.

It has also highlighted the split between mature and emerging markets; China and India experienced much shorter and less severe shocks than did Western Europe and North America. So far, the FPP industry has seen relatively few business failures, even in struggling markets – but very few companies can point to real successes either. So how will the industry reshape itself to meet future challenges? Our study takes a look at the types of transformation needed in the industry, and elaborates on four key trends in the following discussion.

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