At their meeting on 8 July 2010, the members of the board of trustees of Papiertechnische Stiftung decided unanimously to appoint Mr Dr. Frank Miletzky as the new president of PTS.

Mr Miletzky worked as scientific assistant at the institute for wood and plant chemistry of TU Dresden in Tharandt from 1981 to 1985. In 1985 he joined the institute for pulp and paper technology in Heidenau, working as manager of the pulp technology division, among other.

From 1995 to 2001 Mr Miletzky worked as head of the central environment function and head of paper development for Felix Schoeller GmbH & Co. KG. In 2001 he joined Ahlstrom Osnabrück GmbH, where he was responsible for development and quality until 2008. In 2008 he took up the position of research director at Papiertechnische Stiftung in Munich.

Research and development for the paper chain, research management and the marketing of research results have been the main responsibilities of Mr Miletzky for many years, enabling him to bring a wealth of experience to his new position.

Reducing air emissions, actively managing water use, and building community relationships are examples of work by Georgia-Pacific’s operations that were honored this year through the company’s Environmental Excellence Awards program. For 15 years, Georgia-Pacific has recognized projects and achievements that create value for society and exemplify GP’s environmental vision.

“Across Georgia-Pacific, employees are using innovative approaches to help reduce our environmental impact and become a more sustainable business,” said Jim Hannan, chief executive officer and president. “By continuously improving environmental performance in our operations, we are creating more value for the company and the communities where we operate. Our Environmental Excellence Awards help us recognize projects and programs that are leading the way.”

Below are examples of projects receiving awards this year:

• Employees at Georgia-Pacific’s Brewton, Ala., containerboard mill worked to reduce visible emissions from the mill by more than 70 percent from 2008 to 2009, even though emissions were within the mill’s permit limits and historical norms. The operation has not had a visible emission since July 2009.
• Georgia-Pacific’s tissue mill in Cuijk, The Netherlands, improved its wastewater treatment system to meet new upcoming environmental standards as well as lowered sulfur dioxide emissions and increased biogas generation from its anaerobic wastewater treatment system, which it uses to help fire its steam boilers. The mill went from being one of the highest sulfur dioxide emitters in The Netherlands’ paper industry to being one of the lowest and notably increased its wastewater treatment system’s efficiency.
• Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products business took steps to improve energy efficiency, decrease fuel use and minimize the impact of its transportation on the environment. This included increasing the use of intermodal shipping, instituting an idle reduction policy and even using special technology in loading trucks that reduced the total number of trucks on the road. The group also decreased the total miles traveled from manufacturing point to customer delivery by four million miles. In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products a SmartWay^SM Excellence Award winner.
• Georgia-Pacific Chemical’s wood adhesives group developed a new line of low-emitting adhesives - called LEAF^TM resins -- to meet market interest in new technology and a regulatory change in Californiathat requires lower formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products. The LEAF resins not only meet the emission requirements but also work well with existing manufacturing processes, minimizing the cost and efficiency impact to customers. The LEAF product line will continue to expand with other innovative low-emitting products.

• Georgia-Pacific’s Nova Scotiagypsum operations established important relationships with local environmental organizations, government agencies and the First Nations community in its efforts to protect and maintain water quality in the area. These relationships have led to a successful river habitat restoration project as well as participation in planning for future management of the local watershed.

For Georgia-Pacific, balancing the social, environmental and economic needs of the marketplace and local communities is necessary to being sustainable. Creating wildlife habitat at large manufacturing facilities, designing home building products that improve indoor air quality and reduce waste, and self-generating from biomass more than half of its energy needs, are a few examples of the company’s approach to sustainability highlighted in its updated online sustainability report available at www.gp.com/aboutus/sustainability

“We believe that GP will remain a sustainable company by creating value the way we always have - continuously improving performance by providing products and services that customers value, using resources more efficiently, and remaining a valued part of the communities where GP employees live and work,” said Bill Frerking, chief sustainability officer.

Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs more than 40,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North America, South Americaand Europe. Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible and economically sound. The familiar consumer tissue brands of Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP include Quilted Northern^®, Angel Soft^®, Brawny^®, enMotion^®, Sparkle^®, Mardi Gras^® and Vanity Fair^®. Dixie Consumer Products LLC, a Georgia-Pacific company, manufactures the Dixie^® brand of tabletop products. Georgia-Pacific has long been among the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers, with brands such as Plytanium^® plywood, DryPly^® water repellent plywood, Ply-Bead^® panels and Wood I Beam^™ joists offered by Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC and DensArmor Plus^® interior panels, DensGlass^® Sheathing and ToughRock^® drywall offered by Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC. For more information, visit www.gp.com

The American Forest & Paper Association has issued its 2010 report measuring progress by the forest products industry on key sustainability indicators. The report – Sustainable Practices: a foundation of the forest products industry – shows that despite the severe impact made by the recession, the AF&PA notes that continued investments by its members in efficient processes and equipment, which have led to measurable progress on such sustainability indicators as recycling and air emissions.

Among the reports key findings, are:

• In 2009, 63.4 percent of U.S. paper consumed was recovered – surpassing AF&PA’s 60 percent recovery goal three years ahead of schedule.

• On an absolute basis, both direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions at member pulp and paper and wood products industry facilities have decreased.

• In 2008, 65 percent of the energy needed to operate member pulp and paper mills was produced from renewable fuels.  At wood products facilities, renewable fuels produced 73.5 percent of needed energy.

• Compared to 2006, pulp and paper mill sulfur dioxide releases decreased 14.6 percent and total reduced sulfur releases were reduced 18.6 percent.

• Companies have continued to make investments in new processes and equipment.  Paper mill and allied product company capital expenditures were $7.6 billion in 2006 and $6.3 billion in 2008.

• From 2002 to 2008, forest products exports grew by almost 50 percent, from $18.2 to $27.1 billion

For the full report download the attachment below.

Heidelberg customer magazine scoops top award at the Best Of Corporate Publishing Awards 2010

For the first time, the customer magazine of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) - "Heidelberg News" (HN) - has been awarded gold in the "BCP - Best of Corporate Publishing Awards", Europe's largest competition for corporate publications, making the magazine by far the most successful publication in the entire print media industry.

HN had already been awarded silver six times in Europe alone in the previous years, and various gold and platinum medals have come its way on the North American continent. In awarding the magazine its latest accolade, the panel of judges explained their decision with the following words: "Nominated last year and on the winners' podium this year, Heidelberg News offers a deep insight into the world of print technology. Complex interrelationships are explained in simple terms, and the whole is combined with clear and logical images and illustrations."

"Heidelberg News is a key element of our integrated concept for addressing customers - a concept in which print products play a central role and the focus is on a partnership-based approach. We therefore see this success in the BCP Awards as an incentive to continue pursuing this strategy," says Adriana Nuneva, Head of Global Marketing and Communications at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

In all, over 600 publications participated in the competition. The award ceremony took place as part of the Corporate Publishing Congress in Hamburg. As usual, the event was organized by Forum Corporate Publishing e.V., which this time played host to around 650 guests. This industry association presents the BCP Award annually in collaboration with trade magazines acquisa, Horizont, w&v, and Schweizer Werbewoche.

The Stowe Woodward plant in North Bay, Ont., is closing as a result of reorganization at its parent company, Xerium Technologies, Inc. Xerium manufactures clothing and roll covers used primarily in paper production.

It is expected that production at the North Bay location will cease by August 20, 2010. Local news sources report that 31 jobs will be lost.

"The paper industry has been contracting in North America over the last several years. Many paper machines have been permanently shut down across North America," said Dave Pretty, president, Xerium North America and Europe PMC. "The demand for our products has been affected by these events. As a result, we are adjusting the way we do business and consolidating our roll cover operations in North America."

Stowe Woodward has facilities in Kelso, Washington; Neenah, Wisconsin; Middletown, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Griffin, Georgia; Ruston, Louisiana; Concord, New Hampshire; and Queretaro, Mexico.

The company went through a brief period of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year.

Stora Enso will permanently close down newsprint and directory paper production at Varkaus in Finland by the end of the third quarter of 2010. The reasons for the planned capacity closure announced on 22 April 2010 have not changed: the European newsprint and directory paper market is strongly structurally oversupplied and sales prices have fallen significantly. As a result, newsprint production at Varkaus Mill is expected to remain unprofitable in the long term.

“The overcapacity position in the European newsprint and directory paper market has persisted in 2010. Consequently, sales prices have fallen significantly. In the longer term demand in Europe is expected to decline further, as has been happening in North America. In addition, the competitiveness of Varkaus is weakened because newsprint production at Varkaus relies on less-competitive virgin fibre, the availability of wood raw material in Finland is not stable and Varkaus is far away from most of its customers and main markets,” says Juha Vanhainen, EVP, Publication Paper Business Area and Country Manager Finland.

The closure of the two newsprint machines PM 2 and PM 4 at Varkaus Mill will reduce newsprint and directory paper annual production by 290 000 tonnes. The co-determination negotiations at Varkaus were concluded at the end of June. As a result of the ending of newsprint production, 175 employees will be made redundant. There are currently 506 employees at Stora Enso's Varkaus Mill.

The Varkaus mill site will continue to produce pulp and fine paper after newsprint and directory paper production ends. The operations of the sawmill and the NSE Biofuels Oy biofuel joint venture with Neste Oil and its demonstration plant will also continue. The ending of newsprint production will not substantially affect the amount of renewable energy produced at Varkaus.

Stora Enso will support redeployment of those affected by the plans through efficiently offering jobs internally and eligibility for outplacement services. The Group works closely with local employment and economic development centres to find new job opportunities for people affected. Stora Enso will also support financially those who would like to start their own business.

Estimated financial impact
As announced on 22 April 2010, Stora Enso anticipates that the planned permanent shutdown of newsprint production at Varkaus will have the following financial impacts on the Newsprint segment:

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For further information, please contact:
Juha Vanhainen, EVP, Publication Paper Business Area and Country Manager
Finland,
tel. +358 2046 21343
Lauri Peltola, Head of Communications, tel. +358 2046 21380

The Board of DS Smith has announced that it has submitted a binding offer for the proposed acquisition of Otor, a leading corrugated packaging company in France (the "Proposed Acquisition").

The Otor Group consists of Otor S.A., the shares of which are listed on NYSE Alternext Paris, and Otor Finance, a holding company for The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) which owns and controls 94.75 per cent. of Otor S.A. The remaining 5.25 per cent. of the shares of Otor S.A. are in free float on NYSE Alternext Paris.

Under the terms of the binding offer, DS Smith intends to acquire control of more than 95 per cent. of the share capital of Otor from entities controlled by Carlyle, from Credit Lyonnais ("LCL") and from the chairman of Otor S.A. before making a mandatory offer for the remaining shares of Otor S.A. (the “Minority Offer”) in accordance with French stock exchange regulations. The total consideration for the Proposed Acquisition, including the Minority Offer, of €247 million (approximately £206 million), will be in cash and the assumption of existing debt, equivalent to an all cash offer of €8.97 per Otor S.A. share. Under French regulations a minority squeeze out can be achieved with a shareholding representing 95 per cent. of the shares and voting rights. More details on the proposed acquisition structure can be found later in this announcement.

The parties' intention is to inform Otor's group works council and to execute the relevant documentation as soon as possible.

To read the full report please download the PDF attachment.

Catalyst Paper has announced that it is permanently closing its Elk Falls paper mill near Campbell River, British Columbia in September. This facility has been indefinitely curtailed since February 2009.

“Today’s news is a disappointing outcome for mill employees and families, for the community, and for our business,” said Catalyst President and CEO Kevin J. Clarke. “The steep decline in commodity paper markets, coupled with uncompetitive labour and tax costs were contributing factors that could not be overcome.”

“Adaptation has always been the key to survival,” Clarke noted, “and the uncertainty regarding the future of this mill was detrimental to all our operations and had to come to an end. With this difficult decision behind us, we can now focus our sales and marketing strategies and production planning around mills that still have the potential to operate competitively which is a better basis to future-focus our business overall.”

In a related decision, Catalyst also announced the permanent closure of its paper recycling operation in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The facility, which supplied the company’s Crofton mill, was indefinitely idled in February due to reduced recycled pulp requirements, combined with higher cost and constrained availability of quality recovered paper. All employees were laid off at the time.

The associated asset impairment charge, including severance costs, is estimated at $302 million and will be reflected in the company’s second quarter results. Only a small number of employees will continue to be required to manage and decommission the facility resulting in approximately 100 Elk Falls employees being immediately impacted by the permanent closure.

The Elk Falls mill began operation in 1952, and at its peak, produced 784,000 tonnes of pulp, paper and kraft paper annually.

Catalyst Paper manufactures diverse specialty printing papers, newsprint and pulp. Its customers include retailers, publishers and commercial printers in North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and Europe. With five mills located in British Columbia and Arizona, Catalyst has a combined annual production capacity of 2.0 million tonnes. The company is headquartered in Richmond,

British Columbia, Canada and its common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CTL. Catalyst is listed on the Jantzi Social Index® and is also ranked by Corporate Knights as one of the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters set forth in this news release, including statements with respect to severance costs and asset impairment charges related to the shutdown of the Elk Falls paper mill, are forward looking. These forward-looking statements reflect management’s current views and are based on certain assumptions and courses of action, as well as other factors management believes are appropriate. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in these statements, including those risks and uncertainties identified under the heading “Risks and uncertainties” in the management’s discussion and analysis contained in Catalyst’s first quarter 2010 interim report available at www.sedar.com.

For more information:

Lyn Brown
Vice-President, Corporate Relations
604-247-4713

Van Houtum is the first company in the Netherlands to have passed the certification process for the NEN-EN 16001 energy standard. This confirms once again that our energy management system complies with the strictest European standards and that we systematically save on energy and related costs.

Reducing energy consumption and increasing energy efficiency are among the top priorities set out by the European Union. These targets are driven by the ever increasing price of oil, climate change and Europe's dependence upon (unstable) oil and gas producing countries. In December 2008, the EU presented a large package of energy and climate measures with three main targets for 2020:
• 20% reduction of greenhouse gases;
• 20% utilization of renewable fuels;
• 20% increase in energy efficiency.

The European NEN-EN 16001 standard sets out the requirements which an energy management system must comply with. “In broad terms, energy management works out in concrete terms how energy efficiency in the production process is to be structurally improved,” explains project coordinator Ronald Kok. “It helps us save energy and reduce costs. The standard is very much in line with the structure of the ISO 14001 standard, which is why we were able to integrate it into our existing environmental management system fairly easily. The method itself is based on the formulation of concrete energy policy and targets, and it enables us to realize improvements in an ongoing fashion.”

The successful certification process confirms once again that we are a leader in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR). “An effective energy policy is no more than logical,” says Ronald. “The production and processing of hygienic paper products requires a great deal of energy. Accordingly, we have been tracking and recording our energy consumption for years, and have been increasing our energy efficiency wherever possible. Such a policy is not only good for the environment but also for our bottom line!”

“Van Houtum has implemented quality targets and standards throughout the organization,” adds Ronald. “We have been very proactive in implementing CSR policy and targets. It is therefore no surprise that our efforts have been recognized and rewarded by the market via various awards and certifications.”

The structural implementation of our CSR policy is confirmed by the following certifications:
• 1995 – ISO 9001 Quality management system
• 1998 – ISO 14001 Environmental management system
• 2005 – OHSAS 18001 HSE management system
• 2010 – NEN-EN 16001 Energy management system
• 2010 – ISO 26000 CSR guidelines