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Merry Christmas |
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Big Daddy, Larry Zupi, & Mike Burdi... Looking good for the camera—what a bunch of hambones!
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free-sheet market is easing even though most major The tightness in the uncoated free-sheet market in North America appears to be easing with increasing signs that paper is more available even though major producers remain on allocation. Customers said that the lead-time on ordering paper has contracted significantly from last summer and mills in some cases are making deliveries sooner than expected. Some smaller mills also appear hungrier for business as the industry enters the seasonally slow period following Thanksgiving. “There are definitely some small cracks appearing in the market,” according to one merchant. Merchants say that lead-times on new orders are now down to 3-4 weeks compared with 6-7 weeks earlier this year and then customers would only receive deliveries if they were covered under a reservation program. “If you didn’t have an allocation, the time might as well have been a year,” one commented. The contact also said that some suppliers have recently been reducing allocations downward–not because they did not have enough paper but because customers have been overestimating their requirements and then not using the full allocation. If customers find they then need more paper, the companies will then supply it in three or four weeks. Pulp&PaperWeek November 15, 2004
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Neenah Paper has announced a price increase of $3.00 & $4.00 cwt. Effective with shipments of Nov. 29th. New price pages will be mailed shortly.
Effective with shipments on January 3, 2005, Blue Ridge will implement a fuel surcharge as determined by the department of energy which is currently $0.16/mile.
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