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May—2005
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Farewell Friend...
After 32 years in the industry John Glynn has decided to retire. But not before we got to roast him!!! Good Luck to you John, We will miss you ... |
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Memorial Day - May 30th |
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Domtar Visit
Our Domtar Salesman Scott Schmidt and his colleagues from Montreal - Luc Choquette, Product Manager Offest, Forms & Envelopes and Dave Coyle, Technical Services Quality Manager, visited our office last week. We had a great meeting along with dinner. We appreciate all they do for us and look forward to a visit to the mill in the very near future... Merci! |
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Smart Papers—announces a $2.00 cwt. increase on Synergy Bond, effective with shipments on May 20, 2005. Stop off charges will be standardized at $125.00 New price pages will be mailed shortly... |
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Don’t forget to order everything through www.brownpaper.com |
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IP, Meadwestvaco, Weyerhaeuser kick off 1Q reports showing higher costs, flat paper markets Paper and forest products financials for a “tough” first quarter 2005 again were showing better-than-expected wood products markets helping offset higher costs & weakness & downtime in paper & packaging businesses, according to company reports & analyst summaries. A rally in market pulp prices contrasted with weakened conditions for uncoated freesheet & containerboard, although price hike initiatives were seen to stem erosion for some products heading into the second quarter. “Cost pressure is responsible for much of the pricing momentum.” commented one Wall Street analyst. “Costs for energy, transportation, chemicals & benefits remain persistently high.” He said a troubling aspect of the latest quarter was lower shipment volumes. “For many of the stocks on our coverage list, first quarter was tough,” he said. “Fourth quarter earnings highlighted the cost pressures on many firms, but the bigger issue was (and remains) slowing demand.” Pulp&Paper Week April 25, 2005
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