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The article announces that the U.S. has been producing cigarette paper from fresh, homegrown flax fibers in quantities enough for all national needs and for export. About 90% of U.S. cigarette paper import used to come from France, but by 1943, the U.S. was importing only 625,000 pounds of rag paper from all foreign sources, and exporting 14,098,760 pounds of flax paper to 62 countries from a total domestic production of 49,900,000 lbs. Cited is Ecusta Paper Corporation's Pisgah Forest, which has expanded into a 12 million U.S. dollar plant.

Information about several issues discussed at American Paper and Pulp Association's (APPA) annual convention concerning pulp production is presented. It states that there had been speculations of paper shortage in the U.S. which is feared to restrict industry operations however, it is predicted that shortages will not exist for some time. The convention featured APPA affiliated organizations including Pulp Producers Association, Kraft Paper Association, and Tissue Association.

The article focuses on the condition of the U.S. paper industry amid global competition of paper products as highlighted by J. Stanford Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of International Paper Co. (IP). It states that the rise of paper prices din 1976 has not prevented U.S. paper companies, such as IP, Fibreboard Corp., and St. Regis Paper Co. to suffer losses. The author estimates that IP has already lost more than 100,000 tons of production to its competitors.

The article focuses on the upturn in the paper industry of Wisconsin. It states that in 1900s, the industry played a major part in newsprint and book paper requirements of the U.S., and started to produce other types of coarse paper when the nation opened its reciprocal trade agreement with Canada. It also mentions Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co.'s (Nepco) efforts to address the issues of Canadian competition wherein it had made developments in earnings and sales.

The article reports that the recent trend of wearing paper dresses has increased the sales of disposable garments in the apparel industry in the U.S. to an estimated 100 million dollars. As stated, some manufacturers see it as a permanent style. It states that in the conference of American Apparel Manufacturers Association in Dallas, Texas in June 1967 Oliver J. Sterling, president of James Sterling Paper Fashions predicted that these clothes will amount to 25 percent of the industry.

The article features the San Francisco, California-based paper manufacturer Crown Zellerbach Corp., which is the second biggest company in the paper sector behind International Paper Co. It cites the announcement made by Crown Zellerbach president Alfred B. Layton, who said that they are conducting a feasibility study on the construction of a large facility in Newfoundland. The move is intended to strengthen the company's presence in the U.S.' western region, as well as in the eastern and midwestern areas.

The article offers information on the performance of the paper industry. It states that International Paper Co. earned 51.6 million dollars in 1949, which is 15 percent less than 1948, however, its sales were 416 million dollars, because it is a big producer of kraft paperboard and newsprint. It mentions that the companies that produced fine paper and magazine paper had problems, because of the fall in magazine lineage and a price cut in magazine paper.

The article focuses on paper fiber as an alternative for textile companies in view of the shortage of imported jute carpet backing material. Reason for the interest in paper yarn is given along with future possibilities for it. Its qualities are described which warrant it as a natural next step to cotton. The experiments being undertaken by some textile companies are presented including Cone Mills, Inc., Deering-Milliken, Inc., and Iselin-Jefferson Co., Inc. Opposition is noted in terms of the lack of highly directional twisting paper.

The article discusses the continued shortage of paper in the U.S. as of May 1945. It states that despite victory in Europe, a paper shortage exists due to lack of pulp imports. It reports that continued demand from the military, particularly for packaging materials, will ensure continued austerity measures on paper products for the country's civilian population. This is the result of pulp supplies being cut off from Scandinavia, while those from Canada have been reduced due to a lack of manpower in the woods, bringing in only 2,410,000 tons in 1944.

The article focuses on the trends of paper clothes and other disposable supplies in the U.S. market, which could help address laundry problems. It states that Scott Paper Co. has received 500,000 paper dress orders after it has advertised a 1.25 dollars paper dress in March 1965, wherein, its contractors are reported to lag behind the scheduled deliveries. It says that the biggest potential market for disposable items is in hospital goods with regards to problems of laundry cost and cleanliness.

The article focuses on the declining trend in the sales and earnings posted by paper companies in the U.S. in the fall of 1957. The shares of paper products have lost around 25 per cent of the gain made during the upward trend between 1953 and 1956. Along with the trend, the author mentions that heavy institutional buying in the country had affected the paper shares floating supply.

The article focuses on the anticipated venture by Hudson Pulp & Paper into the toilet and facial tissue markets in the U.S. It says that the company will compete with Scott Paper Co. and International Cellucotton Products Co. The marketing strategy of the company includes a shift to a multi-product merchandiser with a new management alignment and a 15 million dollars worth of expansion of its paper mill facility.

The article reports on the crisis in the U.S. commercial paper (CP) market. It states that many people feel the rapidly growing 40 billion dollars commercial paper market in the U.S. during 1970 is on the downfall following the bankruptcy filed by Penn Central Transportation Co. However few market participants including International Harvester Co. believe the CP market is anywhere near collapse. It states the new companies in the U.S. are also having problems floating their CP issues.

The article examines whether the increase in profits of the U.S. paper and paper-products industry has reached its peak as of March 1948. Paper production surged to 21 million tons in 1947, which was higher by 9% compared with 1946. It is noted that high wage and raw material costs have been more than offset by increased prices, continued capacity operations and low or no reconversion expense. Other issues tackled include the usual reaction of the paper industry to a recession, its volatility and its current expansion program.

The article reports on the supplies of paper and paper products in the U.S. It states that in the year 1948 the supply of paper products will match the demand for paper with exception of newsprint whose demand as estimated will be five percent higher than supply. However it states that paper items including toilet paper, grocery bags and wrapping tissue will be scarce, though paper towels and facial tissues will be plentiful during the year 1947.

The article reports on the uniform and simplified standard of measures for paper set out by the U.S. War Production Board (WPB). Supporters of the plan propose pulp content reduction at 5% in the annual paper tonnage. The proposed standard calls for 1,000 sheets of 25x40 inch in size. However, it points out that the sizes of sheets or rolls of paper ordered from a mill or dealer will not be changed.

The article reports on the feelings of the top-level mill executives on the stories of War Production Board (WPB) scrutiny on the possible suppression of the paper industry in the U.S. in 1942. It notes the fluctuation of the orders seen by the paper board mills due to the news of the WPB and the Office of Price Administration (OPA). It mentions the forecasts of the Office of Production Management on the probable shortage of paper to meet the nation's needs.

The article focuses on the difficulty of the U.S. government in looking for a mill that will produce lighter paper grades and gages due to the reluctance of paper mills in 1941. It states that paper producers chooses and pick the orders which can give them more profits because of the costs of running the business operation. Papermakers are also facing industry pressures such as the costs of equipment repair and its effect to the business and the reduction on the use of chlorine chemicals.

The article discusses the organization formed by Parsons & Whittemore Inc. president Karl F. Landegger which would develop raw materials for papermaking, create machinery for papermaking process, and help local capital to construct paper mills. It cites the projects of the group including the paper mill in Costa Rica which will begin production, a five-million project in Brazil which would produce pulp from eucalyptus wood, and the study of paper possibilities in Turkey, Uganda, and Philippines.

The article focuses on the plan by American entrepreneur Karl F. Landegger in 1969 to expand his pulp and paper business to Canada and the U.S. It states that Landegger has built, equipped, and operated pulp and paper mills in different nations except Canada and the U.S. It says that presently, he senses that his empire, which includes Black Clawson Co. and Parsons & Whittemore Inc., has gained the resources and size to establish and run mills in North America.

The article focuses on the establishment of the experimental laboratory with a 500,000 pilot plant by Crown Zellerbach Corp. in Camas, Washington to address the problems encountered through the development in paper making. It states that the pilot plant performs things possible in the full-scale operation and has additional features that are not found in large machines, such as coater. It says that the new mill is designed for experimenting paper-making processes and types of papers made.

The article reports on the growing trend in the commercial paper market in the U.S. It states that the paper market, considered as the country's oldest public short-term money market, has outperformed the banks' short-term business loans with corporations turning to it for money advances. It also notes that commercial paper outstandings have increased to 2.8 billion dollars and that the trend was expected to continue over a long period.

The article describes the strategy of Howard Luck Gossage, chairman of the board of Shade Tree Corp., for helping the magazine "Scientific American," through the Freeman & Gossage advertising agency, mold its identity. Gossage's strategy involves a national competition for the best paper airplane design. The career background and achievements of Gossage are noted. In promoting the magazine as an advertising medium, Gossage and his partner, Robert Freeman, thought it best to concentrate on air travel because of its access to people in the scientific age.

The article focuses on the plan to license the "Aero-Hydro" paper process developed by engineer H. Scherbak to American paper manufacturers. It states that Russia and Germany have the exclusive rights on the process because Scherbak communicated with the countries for the manufacture of the process. It says that changes which would suit the process in paper machines are inexpensive. It adds that resistance to acids can be added to the process if it will be changed into the manufacture line.

The article reports on the American Paper and Pulp Association's announcement that production of paper and paperboard reached over 1.9 million tons in March 1948 and provides insights on the papermaking process.

The article considers the rising market for plastic paper as pulp paper cost increases. The market for plastic paper is approximately 50,000 tons per year worldwide while cost of wood-pulp paper is estimated at 1 billion U.S. dollars in the next 3 years to stop the pollution of plants which are using petrochemical technology. It notes new entries as interest in plastic paper grows including the solid poly-ethylene product called AcroArt, the firs Canadian synthetic paper called Tissuephane and the Polyart polyethylene film.

Discusses the legal troubles of Appleton Papers. Dangers of working with the company's carbonless copy paper (CCP); Allegations that Appleton has mounted a campaign to conceal a potential health hazard involving its most profitable product; Complaints of plaintiffs regarding the company's intimidation and harassment during cases; Evidence linking CCP to health symptoms.

The article discusses the competition between paper bag manufacturers and cotton bag manufacturers in the packaging market in the U.S. as of July 1948. A packaging line has been installed by paper bag manufacturer Saint Regis Paper Co. at the soft-wheat milling plant of National Biscuit Co. in Toledo, Ohio. The plan of the Cotton Textile Institute, the National Cotton Council and other trade groups to advertise and promote cotton bags is detailed. Statistics on the bag market are also highlighted.

Reports on the growing demand for recycled paper and the drawback caused by the high cost of recycling equipment. De-inking process; Effect of weak profits on recycling efforts; Restricted use of chlorine in papermaking; Pressure from the government to recycle.

The article examines the state of the U.S. paper industry in 1977. It states that the price increases announced by paper companies in the spring of 1977 have been rolled back, and in some instances replaced by reductions in list prices. Many paper manufacturers have discounted prices for linerboard, tissue products, and bleached paperboard. Thomas P. Clephane, senior analyst for Goldman, Sachs & Company, says there has been a general loss of price discipline in the paper industry.

The article offers information on the impact of the electronic technologies to the paper industry in the U.S. It presents the growing threats of electronics to the optimism for the paper industry including the possible replacement of optical discs for storing of information, computers will replaced typewriter, and video systems will replaced directories. It mentions that the demand for papers such as carbon and mimeograph papers declined due to the technological change.

The article focuses on the popularity of ecology paper among companies in the U.S. in 1971. Such products are being used for annual reports, letterheads and packaging materials. The difficulty experienced by Simpson Lee Paper Co. in selling its 100% recycled book paper is noted. Also cited is the paper cost problem of some paper companies.

The article reports on business expansion plans of business enterprises related to the paper industry in the U.S. It is stated that pulp exports have risen rapidly to 1.6 million tons. It is mentioned that the upsurge of consumer economies and the global trend toward mass merchandising have created growing demand for shipping containers and food packages. There is also untapped potential in tissue and other sanitary products.

The article reports on the production of paper in the U.S. in 1954. It informs that the production of paper which is the country's fifth largest industry has been declined very less in comparison to other business activities of the industry. It tells that the Standard and Poor 500 Index of paper shares have been increased by 41.5 percent since the beginning of 1954. Two graphs showing the production of paper in the U.S. from 1949-1954 are also presented.

The article focuses on the use of on-line control computer by Fitchburg Paper Co. It states that Fitchburg is one of the few small business in paper industry to get an on-line control computer that answers the questions of visitors of the office of its chairman George R. Wallace. According to Wallace, such innovation saves money and gives customers knowledge on their business. Moreover, Wallace believes that the information it gathers will help his engineers in making ways to make better paper.

The article discusses the growing popularity of the market for commercial paper in the U.S. The growth is attributed to the banks' high prime lending rate and the finance companies have had a good year because of the banner auto market. Advantages of commercial paper include a lower cost for borrowers and a handy place for short-term surplus.

The article looks at trends and activities in commercial paper trading in the U.S. in 1937. It reveals that the business dropped to 5 percent of the all-time high recorded in 1920, and is now back to 20 percent. Only A-1 credit risks, or well-known firms such as Sears, Roebuck, R. J. Reynolds and Kelvinator, have resorted to the open market. The article discusses how the industry uses commercial paper for season borrowing, while the open market is frequently used as a means of paying off bank loans.

The article discusses the possibility that prices for paper and paper products in the U.S. may increase as of January 1949. It states that since the industry has more inventory than in 1948, they expect prices to remain stable, despite demands for more service and better quality. It reports, however, that pulp prices will determine price, and while these are expected to remain stable, producers in the U.S. and Canada are demanding higher prices for freight allowances, from 7.50 dollars to 12.50 dollars per ton. Should they get it, paper prices will rise.

The article describes how Time Incorporated's acquisition of two paper mills is enabling the continuous supply of paper for the publishing company as of October 27, 1945. The author also reports that Time has announced its acquisition of the Maine Seaboard Paper Co. of Bucksport, Maine from Coffin & Burr Inc. and the First Boston Corp. Time had earlier purchased the paper-making properties of Bryant Paper Co.

The article focuses on the revival of short-term financing through the sale of commercial paper in the open market in 1952. It says that the volume of commercial paper has increased by 565 million dollars according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, showing signs of revival in the open market, which has been used for more than 140 years to supplement short-term bank loans. It mentions several types of borrowers on open-market paper including textile companies, millers, and fabricators.

The article focuses on the problem regarding the paper work at Glidden Company. As Glidden President Dwight Joyce saw the volume of paper work he had to deal with everyday, he decided with the help of his executives, to trim down the forms that were used in his company. The review yielded 172 unnecessary reports and a few others that were needed to be replaced by more efficient ones. The result of the paper audit produced nearly 30,000 U.S. dollars savings in printing costs, more executive's and worker's time plus more cabinet space.

The article reports on the shortage of pulpwood in the U.S. in 1944. It mentions that the War Production Board (WPB) will require mills to produce the scheduled amount of paper and board on the preferred production list despite output of other type of paper should fall off. It explains that the shortage was driven by the purchases used directly by the armed service, war plants, export, and other purchases used to maintain a war economy.

The article discusses International Paper (IP) Co.'s expansion into the global market with the 2007 venture with Ilim Pulp, which operates plants in Siberia and Russia. IP has also entered into ventures in Brazil and China, which will supply coated paper to international divisions of companies with which IP has existing contracts. IP will narrow its business and focus on paper lines instead of other more diverse products. IP has also sold timber property in the U.S. to deal with tax laws.

The article reports on Gary Paper Mills Inc.'s manufacture of reclaimed newsprint from de-inked used paper at its paper mill in Gary, Indiana. The mill is described as a joint venture by various daily papers and a prospective magazine, including the "Gary Post-Tribune," "Hammond Times" and "Wauskegan News-Sun." It is believed by the project's backers that they can come up with reclaimed newsprint that is as satisfactory as that made from wood pulp. The cold water de-inking process to be used is discussed.

The article offers a look at the stock performance of the paper industry in the U.S. in 1956. Since the bull market reemerged in 1949, there has been an increase if 8.5 times in paper stocks as a group. Among the companies that form part of the industry are Crown-Zellerbach Corp., International Paper, and Lily-Tulip Cup Corp. Yields on paper stocks range between 2.5 and 3.5 percent.

The article offers information on the reasons for the growing popularity of the Sunday papers as compared to the dailies in the U.S. It mentions several new Sunday papers including Scripps-Howard's the Indianapolis Times in Indianapolis, Indiana. It presents several charts depicting the faster growth of Sunday papers as compared to dailies. It discusses reasons for the growing popularity of the Sunday papers with the advertisers which includes growth in readership rates and lower milline rate.

The article discusses the situation in the paper industry. It indicates that although the demand for paper and paperboard is rising and the prices are up, papermakers see themselves squeezed by fast-rising raw material and fuel costs and the threat of government actions that can roll back price increases. It notes that production in most mills such as Crown Zellerbach Corp., International Paper Co. and St. Regis Paper Co. was edging up to 100% and prices up by 15% over last year. It points out that the industry has no intention of adding to its capacity.

The article focuses on the demand for paper products. The paper plants are operating at 94% of capacity. White-paper prices have gone up 15% in the past six years. During the recession, the paper companies have learned that they did not need as many workers to maintain output with their new and more efficient machines.

The article reports on the American Cyanamid Co. showcasing a raft of new paper products including paper bathing suits and paper raincoats developed by adding melamine resin to paper pulp resulting in stronger paper.

The article reports on the impact of the spreading strikes at the paper mills of 12 manufacturers in the West Coast on pulp and paper production and the immediate prospects for the industry. A 30% decline in production was reported as a result of the strikes, while suppliers are putting customers on allocation. To illustrate the point, Crown Zellerbach Corp. has its newsprint customers on 60% allocation. Also reported is the closure of two mills of Publishers Paper Co. in Oregon.