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The article looks at the performance of pulp and paper manufacturer International Paper Co. (IP) as of June 15, 1976. The author pays special attention to the corporation's reorganization launched by IP's chief executive officer (CEO) J. Stanford Smith. Other topics addressed include the acquisition and diversification policy and the disadvantages of its marketing.

The article discusses the history as well as the current business performance of U.S. pulp and paper mills builder Parsons & Whittemore Inc. (P&W) as of October 1975 with a focus on the views of its owner and manager Karl Francis Landegger. Topics include Landegger's management style, the company's expansion outside the U.S., and its acquisition strategy.

The article discusses the strategies of companies in the U.S. to reduce the use of paper through the electronic management of documents. Topics covered include the benefits of electronic printing for Warren, New Jersey-based financial services provider Chubb Corp., success of automated mail system at the Department of Motor Vehicles and collaboration of Harvard University with Eastman Kodak Co. to scan published materials for access in a database.

The article discusses the efforts of John Faraci, chief executive officer of International Paper Co., to make the company profitable. Laying off almost a quarter of the North American workforce and selling off 6 million acres of forest have made the company more profitable. Faraci's plans to expand the company's business in Russia and Brazil are analyzed.

The article reports on the status of the U.S. paper industry in 1987. Topics discussed include rise in the industry's earnings in 1987, impact of the weak U.S. dollar and the low inflation rate on industry earnings and printing and writing paper grades as the strong performers for the year. Also discussed are the profitability and growth performance of individual companies, such as Jefferson Smurfit, Kimberly-Clark, Scott Paper and Boise Cascade. INSET: Tiger in paper.

The article focuses on the financial performance of the U.S. paper industry in 1986. Stocks in the industry had outperformed the market due to improving sales and new market conquest. However, earnings for producer of coated papers had declined by about 12% since some magazines have translated into fewer catalogs. Furthermore, paper companies foreign invasion has created increase in demand in the paper market. INSET: Most improved (p. 205).

The article focuses on the management performance of paper companies in the U.S. in 1984 based on their growth and profitability. Topics covered include the increase in demand for uncoated paper as a result of the proliferation of personal computers, the impact of price competition in domestic markets on the companies' profitability and the emergence of Fort Howard Paper as number 2 in the "Forbes" magazine's 1984 yardsticks of management performance ranking.

The article reports developments in the paper industry in North America as of June 1988, particularly the operation of the firm Repap Enterprises. It features George S. Petty, who is the firm's chairman, chief executive officer, founder and principal stockholder. It claims that Petty formerly worked at International Paper and Parsons & Whittemore. It presents the firms Champion and Consolidated Papers as Repap's main competitors.

The article discusses the paper manufacturing industry in the U.S. Several charts are also presented depicting the management performance of the industry in the national market. The market performance includes the rate of profitability and the growth on sales as well as the earnings per share of several paper manufacturing companies.

The article presents a company profile of Lake Superior Paper Industries in Duluth, Minnesota. The paper mill is a $400 million joint venture Pentair Inc. and Minnesota Power & Light Co. Every 24 hours the paper mill produces 500 ton of some of the highest-grade specialty paper available in the U.S.

This article presents information related to the executives, clients, and finances of several paper and forest products companies. Launched last year by International Paper, Georgia-Pacific and Weyerhaeuser, Forest Express is the industry-backed electronic trading post for the timber, building materials, paper and recycling industries. The site offers an array of auction options and fixed-price deals. Keith Russell is the chief executive officer of this company. Its clients are Boise Cascade and Georgia-Pacific. The company is launched in July 2000 with a 51 million dollars investment from partners. Paper2Print.com integrates the paper-supply chain. Through its site, printers, paper buyers, mills and their intermediaries can share information, send orders, keep tabs on inventory and incorporate shipping data.

The article focuses on U.S. toilet paper producer Scott Paper Co. as of December 1976, with particular focus given to its competition with household products manufacturer Procter & Gamble (P&G). Topics discusses include Scott's history since its inception in 1879, its financial performance through the years, and its toilet paper product Cottonelle, launched according to the author, in response to P&G's paper Charmin.

The article discusses the best-performing firms in the forest products sector, including paper and packaging, in the United States in 1976. Topics mentioned include the costs of investing in new equipment and new plants, the history of paper manufacturing from its invention in the second century in China to today, and a chart showing economic data such as return on equity and return on capital for firms including Olinkraft, Mead, and Weyerhauser.

The article presents a profile of financial technology executive Nima Ghamsari. It mentions Ghamsari's start in computer software at Palantir Technologies, the establishment of his own company Blend Labs, and how the company provides software to banks to manage the records for mortgage loans.

The article discusses the operation of P.H. Glatfelter Co., a paper making company chaired by Philip Henry Glatfelter in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. The first big order of Glatfelter was the handbill paper for the 1864 campaign of Abraham Lincoln. Last year, the company netted 40 million-dollar from its 277 million-dollar sale of publishing and specialty papers. Average return on equity of Glatfelter was 14.4 percent for over five years.

The article looks at developments in the forest products industry in 1981 and outlook for 1982. Topics discussed include the effect of the high interest rates on the housing market which takes 55 percent of all lumber and plywood produced and more than 50 percent reduction in the earnings of integrated wood and paper companies since 1979. A chart is presented that shows the financial and management performance of forest products companies in terms of profitability and growth.

This article profiles John Fery, chairman of Boise Cascade Corp., and evaluates his business planning ability. When Fery took charge of Boise 12 years ago, an incautious diversification program during the mid-1960s had forced the forest products company to write off $200 million. Fery took a hard look at what was left. He says that what the company needed was a change in direction to take advantage of growth opportunities in the paper industry. The key, Fery believed, was to expand into young markets, where growth potential was high. Fery has lessened Boise's dependence on wood and building materials with moving rapidly into white paper production.

The article mentions that Michael Flancman, owner of Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Co., makes a line paper products such as wrapping paper from elephant dung. The company also has paper products made from panda poop. He manages the company with his wife Tun. There is rival company called Elephant Dung Paper in Thailand.

This article discusses the launch of a new series of president-adorned coins in the U.S. Washington politicians assert that changing from paper money to a coin system would save millions of dollars as coins last longer than their paper counterparts. Several attempts to integrate new dollar coins have been met with abysmal results leaving millions sitting in mints. Public opinion suggests that these newest coins will meet with the same fate.

The article focuses on the U.S. paper industry. In 1985, as the dollar strengthened, prices of internationally traded paper products plunged. The price of pulp, for example, dropped nearly 15%. With every uptick in the dollar, droves of salesmen from such paper-producing countries as Sweden, West Germany, Italy, Finland, Brazil and Great Britain deplaned and knocked on U.S. doors. Not only were their prices good, but their products were often innovative and of a quality superior to that of competing U.S. products. U.S. paper executives have even begun to notice the export market themselves.

The article focuses on the forest products and packaging sector in the U.S. as of January 1978. It notes the decline in paper product prices after attempted price increases, relationship between gross national product and paper consumption and the lower margins and profits resulting from price weakness. It discusses the positive performance of wood products businesses amid the rise in housing starts, edge gained by metal packaging against glass and higher costs incurred by bottle manufacturers.

The article informs about the growth of James River Corp. as the second biggest paper firm in the U.S. It is stated that chairman Brenton Halsey and president of the firm Robert Williams bought small mills from big companies making James River into a leading specialty paper maker, however, it moved out of specialty papers to pay $1.6 billion for Crown Zellerbach Corp. in the year 1986. Halsey wants the firm to focus on customer products, packaging, and items like copier paper.

Evaluates Web sites that are related to printing and paper. Growth of Internet businesses in the printing industry; Descriptions of the sites, including chief executive officers, marketplace models and clients; Internet sites, including 58k.com, Collabria, Noosh.com, PaperExchange.com and PrintCafe.