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Three top executives from major recovered paper processing companies assembled last week at the Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show in Chicago to address paper recycling industry issues in a [...]

In the recovered paper industry, volume speaks volumes. Steve Ragiel, president of Houston headquartered Recycle America Alliance (RAA) knows this all too well. He cites it as a key reason [...]

Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements are as defined in [...]

When prices for recovered paper began plummeting last October, the recycling industry found itself trying to unload an oversupply of old corrugated containers (OCC) and other grades of recovered paper. [...]

The U.S. paper recovery is nearing the 50 percent goal set by the paper industry in 1995. After showing little change during the three preceding years, the U.S. recovery rate [...]

Canadian paper industry management and unions realize that they're in the middle of a storm, says Jean-Claude Savard, president, Savard Consultants. He has more than 30 years experience in consulting [...]

Recently I had the opportunity to interview paper recycling industry veteran Steve Ragiel, ceo, Greenstar North America, a Houston-headquartered business established last October. It is one of this country's largest [...]

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has set a new paper recovery goal of 55 percent of all paper consumed in the U.S. by 2012. The current rate is [...]

Memphis, Tenn.-based International Paper (IP) and Temple-Inland (TI) agreed to a deal in which IP will acquire TI for $32 per share in cash, plus the assumption of $600 million [...]

International Paper (IP) last week reported a massive restructuring of the company, stating that it may sell businesses to focus on its main packaging and paper divisions. The company's three-part [...]

Don't be afraid to ask questions, lots of questions. That's what Arnie Peltz would advise any paper recycling industry colleague who might call him up and express interest in growing [...]

It's tough to make a living in the paper recycling industry right now. Ask anyone who has been in this industry more than a few years why and he or [...]

Recovered paper buying is one of the more difficult jobs in the paper industry. These positions are widely misunderstood because, with the exception of companies that maintain recycling divisions or [...]

Stronger paper and paperboard output will have to provide the platform for higher recovered paper prices, says David Clapp, senior economist with Resource Information Systems, Inc., in the May issue [...]

The paper and paper-based packaging check-off program is a new and distinct effort that promotes the broad category of paper and paper-based packaging products. Donna Harman, president and ceo, American [...]

The board of directors of Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc. promotes Randy Nebel to president. He has 31 years of experience in the paper and packaging industry, working at [...]

The American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) is hosting its 124th annual Paper Week on March 11-13 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Paper Week adds two new Sunday [...]

There is no doubt that recovered paper quality in North America has declined over the last 15 years. The key question for the paper recycling industry is will it get [...]

'If Chinese board mills stop buying, we'll be in trouble,' says Maurice Colontonio, president of Tab Paper Recycling Inc., West Berlin, Pa. In a recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, [...]

A popular financing mechanism used by the paper industry for the past decade--tax-exempt solid waste bonds--is now being regularly questioned by the Internal Revenue Service. According to Bill Moore, president [...]

Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., has signed a definitive agreement to purchase U.S. Paper Mills Corp., a privately-held company headquartered in De Pere, Wis. The purchase price has not been revealed. U.S. [...]

The world recovered paper market has been going through a very turbulent time period since the Great Recession in 2009, reports Hannah Zhao, a recovered paper economist for RISI. For [...]

Back in July, this forecaster and a consensus of recovered paper market players thought they had a pretty clear vision of prices going forward: stable and high. The U.S. economy [...]

The European and American paper industries are developing a single, unified, international, XML-based e-business standard designed to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the paper supply chain while reducing the [...]

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) and the Graphic Communications Association (GCA) have formed a leadership structure and standards process involving producers and customers in the North American paperboard, [...]

Large scale investments in new recovered fiber based paper making capacity, particularly in China and Europe, will peak over the next three to four years. That's just one of the [...]

In this year's first quarter, consumption of recovered paper was down 18 percent, or 1.5 million tons, over last year's first quarter, says Jim Bowen, senior vice president of Sonoco [...]

U.S. recovered paper exports grew 5.1 percent in this year's first quarter, reports the U.S. Dept. of Commerce (DOC). January's record 1.5 million metric tons of recovered paper exports more [...]

Voith Paper will supply Lee & Man Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. with a new linerboard machine for its Dongguan paper mill in China. The machine, with a design speed of [...]

The Pacific Coast Paper Box Manufacturer's Association (PCPBMA) elects its officers for the next year. Dick Miller, vice-president of Standard Paper Box Corp., Vernon, Calif., is elected president; Richard Chapman, [...]

Metso Paper Inc., Finland, will build the largest paper machine ever built for Papierfabrik Palm GmbH & Co. KG, Germany. The machine will be based on the Industrial IT technology [...]

Recovered paper plays an important role in supporting China's developing paper making industry, according to a report from Research & Markets called 'Research Report on China's Paper Making Industry'- 2011-2012.' [...]

Over the next five years, recovered paper demand, particularly in fiber-poor regions such as China and India, will continue to grow. At the same time, supply coming from North America [...]

Most people would consider themselves very lucky to reach 90 and still be able to get out of bed in the morning. But for Myer Lissner, senior consultant at Donco [...]

Recently we've been receiving reports that mixed paper prices on the West Coast continue to soften. What's behind this development? First, China has pulled back on its buying. Second, with [...]

Mexico is the U.S.'s second largest trading partner, after Canada. Its economy, once state-dominated and highly-protected, has become one of the most open in Latin America. Its economic growth this [...]

The 9th Paper/Forest Products Global Outlook Conference, Nov. 4-7 in New York City, will go on as scheduled, despite the city's recent terrorist events. The conference will take place at [...]

Transacted paper stock prices Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements [...]

The most important issue concerning the recovered paper market over the next several months is the level of inventories in China, says David Clapp, who analyzes and forecasts this market [...]

Ox Paper Tube & Core, Inc. purchased its current location on Maple Ave. in Hanover, Pa., last February. The company says the acquisition of the 90,000 sq ft production and [...]

Where are recovered paper markets going? What factors drive the markets? With the new supply of many key grades of paper declining, where will the new recovery come from? Get [...]

Although the economy of Europe in 2009 has been far from stellar and a quick rebound in 2010 is far from certain, the paper recycling industry may be one of [...]

Last October U.S. recovered paper exports reached a new record of more than 1.49 million metric tons, reports the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. This was up 9 percent from the [...]

Global Industry Analysts released a global report on the paper packaging materials market. The global market for paper packaging materials is forecast to reach 223.88 million metric tons by the [...]

Transacted paper stock prices Prices are per short ton They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements [...]

Intertech recently set its agenda for its paper industry seminar, 'Energy Efficient Papermaking,' Oct. 3-4 at the Highlander Inn, Manchester, N.H. The two-day program, designed for paper makers and pulp [...]

Transacted paper stock prices Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements [...]

Excalibur Pallet Group, Ltd. releases a new 100 percent recyclable paper pallet. It's constructed of a paper honeycomb deck and rectangular paper core runners and can be designed to support [...]

Transacted paper stock prices Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements [...]

Transacted paper stock prices Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effective for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements [...]