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Reports on the plans of U.S.-based Kimberly-Clark Corp. to create the publicly traded company called Neenah Paper Inc. when it spins off its paper and Canadian pulp operations.

Reports that several leading global forestry companies were raided by competition enforcers as part of antitrust operations regarding price fixing and manipulation of markets for various paper products. UPM-Kymmene; Stora; Enso; Metsaliitto; M-Real; Norske Skog.

Reports that the paper and packaging manufacturer Jefferson Smurfit Group reported growth in first-half 2001 revenue and profit. Economic downturn in the United States, which offset gains in Europe; Performance of its U.S. affiliate, the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation; Possibility of a merger.

Focuses on the decision of Leon Lowenbraun to close his Lowen Paper store in New York City.

Reports on the agreement of United States commercial tissue manufacturers Kimberly-Clark, Fort James Corp. and Georgia Pacific to settle a price-fixing lawsuit. Claims of the lawsuit; Amount the plaintiffs in the settlement will receive; Remarks from Howard Langer, attorney with the plaintiffs.

States that from January 19, 1997 Charmin, Bounty and Puffs paper products will be increased in price according to the Procter and Gamble Company (P&G) in Cincinnati, Ohio. What caused the price increase; How much the orginial price will be increased by; Details on the last time P&G changed the prices of their paper products.

Reports on the announcement of the Fonda Group, a maker of paper table products in Valhalla, New York, on December 9, 1997, that it reached an agreement to acquire a Florida paper goods manufacturer, Leisure Way. When the deal is expected to close; Details on Leisure Way and Fonda Group; Comments from Dennis Mehiel, Fonda's chairman and chief executive officer.

Reports that five companies that sell toilet tissue and paper towels to various institutions have been given a Federal grand jury subpoena seeking documents in connection with an antitrust investigation in the United States.

Announces the agreement of Jefferson Smurfit PLC, the Irish paper products and packaging company, to sell its French subsidiary Smurfit Condat for around $319 million United States dollars to the Italian paper maker Garda. Percentage interest which Jefferson Smurfit plans to retain in Condat; What will be created when Condat merges with Garda; Details on the paper products companies.