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Fortress Proceeding With Conversion to Dissolving Pulp Production at Thurso

Conversion to dissolving pulp operation is proceeding mostly on schedule at Fortress mill in Thurso.

Buckeye Plans to Close British Columbia Nonwovens Facility

Buckeye Technologies plans to close its Delta facility in British Columbia by the end of 2012.

Rottneros Plans Staff Reductions at Pulp Mill

Rottneros Group has announced a planned reduction of staff that will affect about 25 employees at the Rottneros mill.

Voith to Rebuild Eilenburg PM 1 for Stora Enso Sachsen

Stora Enso Sachsen, Germany, places order with Voith Paper for the rebuild of Eilenburg PM 1.

Huhtamaki to Close Flexible Packaging Unit in New Zealand

Huhtamaki plans to close down a manufacturing unit in New Lynn, New Zealand.

ABB wins USD 15 million automation and power equipment order from JK Paper Ltd in India.

Mondi SCP Claims Paper Production Speed Record

Mondi runs paper machine in Slovakia at record speed.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has moved forward with reconstruction efforts at the Ishinomaki mill.

Boise Inc.

Boise Inc. has authorized a new USD 75 million share repurchase program.

Stora Enso

Stora Enso will record a negative nonrecurring item of USD 180 million related to NewPage Stevens Point Mill.

The Final Word by Jim Thompson

There is no panacea.

Smoke and Mirrors

By:

Dennis Shore

Politics and the industry in Australia and New Zealand.

International Paper and Temple-Inland Reach Merger Agreement

International Paper has reached an agreement to acquire Temple-Inland.

Earnings Announcements

Construction kicked off today for the new Greenpac Mill LLC containerboard mill.

Cascades has invested nearly CAD 4 million in improvements to its Breakeyville Fibres mill.

SCA to Invest More Than SEK 800 Million in Machine Improvementsm

SCA will invest SEK 460 million in a tissue machine upgrade and SEK 350 million in a newsprint machine rebuild.

Rayonier has signed an agreement to acquire approximately 250,000 acres from Joshua Timberlands and Oklahoma Timber

NewPage Corporation Files for Chaper 11 and CCAA Protection

NewPage Corporation has commenced voluntary cases under Chapter 11 in the United States and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act of Canada.

AbitibiBowater Concerned Over Potential Reduction in Wood Supply

AbitibiBowater is echoing the concerns of Ontario Northeastern municipal leaders over forest management plan.

Canadian government provides funds to two mills to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

PM40

The PM40 closed 26 August 2011 at 1702.65.

Bleak

By:

James R. Thompson, Executive Editor

Hang in there...

RearView

The PM40 closed 26 August 2011 up 8.2% compared to the 27 August 2010 level.

Disconnected Comparisons

In this issue we evaluate KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation and Orchids Paper Products Company.

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