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Heads-Up
Vietnam: Asia's New Player. Did anybody imagine that Vietnam would become a significant player in this industry? Where do you plant trees? How many unexploded mines and pieces of ammunition lie in the ground? Asian investors and European machinery suppliers seem undeterred by these “unknowns.”

Market Grade
UNCOATED GROUNDWOOD. The high-valued Canadian dollar has made many mills unprofitable leading to wide spread capacity closures. Concurrently, higher U.S. postal rates are suppressing catalog mailings while the housing problem hangover hurts advertising, including newspaper pre-prints, the largest uncoated groundwood market and major use for SC grades. Is all this bad news setting the stage for a 2008 upturn?

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Note
Core Focused. As the global paper industry continues to redefine itself, paper manufacturers are divesting non-core assets and sharpening their sights on their individual strengths.

FEATURES

Pulp Production In The Americas — All Eyes Move South
It is no secret that South America has the potential to become a major global player in the forest, paper and packaging industry. Just how big a player the region will become depends on investors' confidence and the actions, or inactions, of the rest of the field.

Upgrade Considerations for "Older" Lightweight Paper Machines
Increasing an older paper machine's speed and efficiency may be just an upgrade away.

Solving the Supply Chain Cost Riddle
Developing analysis tools that will help identify increasing distribution costs that may be preventing your company from achieving planned efficiencies or maintaining cost levels.

Striking a Lethal Blow to Canada's Forest Industry
A number of factors have played a role in the downward spiral of Canada's forest industry, and labor disputes, such as the one between manufacturers and union workers in British Columbia, have made the economic situation even worse.