Official Board Markets articles from April 2004

Official Board Markets archives from April 2004

Board prices jump: the big squeeze?(News Analysis)
April 3, 2004... "This is as close to a slam dunk as I've seen in some time," says the president of an East Central independent corrugated box converter when asked last week whether he was paying more for kraft liner-board and semichemical medium. When...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 3, 2004... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Fiber consumption will grow modestly.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Total fiber consumption declined 0.9 percent at U.S. paper and paperboard mills last year. But it is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 1 percent during the 2004-06 period, according to new data in the American Forest & Paper...

SCA increases ownership in Asian Co.: corrugated packaging.(SCA Packaging)(Central Package)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... SCA, Stockholm, Sweden, has reached an agreement with Anthony Chen, founder of the corrugated packaging company Central Package, and with a minority owner, to acquire additional shares in the company. On completion of this transaction, SCA's...

Cascades celebrates 40th anniversary: opens new center.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Cascades hosted an inanguration ceremony for its new Laurent Lemaire Information Technology (IT) Centre. The inauguration occurred on March 26 in the presence of the founding brothers, Bernard, Laurent and...

IP responds to Dow Jones snub: will maintain focus.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Late last week the Dow Jones industrial Average decided to replace International Paper (and two other companies) in its average. The three new companies are AIG, Pfizer and Verizon. IP issued the following statement: "We recognize that...

MeadWestvaco expects loss: despite forestlands sale.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... MeadWestvaco Corp., Stamford, Conn., expects to report a net loss in the range of 10 to 15 cents for the first quarter of this year. The anticipated loss includes the gain on the sale of forestlands, ,as well as costs of approximately 3 cents...

Checkpoint, matrics announce RFID venture: supply chain solutions.(Checkpoint Systems Inc.)(Radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Thorofare, N.J., signs a contract with Matrics, Inc., Columbia, Md., in which Checkpoint Systems agrees to purchase 100 million EPC-compliant RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags for integration into client...

FPPA schedules sales training: for platemakers.(Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... The Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association (FPPA) is hosting its 2004 Sales Training Workshop on May 5 at the Baltimore/Washington International Airport Marriott Hotel, Baltimore, Md. The workshop is designed for sales personnel in the...

KBA hosts pre-drupa event: to showcase machinery.(KBA Planeta)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... About 1500 printers from 38 countries attended a three-day pre-drupa open house March 24-26 hosted by KBA's sheetfed offset division in Radebeul, Germany. The event was an opportunity for KBA to showcase a variety of printing equipment and...

Green Printing and Packaging Co.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Green Printing and Packaging Co., Lexington, N.C., was recently certified by The American Institute of Baking (AIB). Green was rated "Excellent" during the AIB audit that assessed the company's product safety, pest control, maintenance,...

Average sheet prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 3, 2004... Average Sheet Prices Based upon a survey of sheet plants. Per 1000 sq. ft., 50,000 sq. ft. single item orders, including delivery charges. Southeast/ East South North...

Sure trade now in business: new company.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Paper recycling industry veteran Steve Suher has started Sure Trade in Seekonk, Mass. The brokerage firm will deal in all grades of recovered paper and also plastics and metal. Most recently he was with Northstar Pulp & Paper as a senior...

Creditors support Durango restructuring: debt problems.(Corporacion Durango)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Corporacion Durango has reached an agreement in principle with its bank lenders and members of the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee, who collectively hold a substantial portion of its outstanding unsecured indebtedness. The creditors will...

Board demand shows improvement: PPPC reports.(Pulp and Paper Products Council)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Last February North American containerboard demand showed improvement, increasing 3.8 percent over the corresponding month in 2003, reports the Pulp and Paper Products Council, Montreal. North American containerboard production increased by...

Carton sales dip in February: NPA reports.(National Paperbox Association)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... February folding carton sales decreased 1.40 percent compared with February 2003, according to the National Paperbox Association's (NPA) billed sales statistical program. Rigid box sales, however, increased 16.79 percent in February. The NPA...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Illustration)
April 3, 2004... Prices are per short ton. They change the first issue of each month. Unless otherwise noted, they're effecitve for the calendar month. Grades and preparation requirements are as defined in current Paper Stock Industries' Standards and Practices...

OCC prices calm down: improving inventories.(Old Corrugated Cardboard )(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... With the exception of Chicago and the Southwest, where adjustments were made to better reflect the current going rate for open market tons, OCC prices took a breather and stabilized during the past few weeks. Many board mills report that their...

Print, converting show hype is positive: Print 05, Converting 05.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... The Graphic Arts Show Co. has heard several positive comments from printing and converting suppliers and machinery manufacturers about Print 05 and Converting 05. The addition of the Converting 05 event will significantly enlarge the already...

Transacated paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Wht. White ...

Protective pkg demand to rise: to $3.5 billion.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Protective packaging demand in the U.S. is expected to grow 5.2 percent annually to $3.5 billion in 2008, prompted by accelerating Internet and mail order catalog sales and the specialized requirements of packaging applications in the...

Panel highlights Region 11 meeting: 2000 attendees.(AICC Canada)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... AICC Canada's Region 11 held its 2004 General Meeting and annual Trade Fair two weeks ago at the Mississauga Convention Center, just outside of Toronto. There were 200 meeting attendees and 40 trade fair participants. The theme of the meeting...

Box USA.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Box USA, Northbrook, Ill., hires Ferdinand Mihm as a strategic accounts manager for its packaging plant in Baltimore. Mihm has more than 35 years of industry experience in both sales and management and will be servicing Box USA's growing...

Menasha Packaging Co.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... William Shepard, vice chairman of Neenah, Wis.-based Menasha Packaging Co., is resigning, effective immediately. Shepard lead Menasha Packaging for more than 10 years and says he will continue to be in close touch with the company as it moves...

Anderson & Vreeland, Inc. (A&V).(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Anderson & Vreeland, Inc. (A&V), Bryan, Ohio, appoints Randy Reynolds to regional sales manager. Reynolds will supervise sales and support for A&V's customers throughout a 16-state area in the western United States. Previously, he was an area...

Meeting expectations isn't enough: today folding cartons must serve as emotional links to consumers: at PPC Spring Meeting.
April 3, 2004... The folding carton industry needs to transform itself from the hunted to the hunter, says Neil Kozarsky, president of Universal Synergistic's technology and marketing arm THEM. It needs to go from offering invisible to visible consumer value...

Transacted boxboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 3, 2004... Transacted Boxboard Prices The prices tabulated here are intended only as a reference standard to the current levels commonly prevailing in a representative proportion of the U.S. contract raosactions. The prices listed do not connote...

Who's to blame for job loss? Clinton or Bush?(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) surveys manufacturers on various indicators of their business such as production, orders, inventories, and employment plans. Since November 2003 the ISM has been reporting an escalation in employment...

Who benefits from a board price increase?(Letter)(Letter to the Editor)
April 3, 2004... Last month, I received information in an e-mail from the AICC's Steve Young regarding containerboard price increase announcements from the vertically integrated producers. (Editor's Note: Steve Young, AICC president, sent this...

How Coors family saved GPI: lawsuit brings it out.
April 3, 2004... Four years ago, in the summer of 2000, Graphic Packaging International (GPI), which merged with Riverwood International (RI) last year, almost went bankrupt, the Rocky Mountain News recently reported. The major folding carton company was...

Mill seminar will teach leadership: May 10-14.(Management Development for Enhanced Performance)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Management Development for Enhanced Performance, a management seminar co-sponsored by the Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA) and the Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS), is designed for managers and leaders at all...

CCTI 2004 Directory available: annually revised.(Composite Can and Tube Institute)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... The Composite Can and Tube Institute's (CCTI) 2004 Industry Directory is now available. The annually revised list of all known manufacturers in the industry includes product descriptions, contact names, plant addresses, phone and fax numbers,...

TAPPI to hold troubleshooting short course.(May 24-26)(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... TAPPI presents Troubleshooting the Corrugator Process, May 24-26 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Pensacola, Fla. Participants will learn how to address warp problems, discover techniques on how to reduce waste, and learn how to conduct a machine...

Diamond Contract Manufacturing.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... Diamond Contract Manufacturing, LLC (DCM), Rochester, N.Y., has been certified as a women-owned business through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) in Washington, D.C. The WBENC certification is one of the most widely...

The Royal Group.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... The Royal Group, Cicero, Ill., promotes Tim Benecke to vice president, group operations and general manager, Midwest Region.

The Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association (FPPA).(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2004... The Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association (FPPA) announces its newly-elected president and board of directors for 2004. They include Lee Grantham, Mark/Trece, Inc., president; Jack Fulton, Printron Engravers, Inc., immediate past...

Competing in tough times: how to stay profitable.
April 10, 2004... "Are you doing all you can to compete globally?" and "Are you running your business at optimum efficiency?" were two of the questions addressed at the April 1 AICC Region 8 Business Meeting and Luncheon at the Union League Club in Philadelphia....

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 10, 2004... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Kraft Group acquires United Paper Stock.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The Kraft Group, Boston, Mass., acquires the assets of the United Paper Stock recycling facility in Pawtucket, R.I., for undisclosed terms. The Kraft Group is a private holding company with interests in paper and packaging. Its Paper and...

Norampac buys Johnson Corrugated: in Connecticut.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Norampac Inc. acquires Johnson Corrugated Products Corp., a corrugated plant in Thompson, Conn. Terms weren't disclosed. This investment will allow Norampac to increase its integration level and its North Americana presence, the company says....

China launches anti-dumping probe: kraft liner/linerboard.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... China's Ministry, of Commerce launched an anti-dumping probe March 31 on unbleached kraft liner/linerboard imported from the U.S., South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan, reports Forestweb. The investigation will focus on dumping and dumping...

NorskeCanada names top suppliers: Vancouver, Canadian fibre.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... NorskeCanada's Paper Recycling Division names the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Canadian Fibre its 2003 suppliers of the year for recovered paper. The division--the largest paper recycling facility in western Canada--chose the city...

MeadWestvaco seminar reaches milestone: paperboard knowledge.(MeadWestvaco Coated Board Division)
April 10, 2004... Two weeks ago MeadWestvaco Coated Board Division celebrated a milestone as it welcomed its 10,000th Paperboard Knowledge[R] Seminar (PBK[R]) attendee. The seminar offers a detailed overview of the entire packaging process from inputs to...

Dieco Web site expands marketplaces: promotional offers.(Larson Worldwide, Inc)(TPX Online Services)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Larson Worldwide, Inc., developers of www.dieco.com, partner with TPX Online Services to enhance information on the Web site, which provides resources for the diecutting, diemaking, embossing, and foil stamping industries. The Dieco Web site...

Keystone buys Advantzware: automated suite.(Keystone Folding Box Co.)(Advantzware box software suite )(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Keystone Folding Box Co., Newark, N.J., installs the Windows-based Advantzware box software suite from Advanced Software, Inc., Yardley, Pa. The software automates all plant and office aspects of a corrugated box and folding carton plant with...

Paper Packaging Global Industry Guide.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The Paper Packaging Global Industry Guide from Research and Markets Ltd includes data and analysis on market size, segmentation, competition, and trends affecting the paper packaging industry. It covers global, European, Asia-Pacific, and other...

Nip profiling system.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Sensor Products, Inc.'s D-Nip[R] is an electronic, real-time nip profiling system that reveals inaccurate roll alignment, roll skewing, and crown deficiencies in any web-based production environment. D-Nip includes a sensor element chain and...

OSHA imposes fine for accident: $231,000.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The U.S. Labor Dept.'s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues citations and signs a settlement agreement with Stone Container Corp., a subsidiary of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., after the investigation of a fatal accident...

Dosepak demands drive hiring: MeadWestvaco N.C. plants.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... MeadWestvaco will hire 44 workers at its manufacturing plants in Mebane and Garner, N.C., as a result of increasing demand for creative drug packaging, reports the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer. The plants currently manufacture cartons for...

CCCA plans 2005 conference: in Montreal.(Canadian Corrugated Case Association)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The Canadian Corrugated Case Association (CCCA) plans its fifth annual conference and trade fair for Feb. 28-March 1, 2005, at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure. The event, themed The Business of Corrugated 2005, includes a tabletop trade fair...

Total containerboard inventories fall: box plants cut back.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Total containerboard inventories (at mills and box plants) fell 2.6 percent between the end of January and the end of February, reports the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). Specifically, they went from 2,576,900 tons to 2,510,600...

Recycling today and TAPPI present conference: June 27-29.(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The Cleveland-based Recycling Today Media Group will partner with TAPPI to present the 2004 Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show June 27-29 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta. Seminar topics will include technical and business...

Paperboard mill performance.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 10, 2004... Paperboard Mill Performance U.S. paperboard production by furnish, current and cumulative totals in 1000 short tons, as reported by the American Forest & Paper Association. Total Unbleached...

Producer price indexes--1982=100.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 10, 2004... Producer Price Indexes--1982=100 Year Nov Dec 2002/2003 2003 2003 Total Paperboard 164.3/162.8 159.7 ...

HAECO builds system for Anchor Bay: largest ever built.(Henline Adhesive Equipment Company Inc.)(Anchor Bay Packaging Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Henline Adhesive Equipment Company Inc. (HAECO), Loveland, Ohio, has engineered and manufactured a large state-of-the-art corrugated laminating system for Anchor Bay Packaging Corp., New Baltimore, Mich. The 30-valve 10-ft wide conveyor...

MAN Roland to showcase direct drive technology: at Drupa.(MAN Roland North America )(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... MAN Roland created the first sheetfed press with direct drive technology and will showcase it on a static Roland 700 printing unit at drupa, to be held May 6-19 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The DirectDrive technology powers a printing unit's plate...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 10, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News News (1) (4) (6) (6) Chicago ...

Paper Discovery Center gets its name: in Appleton, Wis.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The Paper Discovery Center, housed in the historic Atlas Mill in Appleton, Wis., is set to open as an interactive, hands on educational museum dedicated to paper. Thanks to a series of recent developments, the Paper Discovery Center is...

AmeriStar Packaging Competition open: enter by July 15.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The Institute of Packaging Professionals is accepting entries for its 2004 AmeriStar Packaging Competition. Anyone involved in the design or manufacturing of a package produced after January 1, 2003, can enter. This is the only national...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 10, 2004... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades White Coated Hard New DLK News Soft Whit. White Cuttings Blanks Shavings ...

MeadWestvaco to acquire French manufacturer: Aries Packaging.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... MeadWestvaco Corp. enters into an agreement to acquire Aries Packaging SA, a privately held machinery manufacturer located in Troyes, France. Terms weren't disclosed. The company will become a unit of MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems. Aries...

Water bottlers turn to FridgeMaster: from MeadWestvaco.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The bottled water market continues to rapidly grow, and with hundreds of different products on the market, it's no wonder that many manufacturers are trying vigorously to differentiate their water from others. Water bottlers are recognizing the...

GP introduces wax-free corrugated: Greenshield.(Georgia-Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Georgia-Pacific introduces Greenshield[TM], a family of wax-free corrugated solutions, to the poultry industry. Using proprietary coating technology, Greenshield delivers tested strength, a superb moisture barrier, as well as...

Paxar releases RFID kit: for Wal-Mart suppliers.(Radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Paxar Corp., White Plains, N.Y., is taking orders for early April shipment of its RFID Implementation Kit. The kit contains everything that a supplier needs to implement RFID and comply with Wal-Mart's January 2005 requirement to provide...

Corrugated saves money in orange shipping: CPA study results.(Corrugated Packaging Alliance )
April 10, 2004... In a new study, the Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) reports that shipping oranges in Corrugated Common Footprint (CCF) containers saves retailers, growers and shippers nearly 12 percent of their total supply chain costs compared to shipping...

AICC presents manager and controller training: May 20-22.(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) and M.S. Ackerman & Co. LLP will again offer the School for Financial Managers and Controllers this year at the Radisson Hotel in Englewood, N.J., May 20-22. As in past years, the M.S....

Curtis Pkg installs all-UV KBA Rapida: dispersion coater.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Curtis Packaging, Sandy Hook, Conn., installs an all-UV 51-inch KBA Rapida press with ten stations and a dispersion coater. The Rapida press is a first of its kind in North America and is designed to print spot colors and metallics effectively...

Laminations moves California facility: VBoard production.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Laminations, part of Great Northern Corp.'s Specialty Group, relocates its Laminations West facility from Ontario, Calif., to Fontana, Calif. The company decided on the move after selling its spiral tube and core business last year. The new...

Protective packaging products.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Pac-Edge Corp. now has the capability to produce two-color printing on its protective packaging products. Customers can choose from stock colors or custom colors for printing on various lengths with sizes ranging from 2-in. by 2 in. up to 3-in....

Curtis Packaging.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Curtis Packaging, Sandy Hook, Conn., makes two new staff appointments. John Giusto is named vice president of manufacturing. He is responsible for all manufacturing groups including prepress, printing, cutting, finishing, and warehousing. He...

Europe is growth market for JB: Cepac installation.(JB Machinery )(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Cepac Ltd., Rotherham, England, installs a JB Final Flexo Dryer on its new Gopfert Evolution 16/28, 66- by 110-inch, four-color flexo rotary diecutter. This is the first JB Machinery installation in the European market. "This single dryer has...

Trojan Litho installs Pemco sheeter: SHM 1450 dual rotary sheeter.(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Korber PaperLink North America installs a high-speed precision SHM 1450 dual rotary sheeter manufactured by Pemco Inc. at Trojan Litho, Renton, Wash. Designed to provide high quality and efficient sheeting of a wide range of materials,...

Thermoform roll and seal rollstock R230 system.(Product Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Multivac, Inc.'s card-backed contoured packaging system is a thermoform roll and seal rollstock R230 system that produces high volume card-backed packaging with strong hanger holes and corners. Contoured packaging machines use roll-fed plastic...

Weyerhaeuser Co.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Weyerhaeuser Co. names Heidi Biggs Brock vice president, Federal and International Affairs, effective May 10. She will be based in Washington, D.C., and lead a staff of four government affairs professionals.

Morphy Containers Ltd.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Brad Morphy is named president of Morphy Containers Ltd., London, Ontario. Don Morphy, founder and president since the company was established in 1970, is now ceo.

Green Bay Packaging.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Tom Roszkowski joins Green Bay Packaging, Green Bay, Wis., as mill regional sales manager. Based in Cincinnati, Roszkowski serves customers of the company's Arkansas Kraft Division in Morrilton, Ark., and the Green Bay Mill Division in Green...

Curtis Packaging.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... Curtis Packaging appoints Don Droppo Jr. vice president of marketing. He is responsible for all corporate strategy, corporate marketing and communications, product marketing, field marketing, and all sales support programs. Curtis Packaging is...

BASF.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... BASF appoints Sheila Eckstein as senior product manager, Performance Chemicals for Printing Systems, with new responsibilities for printing plates and inks. Eckstein joined BASF in 1976 as a marketing assistant in the Textile Colors and...

Nordson Canada, Limited.(People Update)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2004... George Tsaltas is named area manager for Nordson Canada, Limited, and Alex Wong is the company's new technical service manager. Tsaltas oversees sales operations for the company's packaging and paperboard converting business groups throughout...

Differentiation makes a difference: what makes your company unique depends on your customers.(Perception Is Paramount)
April 17, 2004... Just because you rarely hear complaints from customers about your company's operations doesn't necessarily mean they value your products and services. In fact, your customers might not even be able to name why they choose you in the first...

Transacted containerboard prices.(Brief Article)
April 17, 2004... Average transacted price levels are tabulated by obtaining paid prices from independent converters purchasing linerboard and medium. All prices are intended as a reference standard only. Transactions may be concluded at any time at any price...

Weyco plans board price hike.(Weyerhaeuser Co.)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2004... Weyerhaeuser Co, Federal Way, Wash., has told customers that it plans a $50 per ton increase on linerboard and corrugating medium, effective June 1. At press time no other integrated producers had formally told their customers of a price...

GP will beat expectations.(Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s finance)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2004... Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, says it will report first quarter earnings above Wall Street's expectations, citing the performance of its building products businesses. Analysts had forecast average earnings of 48 cents a share. D.A....

IP must become more international.(Chairman Visits Savannah)(International Paper)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2004... "We're raising the bar on our expectations and we're growing outside North America, although our North American operations will always be important," says John Faraci, chairman and CEO, International Paper, in a recent interview with the...