Official Board Markets articles from February 2007

Official Board Markets archives from February 2007

Box shipments creep up.(ANOTHER FLAT YEAR)
February 3, 2007... On an actual basis, industry shipments of corrugated products in 2006 rose 0.9 percent over 2005's shipments, the Fibre Box Association (FBA), Chicago, reports. Specifically, shipments hit 394.842 billion sq ft last year versus 391.372 billion...

Transacted containerboard prices.
February 3, 2007... Transacted Containerboard Prices 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...

Manufacturing contracted last month.(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... The nation's manufacturing sector shrunk last month, surprising many economists and signaling a shaky start to the new year for industry amid weakness in housing and autos. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) says its manufacturing...

SSCC to close another plant.(IN COLUMBIA, S.C.)
February 3, 2007... Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC), Chicago, will close its 105-person corrugated box and converting plant ha Columbia, S.C., by March 18, The State reports. This closure marks the 18th facility shutdown in SSCC's previously announced...

LF keeps silent on buyout talk.(GOING PRIVATE?)(Longview Fibre)(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... Shareholders and insiders are reportedly saying management of Longview Fibre (LF), Longview Wash., is considering taking the company private or spinning off the timberlands, reports The Daily News. It says that an announcement on the buyout...

ACN's Liu to speak.(AT AICC MEETING IN ORLANDO)
February 3, 2007... The April 19 opening session of the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters' (AICC) Spring Meeting in Orlando, Ha., Hill feature Mr. Ming Chung Liu, ceo, American Chung Nam Inc., (ACN) and deputy chairman and ceo, Nine Dragons Paper....

MeadWestvaco wants news ideas faster: the challenge for its Center for Packaging Innovation is to rapidly move innovation to margin.(BOTTOM LINE-ORIENTED)(Interview)
February 3, 2007... In an interview with Glenn Ostle, editorial director, Paper 360, Jack Goldfrank, president of Mead Westvaco's Center for Packaging Innovation, discussed its objectives and the challenges he faces in this position. Here's an edited version of...

IP had flat full year net earnings.(SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE)(earnings of International Paper Co.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... International Paper (IP), Memphis, Tenn., reports preliminary full-year 2006 net earnings of $1.1 billion compared to $1.1 billion in 2005. The company posted fourth quarter 2006 net earnings of $2 billion compared with earnings of $202 million...

Many see 'spotlight on paperboard'.(ON PBS)
February 3, 2007... The public television airings of the Paperboard Packaging Council's (PPC) video, Spotlight On: Paperboard Packaging, reached two-thirds of PBS households across the nation. According to data from A.C. Nielsen, the world's leading market...

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.(People Update)
February 3, 2007... KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., Northfield, Ill., appoints S. Jay Stewart as a Class A director (with a term expiring this year) and James Doughan as a Class C director (with a term expiring in 2009). This increases the size of the board...

MeadWestvaco reports 2006 sales increase.(HIT $6.5 BILLION)(Financial report)
February 3, 2007... MeadWestvaco Corp., Richmond, Va., reports fourth quarter net income of $41 million. Sales in the fourth quarter were $1.78 billion, a 9 percent increase compared to sales in the fourth quarter of 2005, reflecting the addition of Calmar in...

David Gregory to speak at Paper Week.(ON MARCH 27)
February 3, 2007... David Gregory, the chief White House correspondent for NBC News, will be the featured speaker at the 2007 Annual Paper Week Luncheon, which will be held at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27 in New York City. Gregory leads the NBC network's...

EMBA opens office in Vietnam.(SALES REPRESENTATIVE)
February 3, 2007... EMBA Machinery AB, Orebro, Sweden, has established an EMBA sales representative office in Vietnam. Chung Thien Hung will serve as the sales representative in Vietnam. He has several years of experience in the corrugated industry with a...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Statistical table)
February 3, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News (1) (4) (6) Chicago $65-70 (+10) ...

Export drives OCC prices.(Old Corrugated Cardboard )
February 3, 2007... It's nothing new nowadays but it slapped most board mill OCC buyers hard in the face these past few weeks: Export activity is here to stay. Clearly defined borders between U.S. regions are fading as mills are forced to go wherever ton tons can...

Summer Industries acquires Tampa Tube.(TUBES AND CORES)
February 3, 2007... Summer Industries, Welcome, N.C., purchased Tampa Tube Containers, Inc., Tampa, Fla. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tampa Tubes, a 37-year-old manufacturer of paper tubes, cores, and containers began operating as Summer Industries,...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings Blanks Shavings ...

Bobst Lemanic Delta.(Product Update)(product introduction Bobst Group)(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... The Bobst Group, Lausanne, Switzerland, launched the newest member of its Lemanic family, the Bobst Lemanic Delta, during the Tobacco Asia Expo in Hong Kong, which took place Jan. 17-19. The new press line is a sister to the Bobst Lemanic...

Working hard for your price.(DON'T TIP YOUR HAND)
February 3, 2007... How hard are you willing to work for your price? Holding the line on pricing is a function of your preparation for the negotiation. The key dynamics are knowledge, time, pressure, and patience. Your knowledge of the product, the buyer, the...

Ranpak expands with new facility.(IN KANSAS CITY)
February 3, 2007... Beginning in April, Ranpak Corp., Painesville, Ohio, will lease a 50,000 sq ft facility in Kansas City, Kan., according to The Kansas City Star. The company's expansion will create 21 jobs and result in about $1 million in capital...

Transacted boxboard prices.
February 3, 2007... 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 transactions. The prices listed do not connote...

Abitibi and Bowater plan merger.(NEWSPRINT GIANTS)
February 3, 2007... Canadian forestry firm Abitibi-Consolidated, Montreal, and the U.S.'s Bowater, Greenville, S.C., agreed to merge into one of the world's largest paper and forest products groups amid failing demand for newsprint. The new AbitibiBowater...

Average sheet prices.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... 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 ...

CeramClean II[TM].(Product Update)
February 3, 2007... Because of customer feedback, HarperScientific[TM], Charlotte, N.C., has found out that its on-press anilox roll cleaner, CeramClean II[TM], is also an excellent stain remover to supplement cleaning with machine cleaning systems. "We're...

Court upholds Blue Ridge verdict.(POLLUTION CHARGES)
February 3, 2007... The Tennessee Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld a 2005 jury verdict against Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. over its Canton, N.C., board mill. It awarded $2 million to landowners along the Pigeon River, reports The Knox News Sentinel.

VantagePoint & HRMS to host joint-user confab.(JUNE 6-7)
February 3, 2007... VantagePoint Systems, Vancouver, British Columbia, and its wholly owned subsidiary, HRMS, Inc., will host its first joint-user conference in Chicago from June 6-7, with optional training sessions on June 8. The Summit 2007 User Conference...

Yale prof to present at FBA Annual Meeting.(CO-OPETITION AND GAME THEORY)
February 3, 2007... Barry Nalebuff, Milton Steinbach professor of economics and management at Yale School of Management, will speak at the 2007 Fibre Box Association (FBA) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla., April 16-18. Nalebuff will present "Co-opetition:...

Great Northern workers reject contract offer.(NO STRIKE DATE SET)
February 3, 2007... On Jan. 27 about 120 workers represented by the United Steel Workers Local 2932 rejected the latest contract offer by Great Northern Corp., a maker of corrugated and plastic packaging based in Appleton, Wis. Union members voted 71-31...

Zumbiel produces environmentally friendly beverage pkg.(FSC COC CERTIFICATION)
February 3, 2007... The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) recognized the new state-of-the-art beverage facility of Zumbiel Packaging, Cincinnati, as an environmentally responsible paperboard packaging supplier. The FSC is an independent, international, non-profit...

Diamond Pkg wins AmeriStar Award.(FOR REDKEN COUNTER DISPLAY)
February 3, 2007... Diamond Packaging, Rochester, N.Y., earned recognition in the 2006 AmeriStar Package Awards Competition, which is sponsored by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). Diamond won an award for the Redken Bulk Up Counter Display produced...

AICC plans March meetings.(SALES TRAINING & PRODUCTION MANAGERS FORUM)
February 3, 2007... In March, the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC), Alexandria, Va., will again offer its sales training programs for corrugated and other paper industry salespeople with over 18 months experience in industry sales. It will...

FFTA offers entry-level flexography program.(AT ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
February 3, 2007... The Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA), Ronkonkoma, N.Y., will host a program called "Basic Flexographer--Level I" at the Rochester Institute of Technology (R/T) in Rochester, N.Y. The three-day program covers the...

AICC meeting to host Island Adventure.(AT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT)
February 3, 2007... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC), Alexandria, Va., will host an evening event at Universal Orlando[R] Islands of Adventure[R] on Thursday, April 19 from 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m. The event takes place during the AICC 2007...

Recycler defends exports to China.(RECOVERED PAPER IN BRITAIN)
February 3, 2007... One of the leading recovered paper recycling companies in Britain recently told Liberal Democrat shadow environment secretary Chris Huhne that the sending of recovered paper to China to be dumped would be "ludicrous" considering the shipping...

TAPPI.(People Update)
February 3, 2007... Members of TAPPI, Norcross, Ga., elected three individuals to the board of directors for the 2007-2009 term. They are Carlos Augusto Lira Aguiar, president and ceo of Aracruz Celulose S.A.--Brazil, Jukka Tiitinen, president of Metso Paper...

Corrugated sustainability discussed in new brochure.(THE CORRUGATED PACKAGING ALLIANCE)
February 3, 2007... The Corrugated Packaging Alliance, the cooperative organization of The Fibre Box Association (FBA), Rolling Meadows, Ill., and the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA), Alexandria, Va., recently released the corrugated sustainability...

AF&PA supports president's request.(American Forest & Paper Association )(Brief article)
February 3, 2007... President George W. Bush has requested the renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (fast track negotiating authority) before it expires in on June 30, a request that The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Alexandria, Va., strongly...

Longview Fibre finds a buyer.(BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT)
February 10, 2007... Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Toronto, plans to buy Longview Fibre Co. (LF), Longview, Wash., for about $1.6 billion. Brookfield will also assume about $518 million in debt. This will add nearly 600,000 acres of private tree farms to the...

U.S. files trade complaint against China.(Brief article)
February 10, 2007... Earlier this month the Bush administration filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), accusing China of providing companies with improper subsidies that hurt U.S. firms. This action came as the administration faces rising...

Transacted containerboard prices.
February 10, 2007... 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...

Visy should pay share of damages.(AMCOR CLAIMS)
February 10, 2007... Australia-based Amcor wants packaging rival Visy Industries to help pick up the tab if Amcor is ultimately found liable for cartel behavior in a massive damages claim initiated by the food and consumer goods group Cadbury Schweppes, reports The...

AICC will host design contest.("BID FOR THE PROMO")
February 10, 2007... The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC), Alexandria, Va., is hosting the 2007 Corrugated Design--"Bid for the Promo" Challenge. The goal is to design and manufacture a promotional piece that promotes AICC's 13th...

AF&PA to reward recyclers.(AT PAPER WORK)
February 10, 2007... The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Alexandria, Va., host the Recycling Awards each year to recognize outstanding programs that promote the recovery of high-quality paper for recycling. This year the AF&PA will recognize an...

FBA updates website with more industry info.(WWW.FIBREBOX.ORG)
February 10, 2007... The Fibre Box Association (FBA), Rolling Meadows, Ill., has restructured its website, www.fibrebox.org, with a new focus on the major issues affecting the industry. This new section for both members and nonmembers of the association covers such...

NPP installs Esko Cyrel Digital Imager.(IN INDIANAPOLIS)
February 10, 2007... Indianapolis-based NPP has purchased and installed a Cyrel Digital Imager (CDI) Advance 5080 flexo platesetter from Esko, Gent, Belgium. The purchase of the CDI will augment NPP's progression to a complete digital workflow system. Prior to...

AICC is amused and alarmed.(Letter to the editor)
February 10, 2007... Members of the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) have watched the on-again, off-again, on-again containerboard pricing machinations with a mix of amusement and alarm. At the time of this writing, it seems as though the...

Sonoco to hike board prices.(EFFECTIVE MARCH 1)
February 10, 2007... Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., will increase prices in North America for uncoated recycled paperboard by $40 to $50 per ton, depending on grades, effective with shipments on March 1. The company says this increase is necessitated by recent and...

Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC).(People Update)
February 10, 2007... The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) hires industry veteran Terry Serie to become vice president of industry information and public affairs. His career spans 25 years in the industry. At the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) he...

Containerboard inventories drop.(AF&PA REVEALS)
February 10, 2007... Total containerboard inventories (mills and box plants combined) fell 3.3 percent between last November and December, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) reports. They fell 82,000 tons to 2,431,700 tons in this period. Weeks of...

Sales up for both Sonoco and TI.(4Q AND 2006)(financial news)(Temple-Inland Inc.)(Financial report)
February 10, 2007... Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., reports net sales for the fourth quarter of 2006 were $990 million, up 3.6 percent, compared with $955 million in the same period in 2005. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 was $39.5 million, compared with...

Paperboard mill performance.
February 10, 2007... 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. Unbleached ...

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Brief article)
February 10, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings News (1) (4) (6) Chicago $65-70 (+10) ...

NJPRA sets Feb. meeting.(FOCUS ON LEGISLATIVE ISSUES)
February 10, 2007... The New Jersey Paper Recycling Association (NJPRA) will hold its next meeting on Feb. 26 at the La Riviera Restaurant in Clifton, N.J. Guest speaker for this meeting is Guy Watson, bureau chief of the New Jersey Department of Environmental...

DLK cuttings in SW price corrected.(CLERICAL ERROR)(Southwest)(Brief article)
February 10, 2007... A clerical error was made in the Transacted Paper Stock Price Chart (High Grades, page 12) last week. The high side price for DLK Cuttings in the Southwest was raised $25 per ton when it should have been up $20 per ton. This has now been...

China's appetite shows no end.(RECOVERED PAPER)
February 10, 2007... Between January and November 2006 China devoured 18.5 percent more recovered paper than it did during the same period in 2005, reports the U.S. Department of Commerce. During this period it consumed 8.2 million metric tons. In the first 11...

Transacted paper stock prices--high grades.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
February 10, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--High Grades For detailed chart explanation, see page 11 White Coated New DLK News Soft Wht. Cuttings ...

International Forest Products.(People Update)
February 10, 2007... Leong Wai Olin joins International Forest Products (IFP) as the director of sales, Asia-Pacific region. Oral previously served as the import/export manager for Lee and Man in China. In his new role, he will be responsible for building IFP's...

MAN Roland's website hits $1 million.(WWW.MANROLANDDIRECT.COM)
February 10, 2007... MAN Roland's new online resource for pressroom parts and consumables has exceeded $1 million in sales, as a growing number of major web printers, sheetfed facilities, and newspapers turn to the website as a faster and more convenient way to buy...

Interstate Resources, Inc.(People Updates)
February 10, 2007... Interstate Resources, Inc., Arlington, Va., names Jim Morgan executive vice president. Jim comes to Interstate from Duro Bag Manufacturing Company, where he was executive vice president and president of Duro Designer LLC, headquartered in...

Corrugated Technologies, Inc. (CTI).(People Updates)
February 10, 2007... Chris De Garate joins the technical support department of Corrugated Technologies, Inc. (CTI), San Diego, Calif. De Garate will be working with CTI's technical support team to market its complete range of production management/reporting...

Esko.(People Updates)(appointment)(Brief article)
February 10, 2007... Esko, Gent, Belgium, appoints Guy Van Puyvelde as senior vice president of sales and marketing. In this newly established position, he will lead Esko's four regional sales and service divisions (Europe/Middle, East/Africa/Latin America, North...

HP goes green.(REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES)
February 17, 2007... HP redesigned its print cartridge packaging for North America to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 37 million pounds in 2007--the equivalent of taking 3,600 cars off the road for one year, HP says. The emissions savings are...

Transacted containerboard prices.
February 17, 2007... 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 reports 2006 net earnings.(Financial report)
February 17, 2007... Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., reports net earnings of $395 million for 2006 on net sales of $21.9 billion. This compares with net earnings of $733 million on net sales of $22 billion for 2005. For the fourth quarter, Weyerhaeuser...

Engineering specialty to bid on freedom Pkg.(IN FEB. 28 AUCTION)
February 17, 2007... Engineering Specialty Textiles Holding LLC, Greenville, N.C., plans to bid on Freedom Packaging Co., Inc., Amsterdam, N.Y., during a Feb. 28 auction. Freedom Packaging is more than $2.7 million in debt and has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

GPI raises prices, cuts production.(Graphic Packaging International Corp.)(Brief article)
February 17, 2007... Graphic Packaging International, Marietta, Ga., will increase prices on its SUS[R] unbleached kraft paperboard grades. The increase goes into effect with shipments on April 1. Omni-Kote[R] and Pearl-Kote[R] folding cartonboard will increase $60...

Smurfit Kappa plans for IPO.(IN SHARE SALE)
February 17, 2007... Smurfit Kappa Group, the world's largest maker of cardboard boxes, plans to raise $1.7 billion in an initial public offering of shares, marking a return to the market after being bought in 2002. Smurfit will issue new shares and use the...

Selling seminar scheduled.(MAY 9-10)
February 17, 2007... Tom Reilly is hosting a "Value-Added Selling" public seminar May 9-10 in St. Louis, Mo. This seminar is ideal for salespeople who sell value-added solutions, deriver greater value to their customers, and want to be respected and compensated for...

Amtech installs at lamb and associates.(CAD SYSTEM INTERFACE)
February 17, 2007... Amtech, Bensalem, Penn., sold its Artios CAD Interface to Lamb and Associates Packaging, Maumelle, Ark. Amtech provides box makers with seamless integration between their CAD system and Imaginera's business system. The CAD drawing can be viewed...

PCF hosts successful fundraising luncheon.(IN CHARLOTTE, N.C.)
February 17, 2007... The Phoenix Challenge Foundation (PCF), Waxhaw, N.C., recently hosted the fourth annual Phoenix Challenge Fund Raising Luncheon to support the 2007 Annual International Phoenix Challenge Flexo Skills Competition and the new PC College...

FFTA & Clemson host flexographic symposium.(MARCH 14-16)
February 17, 2007... Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA), Ronkonkoma, N.Y., and Clemson University's Department of Graphic Communications will co-host the "Flexographic Process Color Printing" Symposium, set for March 14-16. The program will be...

Michcor Container buys Advantzware Software.(VISUAL SCHEDULING MODULE)
February 17, 2007... Michcor Container, Grand Rapids, Mich., purchased visual scheduling software from Advanced Software, Inc., Yardley, Pa. The software looks like a magnetic schedule board yet works like a computer. Machines are listed down the left side, dates...

Colbert licenses patented package to Rohrer.(BLISTERGUARD[R])
February 17, 2007... Colbert Packaging Corp., Lake Forest, Ill., has licensed its patented BlisterGuard[R] security package to Rohrer Corporation, Wadsworth, Ohio. "BlisterGuard represents new opportunities for our customers to deter pilferage by using a...

AICC Region 1 hosts negotiation seminar.(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GROUP)(Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
February 17, 2007... More than 40 members from the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters' (AICC) Region I in the Northern California area gathered on Feb. 8 for the AICC's newly developed "Negotiating from Strength--Power Through Planning" presentation...

Metro Pkg installs advanced software.(IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS)
February 17, 2007... Metro Packaging and Imaging, Wayne, N.J., has implemented the Advanced Software Advantzware Box management system with less than 10 days of training. The software automates all plant and office aspects of a box or carton box plant including...

Caraustar to raise paperboard prices.(UNCOATED RECYCLED & SPECIALTY PRODUCTS)
February 17, 2007... Caraustar Industries, Inc., Atlanta, will increase the price of all uncoated recycled paperboard grades and specialty paperboard products by $50 per ton, effective with shipments beginning March 7. "This price increase is associated with...

Rock-Tenn to increase URB prices.(MARCH 5)
February 17, 2007... Rock-Tenn Company, Norcross, Ga., will raise prices on uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) by $50 per ton. The increase is effective with shipments on March 5.

Sonoco to raise more prices.(TUBES AND CORES)
February 17, 2007... Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., will increase prices for its paper-based tubes and cores and related specialty products by 8 percent in the United States and Canada effective with shipments on or after March 1. "This increase is necessary to...

Montalvo releases CD to help improve sheeter unwinds.(AVAILABLE FOR FREE)
February 17, 2007... Montalvo Corp., Gorham, Maine, releases a new CD that shows unwind stand owners and operators how web control operations can be improved and offers solutions to increase productivity, safety and profitability. The CD also shows how unwinds can...

European Paper Recycling confab set.(IN THE NETHERLANDS)
February 17, 2007... The European Paper Recycling Conference and Tradeshow will be held Oct. 3-5 at the Amsterdam Hilton in The Netherlands. The third annual edition offers leading European recovered paper packing and brokerage, consuming mills, and equipment...

Harper enhances its WalkingSeminar[TM].(WITH STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAM)
February 17, 2007... Global anilox and coating roll supplier Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, N.C., has added an enhanced program offering to its complimentary WalkingSeminar[TM]. Previously, the opportunity to participate in a Harper WalkingSeminar has been...

VantagePoint introduces new version of accelerate.(MICROSOFT SQL SERVER DATABASE)
February 17, 2007... VantagePoint Systems, Vancouver, British Columbia, is planning on introducing a Microsoft SQL server-based version of its VantagePoint Accelerate[TM] core business software in 2007. This will allow the users to run the Accelerate software...

Equipment interest rate index.
February 17, 2007... Current monthly payments for 100 percent financing for 84 months on $1.0 million range from $14,970 to $15,810 depending on credit strength and equipment being purchased [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

Transacted paper stock prices--low grades.(Statistical table)
February 17, 2007... Transacted Paper Stock Prices--Low Grades Mixed Boxboard Paper Cuttings (1) (4) Chicago $65-70 (+10) 50-55 (+10)...