Tuesday, June 12, 2012
USW/NewPage Ratify Contract
USW Announces Ratified Contract at NewPage: The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced that its members at NewPage Corp. have ratified a new four-year Master Contract that will bring added protection to 4,500 workers and help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stable employer in the coated paper sector of the paper industry.
New Investment for Sappi's Cloquet
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/233891/
There's been a paper mill in Cloquet for more than 110 years. Now, a massive investment in new technology at the Sappi Fine Paper mill should keep the mill operating in Cloquet for years to come.
There's been a paper mill in Cloquet for more than 110 years. Now, a massive investment in new technology at the Sappi Fine Paper mill should keep the mill operating in Cloquet for years to come.
UPM CEO, Confidence in Future
Jussi
Pesonen, UPM's President and CEO, stated his confidence
in the company's growth businesses during its Capital
Markets Day in London. "UPM's growth businesses sales today exceed
EUR 4.0 billion and we have confidence in further growth
going forward. More than 50% of our sales will derive from
these solid performing growth businesses on latter half
of this decade," said Pesonen.
Chinese Industrial Production Up 9.6%
In
May 2012, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated
size was up 9.6% year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added
are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.3% higher than that in April.
Good Housekeeping Publishes "Readers' Issue"
During a year’s worth
of conversations, polls and social media engagement, more than 55,000 readers
shared their opinions on everything from the latest health news to their go-to
grilling tools and favorite smartphone apps. The result is the first "Readers' Issue" of Hearst's Good Housekeeping.
Readers Rank Electrical Contractor Magazine
Readers Rank Electrical Contractor Magazine Highest: A new, independent reader survey conducted by Electrical Contractor magazine shows that 71 percent rank it most useful among its top five competitors--and 66 percent continue to prefer its print publication to its web version.
B2Me: Proving Reader Value
B2Me: The Ultimate Tool for Proving Reader Value:
B2Me magazine, a B2B magazine built to order. The new format was launched in April 2012.
Based on information subscribers provide about themselves at the time they sign up, the American Printer B2Me magazines are built on the fly to include only the information of relevance to that subscriber. Content is also driven by where the subscriber lives and works.
B2Me magazine, a B2B magazine built to order. The new format was launched in April 2012.
Based on information subscribers provide about themselves at the time they sign up, the American Printer B2Me magazines are built on the fly to include only the information of relevance to that subscriber. Content is also driven by where the subscriber lives and works.
Paper Strikes Back
It is doing so now, after taking a battering from environmentalists, the
Internet and a glum economy. Paper partisans are pushing back,
defending greenbacks as preferable to dollar coins, physical mail as
hacker-proof and turning-page books as more permanent than digital
formats.
In Defense of Print
The Totally Unnecessary Defense of Print (Voice of the Industry Blog):
The fact is that there are billions being made every day in print, and there will be billions made in print for the foreseeable future. There are some single print titles that have revenue streams over a billion dollars (People). There are many titles that hover near the billion dollar mark in annual revenue.
The fact is that there are billions being made every day in print, and there will be billions made in print for the foreseeable future. There are some single print titles that have revenue streams over a billion dollars (People). There are many titles that hover near the billion dollar mark in annual revenue.
Rebuttal to Toshiba's No-Print Notion
Toshiba’s Hatchet Job (Going Green):
10 questions vis-à-vis a dubious idea from Toshiba, namely the “First Annual [sic] National No-Print Day.
10 questions vis-à-vis a dubious idea from Toshiba, namely the “First Annual [sic] National No-Print Day.
Consolidated Graphics Reports Amended, Extended Credit Facility
Consolidated Graphics Announces Amended and Extended Five Year, $285 Million Credit Facility:
Consolidated Graphics, Inc. announced that it has amended its primary credit facility to, among other things, extend its maturity date until June 8, 2017, lower the interest rate on borrowings and add an accordion feature that, under certain conditions, can increase borrowings under the facility by $100 million to $385 million.
Consolidated Graphics, Inc. announced that it has amended its primary credit facility to, among other things, extend its maturity date until June 8, 2017, lower the interest rate on borrowings and add an accordion feature that, under certain conditions, can increase borrowings under the facility by $100 million to $385 million.
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