EUROGRAPH has announced European shipments of coated mechanical paper in August fell -11%, demand declined -11.1% and exports were down -10.7%.
Coated woodfree shipments for the month decreased -8.9%, demand fell -7.4% and exports were down -16.5%.
Supercalendered paper shipments declined -6.8%, demand decreased -5.3% and exports fell -12%.
Uncoated woodfree shipments were down -8%, demand fell -5.7% and exports declined -14.3% for the month.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Evergreen Follows Suit
Evergreen Packaging has announced an increase of $3.00 cwt, effective with orders shipping on or after October 23, on the following grades: Skyland Offset and Skyland Reply Card.
Port Hawkesbury Reaches Timber Harvesting Agreement
The
five Mi'kmaq bands in Cape Breton have signed their first forestry agreement
with Port Hawkesbury Paper.
The
agreement with the new owner of the Point Tupper paper mill gives Crown land
harvest quotas to harvesters from the First Nation communities.
Lisa
Young, executive director with the Unima'ki Institute for Natural Resources in
Eskasoni, said she couldn't put an exact number on how much the quotas could
mean for the individual harvesters.
Postal Rate Hikes Disappoint Mailing Industry
Magazines,
newspapers and marketing businesses that depend on the U.S. mail suffered a
setback in the fight to ward off an exigent rate hike on top of the annual rate
that's tied to the consumer price index.
Citing
its "precarious financial condition," the Postal Board of Governors
proposed a rate increase of 5.9 percent on top of the annual CPI increase of
1.6 percent. If approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the rates would
go into effect Jan. 26, 2014.
Folio: People on the Move
James Taylor promoted to senior editor of Private Equity and will manage online and print for Private Equity International and PE Manager. His appointment replaces Amanda Janis who was promoted to director-specialist investment networks and will help launch a new business line for the company. And more...
Hearst's New Magazine Add Ins
The two-and-a-half milliliter tubes will come poly-bagged to 100,000 copies of the November issues of Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Seventeen, for a total of 400,000 subscribers, according to Hearst Magazines. Affixing sample-size bottles of perfume to magazines is believed to be a first. "The technology just didn't exist," said Michael Clinton, president-marketing and publishing director of Hearst Magazines.
For magazine publishers, it could serve as yet another way to attract dollars from beauty advertisers, which has been among a handful of persistent bright spots for the industry.
More Cuts at Condé Nast Traveler
NY Post: A second round of cuts hit
Condé Nast Traveler on Wednesday as new editor-in-chief Pilar Guzman continues
to reshape her staff. Guzman is said to have let go executive editor Kevin
Doyle and senior editors Alison Humes and Dinda Elliott. Separately, WWD
reports that Brides magazine seems to be benefiting from editor Keija Minor
(its EIC for a year) having used executive coaching services offered
at Condé–as well as from guidance from Anna Wintour, in her role as
corporate artistic director.
WWD (Brides)
One Publisher’s “Radical” Proposal
During PBAA Canada, veteran consumer
marketer-turned publishing entrepreneur Michael J. Fox presented a “radical”
proposal for changing the structure and dynamics of the magazine category’s
current economics and dynamics. Goal: Funneling resources and costs away from
returns copies and into more flexible, effective marketing practices.
Q&A with Esquire’s Editor
David Granger talks about the
opportunities and challenges in editing across platforms, and print’s value.
“Print encourages the production of qualitative experiences, and I think that’s
going to be the value that moves print forward and makes it become even more of
a thing to be cherished,” he notes. Also stresses the strength and power of
print magazine design and packaging, and says that print is necessary for brand
expansion. “We still and always will, I think, create things for print Esquire
that [aren't] created for purely digital media.”
7 Ways Innovative Magazines Are Adding Value
During this week’s FIPP Congress,
Innovations Media Consulting exec John Wilpers offered case studies of how
magazines are maximizing advertising and new product opportunities in print and
digital platforms–examples that include personalization, using tablet
technology to enhance ads’ power, shoppable content, e-singles, social media,
multimedia and spin-off apps.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
US Postal Service Proposes Higher Prices for 2014
The
United States Postal Service today announced proposed price changes, including
an increase in the price of a First-Class Mail single-piece letter from 46
cents to 49 cents. The proposed changes, which would go into effect in January
2014, are intended to generate $2 billion in incremental annual revenue for the
Postal Service.
Highlights
of the new single-piece First-Class Mail pricing, effective Jan. 26, 2014
include:Letters (1 oz.) - 3-cent increase to 49 cents
Letters additional ounces - 1-cent increase to 21 cents
Pricing
for Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services and Extra Services also will
be adjusted as part of a filing to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)
scheduled to take place Sept. 26.
The
Governors of the Postal Service voted Sept. 24 to seek price increases above
the typical annual increases associated with changes in the Consumer Price
Index (CPI).
The
PRC will review the prices before they become effective Jan. 26, 2014, and must
agree the prices are consistent with applicable law. The new price proposals
are scheduled to be filed Sept. 26 and will be available on the PRC website at
www.prc.gov and also will be available at http://pe.usps.com.
American Eagle Marks 10 years
Today the mill, reopened in 2003 with about 175 employees by a group of former mill managers and investors known as Team Ten LLC, is continuing to grow and prosper.
MeadWestvaco had shuttered the Tyrone mill in October 2001 and the facility was purchased by
Team Ten in September 2003. The first roll of recycled paper was produced Nov. 14.
Team Ten, actually comprised of 12 people, was led by John Ferner, who had worked at the mill for 28 years when it was shut down.
"We knew when it shut down it was a good viable operation," he said.
"We had been successful and could continue to keep it successful. We put together a group of very experienced people who had been there before, who could get it up and running," said Ferner, who retired as president of Team Ten in December.
"We knew the potential of the mill. We had confidence we could start it back up and create a lot of family-sustaining jobs for people in the area," said Team Ten secretary/treasurer Clark Adelman, who had worked at the mill for 18 years before it was closed."
China's RCP, Pulp Imports Up
China's
recovered paper (RCP) imports edged up last month, increasing 4.7% from July to
almost 2.496 million tonnes in August, according to data from China Customs.
Old
corrugated container intake saw a big growth, soaring 15.2% from July to nearly
1.435 million tonnes.
Mixed
paper imports, in contrast, dropped 15.9% to 392,110 tonnes.
The
grade is the prime target of the Chinese government's strict customs
inspections under the Green Fence policy.
August's
total RCP imports figure was 5.7% lower than the 2.646 million tonnes recorded
in August 2012.
Total
imports in the first eight months of this year came in at 19.804 million
tonnes, down 1.1% from the year-earlier period.
China's
total pulp imports climbed 4.7% in August from July, to 1.453 million tonnes,
according to data from China Customs (see table below).
A
surge in bleached hardwood kraft pulp imports contributed to the August rise.
Tonnage arriving at Chinese ports totaled 579,384 tonnes in the month, up 20.2%
from July and a jump of 49.2% from August 2012.
Intake
of bleached softwood kraft pulp, however, dipped 4.4% month-on-month to 549,815
tonnes - still 22.1% higher than August last year.
August's
total pulp import figure was 27.4% higher than the 1.141 million tonnes
recorded in the same month of 2012.
Pulp
imports for the first eight months of 2013 came to 11.092 million tonnes, up
1.3% from last year.
Boise Stakeholder Carlson Capital Opposes Takeover
Asset
management firm Carlson Capital revealed it owns a 6.6% stake in Boise and that
it will not vote in favor of the $1.995 billion acquisition of
the company by
Packaging Corp of America, inclusive of $714 million of Boise debt, Reuters reported.
Carlson
Capital believes Boise should spin off its graphic paper businesses which
include uncoated freesheet, newsprint and specialty papers, Reuters said, based
on a Carlson Capital SEC filing Tuesday. The Los Angeles-based firm said it
valued Boise at $14-$17/share compared with PCA's bid of $12.55.
IP, Fish & Wildlife Join in Forest Restoration Project
The
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and International Paper today
announced $250,000 in grants to support forestland restoration throughout the
Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and Alabama. Three projects in the region have
been selected to receive the grants through the Forestland Stewards Initiative,
a partnership of NFWF and International Paper. In all, International Paper is
committing $7.5 million over five years to restore native forests, strengthen
important fish and wildlife populations and protect watersheds in eight states
across the Southeastern U.S.
AF&PA Opposes USPS Postal Rate Increase Plan
The
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna
Harman today issued the following statement on the United States Postal Service
(USPS) Board of Governors’ directive for a proposed 5.9 percent across the
board postal rate increase for 2014.
Hearst’s Carey Bullish on Launches
In
a 1-minute video interview, Hearst Magazines president David Carey says Hearst
continues to launch new magazines because of their proven power to quickly
build consumer and advertiser support. Examples: Food Network Magazine, which
regularly sells 550,000 copies on the newsstand, and HGTV Magazine, which “in
its first full year, is just a juggernaut.”
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