At Norpac, which is jointly owned by Weyerhaeuser and Japan-based Nippon
Paper Products, one of North America's largest
newsprint mills, books and other paper products are gradually taking over the
business as newspaper circulation falls and dailies shrink in size and number
of pages.
Newsprint sales are now less than half of
Norpac's business, down from 75% a decade ago. Newsprint
sales domestically and in Japan have fallen 5% to 10% since 2002.
