Friday, December 21, 2012
US Printing-Writing Shipments Down in Nov '12
American Forest & Paper Association Releases November 2012 Printing-Writing Paper Report:The American Forest & Paper Association has released its November 2012 Printing-Writing Paper Report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 4 percent in November compared to November 2011. Three out of the four major printing-writing grades posted decreases compared to last November, with coated free sheet posting the only year-over-year increase. November shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers increased year-over-year for the sixth time in the past 12 months. CFS shipments increased 1 percent when compared to November 2011 to 330,800 tons, the fourth highest total in 2012. While uncoated free sheet (UFS) papers shipments decreased 2 percent compared to November 2011 to 705,500 tons, October exports increased year-over-year for the third consecutive month. Year-to-date shipments of UFS paper are down 3 percent compared to the same months in 2011. Exports of UFS increased year-over-year in October, up 15 percent. Year-to-date UFS exports are up 11 percent in 2012 compared to same 10 months in 2011.
UPM & Taaleritehdas Agree To Trade Forestry Acres
UPM and Taaleritehdas Have Agreed to Trade 6,000 Acres of Forestry: UPM and Taaleritehdas have agreed to trade around 6000 acres of forestry. The farms are located in Central Finland in the following towns: Pyhäntä, Utajärvi, Kiuruvesi and Converter. At the same time the parties entered into a long-term timber sales and forest management agreement. The parties have agreed that the transaction will not be published. Taaleritehtaan new private equity fund Taaleritehtaan Forest is a completely new model of forest ownership, which Taaleritehdas provides investors with an easy and convenient way to purchase a piece of Finnish forest and enjoy the forest assets of regular income. Professional forest management, as well as the buying and selling to improve profits. Taaleritehtaan Forest now purchased premises for the timely management of the Fund forestry expert, together with UPM professionals.The investors in private equity funds are private Finnish investors as well as institutional investors and corporations.
Italy CWF Paper Producers Price Hikes in Q1
http://www.euwid-paper.com/news/singlenews/archive/2012/december/Artikel/cwf-paper-producers-aim-for-price-hikes-in-q1.html
Major suppliers join in the latest price round for coated woodfree paper in Italy. Despite a difficult market environment, many manufacturers of coated woodfree paper (CWF) appear to firmly believe that sales prices in Italy can be raised soon. After some producers already announced their pricing plans for the first quarter of 2013 back in October or November, in December two of the leading coated paper suppliers in Italy joined in the price round announcing hikes of 5-6% for all shipments effective mid-January or the beginning of February. If more manufacturers join in this movement, it would create a united front vis-á-vis paper buyers and they would have no other choice but to except higher prices at the beginning of next year, manufacturers stressed. Buyers from the printing industry as well as paper wholesalers were not surprised by supplier’s plans, but did not really believe price hikes for CWF paper could be successfully implemented. In December, it were paper manufacturers themselves approaching buyers and offering low prices in order to place orders and/or defend their market shares, several buyers reported.
Major suppliers join in the latest price round for coated woodfree paper in Italy. Despite a difficult market environment, many manufacturers of coated woodfree paper (CWF) appear to firmly believe that sales prices in Italy can be raised soon. After some producers already announced their pricing plans for the first quarter of 2013 back in October or November, in December two of the leading coated paper suppliers in Italy joined in the price round announcing hikes of 5-6% for all shipments effective mid-January or the beginning of February. If more manufacturers join in this movement, it would create a united front vis-á-vis paper buyers and they would have no other choice but to except higher prices at the beginning of next year, manufacturers stressed. Buyers from the printing industry as well as paper wholesalers were not surprised by supplier’s plans, but did not really believe price hikes for CWF paper could be successfully implemented. In December, it were paper manufacturers themselves approaching buyers and offering low prices in order to place orders and/or defend their market shares, several buyers reported.
Paper-Makers’ In India-Outlook Bright
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/papermakers-margins-crumpled-but-outlook-bright/article4218287.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home
From 2008 to 2010, the printing and writing paper industry in India expanded by more than 1.6 million tonnes, an increase of 30% to 40%. For paper manufacturers 2012 has been full of mixed blessings. They were faced with high input prices and pressure on margins, given their inability to pass on costs in a slow market. On a positive note, though, the market has absorbed the expanded capacities and new supplies in printing and writing paper, demand is set to pick up towards the year-end and things are not as bad as in 2011. A look at the stock prices of leading paper mills is an indicator of the trend. The financial results of most paper companies have been ‘troublesome.’ This has been primarily due to the unrelenting increase in cost of raw material and inputs, including coal and pulp wood. The costs could not adequately be recovered from the market. “The demand is OK, but the issue is more about input cost squeeze,” Singhania said.
From 2008 to 2010, the printing and writing paper industry in India expanded by more than 1.6 million tonnes, an increase of 30% to 40%. For paper manufacturers 2012 has been full of mixed blessings. They were faced with high input prices and pressure on margins, given their inability to pass on costs in a slow market. On a positive note, though, the market has absorbed the expanded capacities and new supplies in printing and writing paper, demand is set to pick up towards the year-end and things are not as bad as in 2011. A look at the stock prices of leading paper mills is an indicator of the trend. The financial results of most paper companies have been ‘troublesome.’ This has been primarily due to the unrelenting increase in cost of raw material and inputs, including coal and pulp wood. The costs could not adequately be recovered from the market. “The demand is OK, but the issue is more about input cost squeeze,” Singhania said.
Prevention Revamped For The New Year
http://www.adweek.com/news/press/new-year-new-look-prevention-magazine-146143
Rodale's Prevention magazine s kicking off 2013 with a cleaner design, better photography, an updated editorial focus, and a new cover price. Title continues to serve women ages 40s through 60s, but instead of talking to them as "Doctor Mom" as in the past, now focuses on the reader's personal needs with an "encouraging, uplifting, and almost indulgent" tone, says SVP, editorial director Anne Alexander. New tone apparent in new tagline (“Love your whole life”); cover lines (“27 days to a healthier, fitter, more energized you,” “13 trips to transform body and soul”); and new section titles (“Better Than Ever,” “Happiness News”). The January issue hits newsstands on Dec. 25, which marks a change in the magazine’s production schedule. (Like most monthlies, Prevention had typically gone on sale midway through the month.) The new newsstand date is intentionally later, says publisher Lori Burgess: “Readers were frustrated when an issue was coming out and it was a month ahead of the calendarized promotions.”
Rodale's Prevention magazine s kicking off 2013 with a cleaner design, better photography, an updated editorial focus, and a new cover price. Title continues to serve women ages 40s through 60s, but instead of talking to them as "Doctor Mom" as in the past, now focuses on the reader's personal needs with an "encouraging, uplifting, and almost indulgent" tone, says SVP, editorial director Anne Alexander. New tone apparent in new tagline (“Love your whole life”); cover lines (“27 days to a healthier, fitter, more energized you,” “13 trips to transform body and soul”); and new section titles (“Better Than Ever,” “Happiness News”). The January issue hits newsstands on Dec. 25, which marks a change in the magazine’s production schedule. (Like most monthlies, Prevention had typically gone on sale midway through the month.) The new newsstand date is intentionally later, says publisher Lori Burgess: “Readers were frustrated when an issue was coming out and it was a month ahead of the calendarized promotions.”
Wal-Mart Turns To Conde For Beauty Mag
http://www.wwd.com/media-news/publishing/wal-mart-turns-to-cond-nast-for-beauty-magazine-6552390
Although neither Wal-Mart or Conde Nast is talking about it (the collaboration is "secret"), Conde's custom publishing unit (the Media Group) has been creating entire issues of a new Walmart-branded beauty magazine, BeautyScoop, reports WWD. The initial plan called for five issues of a 12-page monthly with 500,000 copies in-store, and direct-mail run sent to 2.5M Wal-Mart customers, sources said. The store trademarked the name in June and the first issue appeared in July; the last, with the headline “Christmas Beauty,” is out now. The cost of the project is in the millions, sources said. The glossy magazine includes editorial features, "expert advice from the editors of Allure, Glamour and Lucky," but otherwise, Conde's name is not seen in its pages. Magazine is part of W-M's efforts to position itself more competitively in the beauty space, as a beauty authority. Piece mentions Time Inc.-published magazine All You, distributed only in W-M. Suggests W-M felt Conde was a more appropriate partner in the beauty sector--although W-M wants to steer clear of the new title being associated with Conde's upscale image, given W-M's everyday low-prices
Although neither Wal-Mart or Conde Nast is talking about it (the collaboration is "secret"), Conde's custom publishing unit (the Media Group) has been creating entire issues of a new Walmart-branded beauty magazine, BeautyScoop, reports WWD. The initial plan called for five issues of a 12-page monthly with 500,000 copies in-store, and direct-mail run sent to 2.5M Wal-Mart customers, sources said. The store trademarked the name in June and the first issue appeared in July; the last, with the headline “Christmas Beauty,” is out now. The cost of the project is in the millions, sources said. The glossy magazine includes editorial features, "expert advice from the editors of Allure, Glamour and Lucky," but otherwise, Conde's name is not seen in its pages. Magazine is part of W-M's efforts to position itself more competitively in the beauty space, as a beauty authority. Piece mentions Time Inc.-published magazine All You, distributed only in W-M. Suggests W-M felt Conde was a more appropriate partner in the beauty sector--although W-M wants to steer clear of the new title being associated with Conde's upscale image, given W-M's everyday low-prices
Meredith President Offers 2013 Outlook-Q&A
Q&A With Meredith National Media Group President Tom Harty: While it is a tough time to be a magazine publisher, it’s equally as exciting. It is true that the media environment is changing, but so are the companies that give it life.
90% of Mags & News Producing Mobile Content
90% of Magazine & Newspaper Publishers Producing Mobile Content: In 2009, 51% of publications had developed mobile-optimized content. Four years later, the number has jumped to 90%--with the remaining 10% expected to join suit within the next 12 months.The AAM survey finds publishers remain “pragmatic about their print publications.” Less than 15% plan to reduce their print publishing frequency and less than 3% think their publication will be digital-only in the next five years.
Publishing Leaders Perspectives
CEO Perspectives:
Nine publishing leaders reveal their new strategies for the year ahead. In more than a few of the cases collected here, publishing leaders are describing very different companies that are emerging from these new strategies. Some are focused on new, comprehensive ways to better connect buyers and sellers and others are citing major changes in audience behavior as an impetus for change. repositionings take hold.
Rachelle Considine
COO, Future US
John French
CEO, Cygnus Business Media
Peter Goldstone
CEO, Hanley Wood
Arianna Huffington
President and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post Media Group
Dave J. Iannone
CEO, Go>Forward Media
Knight Kiplinger
Editor-in-Chief and CEO, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Kiplinger.com
Vincent LoVoi
Founder, Publisher, This Land Press
Marion Minor
President & CEO, M2MEDIA360
Steve Weitzner
CEO, Summit Business Media
Nine publishing leaders reveal their new strategies for the year ahead. In more than a few of the cases collected here, publishing leaders are describing very different companies that are emerging from these new strategies. Some are focused on new, comprehensive ways to better connect buyers and sellers and others are citing major changes in audience behavior as an impetus for change. repositionings take hold.
Rachelle Considine
COO, Future US
John French
CEO, Cygnus Business Media
Peter Goldstone
CEO, Hanley Wood
Arianna Huffington
President and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post Media Group
Dave J. Iannone
CEO, Go>Forward Media
Knight Kiplinger
Editor-in-Chief and CEO, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Kiplinger.com
Vincent LoVoi
Founder, Publisher, This Land Press
Marion Minor
President & CEO, M2MEDIA360
Steve Weitzner
CEO, Summit Business Media
Hearst Names New CCO
http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/hearst-corporation-names-neeraj-khemlani-chief-creative-officer-70346
Hearst Corporation has promoted Neeraj Khemlani to chief creative officer, the media giant announced Thursday. Khemlani will oversee Hearst's creative teams, developing stronger digital product designs for the company's various media properties. Khemlani joined Hearst in March 2009 as vice president and special assistant to the CEO for digital media. He was appointed executive vice president and deputy group head of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication in 2001.
Hearst Corporation has promoted Neeraj Khemlani to chief creative officer, the media giant announced Thursday. Khemlani will oversee Hearst's creative teams, developing stronger digital product designs for the company's various media properties. Khemlani joined Hearst in March 2009 as vice president and special assistant to the CEO for digital media. He was appointed executive vice president and deputy group head of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication in 2001.
Kantar Media Acquires AdGooroo
Kantar Media acquires AdGooroo: Kantar Media, a unit of WPP's consultancy group Kantar, announced it has acquired AdGooroo, a provider of global digital media intelligence. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will enhance Kantar's digital media measurement and analysis capabilities, particularly its insight into display, video, ad networks and paid-search advertising trends, the company said. AdGooroo has 4,000 marketer and agency clients worldwide. The company provides data on competitors' keywords, ad creative, backlink data, campaign statistics and budgets.
Vice Acquires British Fashion Mag i-D
Vice Acquires British Fashion Mag i-D: Bold and boastful hipster-targeted media conglomerate Vice is getting into fashion.
While the magazine has been on the edge of culture--including fashion--since inception, it's never been a fashion brand. The acquisition of British style title i-D brings them into that realm.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Vice is so excited to work with the guys at i-D magazine, one of the only fashion publications in the world we actually respect," says Andrew Creighton, president of Vice, in a release. "We know digital, i-D knows style, and together we're going to give the world the gift of eye-catching, mind-blowing, video-driven fashion content."
While the magazine has been on the edge of culture--including fashion--since inception, it's never been a fashion brand. The acquisition of British style title i-D brings them into that realm.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Vice is so excited to work with the guys at i-D magazine, one of the only fashion publications in the world we actually respect," says Andrew Creighton, president of Vice, in a release. "We know digital, i-D knows style, and together we're going to give the world the gift of eye-catching, mind-blowing, video-driven fashion content."
Tropical Pulp and German Children's Books
Tropical Pulp Still a Long Way From Fiction in German Children's Books: German book publishers have only marginally improved performance in excluding paper pulp sourced through destruction of tropical forests that are home to critically endangered elephants, tigers and orang-utans. A WWF-Germany survey of children's books found about 30 per cent of books contained significant amounts of mixed tropical hardwood fibres characteristic of natural forest destruction. A 2009 children's book survey found mixed tropical hardwood fibres in 40% of German children's books from one third of the publishing houses sampled. WWF attributes the low rate of improvement to increased production of books in China and large scale sourcing of pulp from deforestation in Indonesia and other tropical forest countries. Indonesia's largest pulp and paper company, Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), linked with its suppliers to the destruction of more than 2 million hectares of tropical forest in Sumatra, directly operates 20 pulp and paper mills in China with an annual production of eight million tonnes.
Penguin/Random Seek Clearance For Joint Venture
http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=101519
Bertelsmann SE & Co. (owner of Random House) and Pearson plc (owner of Penguin) seek clearance to form a new jointly-owned company to be called Penguin Random House, which will acquire the retail book publishing businesses of Random House and Penguin. In considering the application, the Commission’s role is to determine whether the acquisition would harm competition in the market to the extent that there would be a substantial lessening of competition.
Bertelsmann SE & Co. (owner of Random House) and Pearson plc (owner of Penguin) seek clearance to form a new jointly-owned company to be called Penguin Random House, which will acquire the retail book publishing businesses of Random House and Penguin. In considering the application, the Commission’s role is to determine whether the acquisition would harm competition in the market to the extent that there would be a substantial lessening of competition.
Russian Baikal Pulp Mill Goes Bankrupt
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/article/baikal-pulp-mill-goes-bankrupt/473391.html
One of the major targets for environmentalists in the Baikal area has been declared bankrupt following a court hearing on Wednesday.The bankruptcy proceedings at the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill will be completed by June 5, 2013, according to a ruling by the Irkutsk Region Arbitration Court. The mill's total debt is more than 2 billion rubles ($65 million), Vedomosti reported. Representatives of the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace welcomed the court's decision. They described this as an opportunity for the authorities to eventually close the plant, which has been a major source of pollution on the Baikal lake since it was founded in 1966.
One of the major targets for environmentalists in the Baikal area has been declared bankrupt following a court hearing on Wednesday.The bankruptcy proceedings at the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill will be completed by June 5, 2013, according to a ruling by the Irkutsk Region Arbitration Court. The mill's total debt is more than 2 billion rubles ($65 million), Vedomosti reported. Representatives of the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace welcomed the court's decision. They described this as an opportunity for the authorities to eventually close the plant, which has been a major source of pollution on the Baikal lake since it was founded in 1966.
Mayr Melnhof To Acquire Södra's Pulp Mill
Mayr Melnhof Karton to acquire Södra's Follafoss mill
Södra and Mayr Melnhof Karton have signed a Letter of Intent where Mayr Melnhof Karton intends to purchase 100 per cent of the shares in Södra Cell Folla AS and thereby take over Södra's pulp mill in Follafoss. Mayr Melnhof Karton intends to resume operations at Folla as soon as possible, hopefully early in 2013. The parties' intention is to close the deal during the first quarter of next year. Södra's pulp mill in Follafoss, Norway, has a capacity of 105,000 tpy of CTMP pulp. Södra announced its intention to divest the mill earlier this year. Mayr Melnhof, based in Vienna, is a world leader in the field of coated, recycled cartonboard and Europe's leading manufacturer of folding cartons.
Södra and Mayr Melnhof Karton have signed a Letter of Intent where Mayr Melnhof Karton intends to purchase 100 per cent of the shares in Södra Cell Folla AS and thereby take over Södra's pulp mill in Follafoss. Mayr Melnhof Karton intends to resume operations at Folla as soon as possible, hopefully early in 2013. The parties' intention is to close the deal during the first quarter of next year. Södra's pulp mill in Follafoss, Norway, has a capacity of 105,000 tpy of CTMP pulp. Södra announced its intention to divest the mill earlier this year. Mayr Melnhof, based in Vienna, is a world leader in the field of coated, recycled cartonboard and Europe's leading manufacturer of folding cartons.
Heidelberg Acquisition Prompts Healeys
Heidelberg press acquisition prompts prepress spend at Healeys:
The Ipswch-based printer, which specialises in short-run high pagination work, has installed the Heidelberg Prinect workflow system to help meet the increased output speeds the company is anticipating following the installation of a new five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL75 plus coater, that it bought at Drupa.
The machine, which replaces a five-year-old Heidelberg CD74 five-colour, is due to be installed after Christmas, while the prepress upgrade was installed last week with staff already undergoing training on the new system. Healeys' sales and marketing director Kelly Harris said the investment was needed to meet an anticipated boost in production and that the company now offered one of the best pre-media departments in the industry. Harris said that a major new contract win, which would begin in the New Year would see the company printing direct marketing materials that would require a "high spec pre-media department".
The Ipswch-based printer, which specialises in short-run high pagination work, has installed the Heidelberg Prinect workflow system to help meet the increased output speeds the company is anticipating following the installation of a new five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL75 plus coater, that it bought at Drupa.
The machine, which replaces a five-year-old Heidelberg CD74 five-colour, is due to be installed after Christmas, while the prepress upgrade was installed last week with staff already undergoing training on the new system. Healeys' sales and marketing director Kelly Harris said the investment was needed to meet an anticipated boost in production and that the company now offered one of the best pre-media departments in the industry. Harris said that a major new contract win, which would begin in the New Year would see the company printing direct marketing materials that would require a "high spec pre-media department".
Voith To Supply New PM In Turkey
Voith to supply new PM to Modern Karton
The Turkish paper manufacturer Modern Karton has commissioned Voith to supply its new PM 5 for light-weight packaging paper for its plant in Corlu, Turkey. The PM 5 will be a particularly sustainable machine, especially as it consumes little fresh water. Using the technology supplied by Voith ensures that consumption of resources is kept as low as possible. The PM 5 is expected to start-up by the middle of 2015 at a speed of 1,500 m/min. It will have a wire width of 8,180 mm and produce around 400,000 metric tons of packaging paper with a basis weight of 70 to 160 g/m².
The Turkish paper manufacturer Modern Karton has commissioned Voith to supply its new PM 5 for light-weight packaging paper for its plant in Corlu, Turkey. The PM 5 will be a particularly sustainable machine, especially as it consumes little fresh water. Using the technology supplied by Voith ensures that consumption of resources is kept as low as possible. The PM 5 is expected to start-up by the middle of 2015 at a speed of 1,500 m/min. It will have a wire width of 8,180 mm and produce around 400,000 metric tons of packaging paper with a basis weight of 70 to 160 g/m².
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