Pulp Downtime Trims 45,600 mt from Market

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Three key North American producers of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) will shutter mills this month for regularly scheduled maintenance work, according to industry contacts and public filings.

Canfor Pulp said when announcing its first quarter results that during the second quarter it has planned maintenance outages at two market NBSK mills.
Also in British Columbia, Catalyst Paper has annual maintenance downtime scheduled at its 403,000 tonnes/yr NBSK mill at Crofton, BC, during June.
Northern Pulp Nova Scotia meantime is scheduled to idle its 282,000 tonnes/yr of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp mill at Pictou, NS, for 12 days of annual maintenance downtime in June, contacts said.
During the outage, the Paper Excellence-owned Northern Pulp mill is trimming and estimated 9,600 tonnes of output.
The closures at Canfor Pulp, Catalyst, and Northern Pulp will result in an estimated 45,600 tonnes of market NBSK output getting trimmed from supplies during June.

Drug Insert Bill in Congress Draws Protests

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Maine Gov. Paul LePage is calling on Congress to eliminate provisions in a pending bill that he says would put hundreds of Maine jobs at risk. The bill would end the manufacture of printed inserts with pharmaceutical drugs, which LePage says would affect business for a major paper supplier in northern Maine.

The legislation in question, supporters say, is designed to secure the drug supply chain, and safeguard against counterfitters. 

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Finch Paper, which has operated a mill on the bank of the Hudson River in the Warren County city for over a century, urged the area's congressmen to vote against the measure because it contains an "anti-paper provision" that would require the electronic invoicing of drug shipments. Finch says this would significantly reduce the market for the uncoated printing papers it produces.

Such is the nature of legislating: A bill that drew no major cries from pharmaceutical companies or consumer advocates prompts an objection from a paper company. It passed in a voice vote.

Three Potential Buyers for UPM's Docelles

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Three interested buyers have visited the site of UPM's Docelles mill in Vosges, northeastern France, which the company put up for sale in January. However, UPM said it was too early to give details about the interested parties.

"The process is still ongoing and progresses, and the utmost confidentiality is essential to the success of this operation," a company spokesperson said, adding that the firm anticipates it will have a better view of the situation by the end of June.

Printing Equipment Market Growing

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The total global market for new printing equipment was $21.5 billion in 2012 and will reach $22.7 billion by 2017 according to our new research study.

This modest growth, averaging 1.6% annually over five years, comes after a period of sharp decline as the recession and uncertainty took hold from the 2007 high of $25.3 billion. 
We estimate that there are about 1.1 million digital and analogue presses installed and operating across the world’s print suppliers in 2012, with the total number increasing by 120,000 during 2007–17. This is primarily due to increased sales of digital presses as the analogue press installed base remains roughly constant.

European Magazines Are Struggling in U.S.

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Once upon a time, the hottest kind of publisher to be in the U.S. was a European one. Companies like Bonnier, Dennis, Emap, Bauer and Hachette Filipacchi established footholds in the States with buzzy titles, made big acquisitions and touted cross-Atlantic success of the Euro business model (heavy on newsstand sales, light on subscriptions). But recent years have seen once-hot titles shuttered, assets sold and expectations lowered.

Certainly, the economy has made it tough for everyone. "Both U.S.-owned and international publishers are saying that if they're not seeing properties rebound after four or five years of downturn, then they’re shutting down or scaling back," said media banker Reed Phillips.

Maine Officials Ask EPA to Clarify Boiler MACT Rules

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Senator Angus King and Representative Mike Michaud sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency today on regulations impacting Maine's paper industry. They requested that EPA clarify a boiler rule and amend the list of non-waste fuels, which are both issues that were brought to their attention during the University of Maine's Paper Days.

Inc. Magazine Redesigned, Starting with Paper Upgrade

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The oldest and most trusted publication aimed at entrepreneurs has been redesigned and restructured to meet the changing habits of readers, more closely integrate the magazine with Inc.'s digital properties and provide an innovative and effective environment for audience engagement by advertisers. The redesigned magazine features upgraded paper quality, richer cover stock, bold new typefaces, more white space, powerful use of photography and an entirely new structure that sets Inc. apart from traditional magazine pacing. Inc.'s new design is steeped in the drama of entrepreneurship: innovative, creative, powerful and efficient.

1105 Media Acquires Two Publications

1105 Media Acquires Two Publications From Peter Li Education Group:  1105 Media has acquired two brands from education media company Peter Li Education Group. School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management will be added to 1105's education group, currently anchored by T.H.E. Journal and Campus Technology. The deal matches up with 1105's two existing education brands, expanding reach into the K-12 and higher education markets. School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management reach 48,000 and 30,000 through controlled circ, respectively. Terms of the deal were not released.

Apple/EBooks Trial

In E-books Trial, U.S. Says Apple Conspired with Publishers: A three-week trial got under way before a federal judge in New York in a case pitting the Justice Department against the popular iPad and iPhone maker that could shine a light on the secretive Silicon Valley giant's business practices.