USPS Launching Every Door Direct Mail

USPS Launching Ad Campaign to Promote Every Door Direct Mail: WASHINGTON, DC—March 20, 2012—The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new integrated marketing campaign to promote easy-to-use and affordable direct mail and shipping services to America’s small businesses.

TC Transcontinental Closing Two Plants

TC Transcontinental Rationalizing Some of Its Printing Network Assets: In the wake of its acquisition of the shares of Quad/Graphics Canada being finalized, Transcontinental Inc. announced that it will be reorganizing its print operations across Canada. To stay competitive and maximize the use of its most productive equipment, the printer is rationalizing some of its assets.

MC Sports Names Vertis

Vertis Lands Exclusive Advertising Inserts Contract from MC Sports: Vertis Communications, a results-driven marketing communications company, announced that MC Sports named the company its exclusive print and logistics provider of high-quality advertising inserts.

Kodak's Extends OPS Agreement

Kodak's Web-to-Print Global Reseller Agreement with Online Print Solutions: Kodak has expanded a reseller agreement with Online Print Solutions (OPS) from covering customers in North America to a global relationship.

St. Marys Paper Has Buyer

St. Marys Paper has a purchaser:
Ernst & Young Inc., the receivers for St. Marys Paper, have requested a court hearing on March 22  in Toronto to seek the court’s approval for the sale of the mill. The purchaser is 2319839 Ontario Inc.
As part of the purchase agreement, the purchaser is requesting that the receiver terminate the employment of all St. Marys Paper employees.

TSX Approves Fibrek/Mercer Proposal

TSX approves Fibrek’s private placement of special warrants to Mercer:
Fibrek Inc. has just announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has determined to accept notice of Fibrek’s private placement of special warrants to Mercer International Inc. and has conditionally approved the listing of the common shares issuable on conversion of the Special Warrants. Completion of the Private Placement is subject to customary conditions.

Stora Enso to Invest 1.6 b Euros in China

UPDATE 2-Stora Enso to invest 1.6 bln euros in new China mill:
Finnish paper company Stora Enso plans to invest 1.6 billion euros to build a new mill in China, banking on growth in the Asian market as it faces weakening demand and overcapacity in Europe.

IP; One of the World's Most Ethical Company

International Paper's Sixth Year as One of the World's Most Ethical Company: For the sixth straight year, International Paper was named as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by The Ethisphere Institute.

Ocado Launches "Shop"

Ocado rebrands customer magazine: Ocado has relaunched its customer magazine Ocado Life and renamed it Shop, with the first issue due to be distributed this week.

manroland web Opens Operation in NA

manroland web systems GmbH Opens New Operation in North America: —manroland web systems, the U.S. sales and service organization for manroland web systems GmbH (Augsburg, Germany), was founded this past week and came into existence on March 16. The new company is located in Westmont, IL.

Sandy Alexander Becomes SGP Certified

Sandy Alexander Wide & Grand Format Division Becomes SGP Certified: Sandy Alexander announced today that they have received the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) certification.

NA Coated Paper Ships Up, Demand Down

February North American coated mechanical shipments, as reported by PPPC, was up 2.7% in February as compared to the same month last year. Demand was down -2.9%, imports declined -15.6% and the operating rate was 92%.  February coated woodfree shipments rose 1.4%, demand fell -1.2%, imports were down -11.4% and the operating rate was 87%.

Catalyst Secures Labor Agreements

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Catalyst Paper reached new labour agreements with unions representing more than 1,000 paper and pulp workers at the company’s Crofton, Port Alberni and Powell River mills. The new contracts will go into effect at the expiry of the current contract on April 30, 2012.

Resolute to Appeal Fibrek Decision

Resolute wins permission to appeal:
The Québec Court of Appeal has granted AbitibiBowater Inc. (doing business as Resolute Forest Products) permission to appeal the Court of Québec’s decision rendered on March 9, 2012.

Stora Enso Makes Changes

Stora Enso rethinks Group Executive Team:

Stora Enso is appointing three new members to its Group Executive Team,Karl-Henrik Sundström, 

who has been appointed CFO. At the same time three current members will leave the team to take 

new positions inside and outside the Company. 

Wyndeham Group Renews Condé Nast Britain Contract

Wyndeham Group Renews Three-Year Contract with Condé Nast Britain: Wyndeham Group announces it has renewed its printing contract with Condé Nast Britain, to cover the next three years.
The new deal encompasses the printing and binding of Condé Nast’s market leading consumer magazines.

40% of Display Ads Miss Target

High Proportion of Display Ads Not Seen by Intended Audience: A review of user engagement with display ads finds that that nearly 40% of these ads are not seen by their intended audience.

37% B-toB Marketers Not Measuring Results

Study: Marketers falling short in campaign metrics: Almost 37% of b-to-b marketers don't track revenue generated by their campaigns, with many citing lack of time or resources to create reports, according to a study by marketing automation company Pardot.

UPS Buys TNT Express

UPS acquires TNT Express: UPS has reached an agreement to acquire Dutch-based international delivery services company TNT Express, said UPS director of global media services Norman Black. TNT Express's major shareholders have agreed on UPS's all-cash offer at $6.8 billion.

Newspaper Ads Fall 6th Consecutive Year

U.S. newspaper ad revenue drops for sixth straight year: Total newspaper advertising revenue in the U.S. suffered its sixth straight yearly decline last year, according to data released by the Newspaper Association of America.