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NewsBeat:Daily News 11/26/2001


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1.      IP records $256M in 3Q charges: $41M severance for 1,176 jobs cut in U.S., France ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15538>...)

2.      Finch, Pruyn stike ends; only 35 jobs not already filled ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15556>...)

3.      Eastern Pulp & Paper making chlorine-free pulp with new process ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15578>...)

4.      Pactiv sells single-faced corrugated unit to Palm Industrie of The Netherlands ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15549>...)

5.      U.S. lumber imports dip in September, but up 3.9% through 9 months ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15582>...)

6.      AF&PA says study shows southern forests well managed, urban sprawl poses threat ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15555>...)

7.      Pettigrew denies reports Quebec in separate softwood deal with U.S. ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15558>...)

8.      Ainsworth to take week shut at Alberta joint-venture OSB mill ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15574>...)

9.      Nexfor to take 9-week, market-related shut on MDF line in Scotland ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#story15547>...)


IP records $256M in 3Q charges: $41M severance for 1,176 jobs cut in U.S., France

11/25/2001 22:36:41, Forestweb

  By James McLaren

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26, 2001 (Forestweb) - International Paper Co. noted in its recent 10-Q filing with the SEC that it recorded $256 million in special charges in the third qu...
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15538&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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Finch, Pruyn stike ends; only 35 jobs not already filled

11/26/2001 10:59:15, Press Release

      Unions accept company's latest contract offer

GLENS FALLS, NY, Nov. 23, 2001 (press release) - The seven union locals representing hourly workers at the Finch, Pruyn & Co., Inc. paper mill in ...
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15556&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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Eastern Pulp & Paper making chlorine-free pulp with new process

11/26/2001 17:31:53, Press Release

      
Aggressive Use of Oxygen in Pulp-making Yields Major Environmental Advances

Maine Gov. King gives company pollution prevention award.

LINCOLN, Maine, Nov. 26, 2001 (press relea...
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15578&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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Pactiv sells single-faced corrugated unit to Palm Industrie of The Netherlands

11/26/2001 08:46:40, BW

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Nov. 26, 2001 (Business Wire/press release)--Pactiv Corporation (NYSE: PTV - news) today announced the sale of its single-faced corrugated business based in The Netherlands to Palm Industrie Beteiligungs GmbH Co. KG. The single-faced corrugated business had sales of approximately $20 million in 2000. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The sale of this business is another step in the restructuring of the Company's Protective and Flexible Packaging segment announced in January 2001. ...
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15549&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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U.S. lumber imports dip in September, but up 3.9% through 9 months

11/26/2001 22:24:57, Forestweb

  By Linda K. Barr

PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Nov. 26, 2001 (Forestweb) -- Import statistics recently released by the United States Department of Commerce for September show that the U.S. imported less ...
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15582&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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AF&PA says study shows southern forests well managed, urban sprawl poses threat

11/26/2001 10:43:31, Press Release

      WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 26, 2001 (press release) -- The Federal Government has released the long awaited Southern Forest Resource Assessment (SFRA) today, a multi-agency, multi-year study of southern forests. The study, headed up by the U.S. Forest Service, concluded southern forests are healthy and being sustainably managed, but did flag continued urban growth as a potential threat to long-term sustainability....
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15555&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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Pettigrew denies reports Quebec in separate softwood deal with U.S.

11/26/2001 11:34:49, National Post (Canada)

     Editor's note: A Quebec cabinet minister reportedly expects Quebec to strike its own softwood deal with the U.S. within weeks. Ontario is on record in favor of province-specific negotiations, and the B.C. Lumber Trade Council has indicated it may support individual province-U.S. deals ...
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15558&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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Ainsworth to take week shut at Alberta joint-venture OSB mill

11/26/2001 17:06:04, Press Release

      VANCOUVER, Nov. 26, 2001 (press release) -- Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. and Grant Forest Products Corp. announced today that their jointly owned Footner Forest Products Ltd. oriented strand board (OSB) operation at High Level, Alberta, will be taking one week of downtime beginning December 3, 2001. The production curtailment is the result of weak market conditions and the need to focus on maintenance issues related to the plant's ongoing ramp-up to full capacity. ...
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15574&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>

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Nexfor to take 9-week, market-related shut on MDF line in Scotland

11/26/2001 08:17:56, CNW

        COWIE, Scotland, Nov. 26, 2001 (Canada NewsWire/press release) - Nexfor Inc. announced its European panel business will take a market-related shut of its MDF 2 fibreboard line at Cowie, Scotland for at least nine weeks, effective November 26. The temporary closure will help balance supply with demand in the UK's current, highly competitive medium density fibreboard market....
( Story... <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=liststories&_function=detail&FORESTWEBNEWS_uid1=15547&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81>)    <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2129&_UserReference=CFB7DADA170BFA9A3C029A81#top>
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