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NewsBeat:Daily News 10/01/2001



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Fox River Paper to acquire Mead's Gilbert Paper ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13879>...) 
Stora Enso launches EUR 365M pulp line at Imatra, Finland, mill complex ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13914>...) 
Metso to supply lightweight coated line to China's Jilin Paper for EUR 70 million ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13873>...) 
IP unions vote to reject proposed contract by potential Natchez buyer Lenzing ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13884>...) 
Oji Paper expecting lower profit ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13886>...) 
Baseball's hottest home run hitter sparks another Canadian 'lumber' debate ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13888>...) 
Lumber prices tumble further in a buyers' market ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13872>...) 
Lign Multiwood going into production of laminated wood in Orsa, Sweden ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13882>...) 
Uniforet slates downtime at Peribonka, Que., sawmill ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=1830&_UserReference=EB488945F022A5393BB89501#story13921>...) 


Fox River Paper to acquire Mead's Gilbert Paper

10/01/2001 05:43:19, PRNewswire 


DAYTON, Ohio, and APPLETON, Wis., Oct. 1, 2001 (press release) -- The Mead Corporation and Fox River Paper Company announced today that Fox River Paper will acquire the Gilbert Paper Company business and selected assets from Mead....
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Stora Enso launches EUR 365M pulp line at Imatra, Finland, mill complex

10/01/2001 12:45:48, Press Release 


HELSINKI, Oct. 1, 2001 (press release) -- Stora Enso's Imatra mills form one of Europe's largest wood processing complexes, which now includes Europe's largest integrated pulp mill, following the inauguration of the new fibre line there today. The new line produces bleached birch pulp for the company's own paper and board mills. The main products of the Imatra mills are liquid packaging boards, boards for the food and drinks industry and fine paper. 

The new fibre line strengthens the Imatra mills' position as the only integrated manufacturer of liquid packaging boards and boards for the food and drinks industry. The mills produce all four different types of pulp required: bleached softwood pulp, bleached birch pulp, unbleached softwood pulp and thermomechanical pulp.

The new fibre line meets the latest environmental standards and optimises usage of raw materials. Water consumption has been decreased by dry debarking and the introduction of modern, efficient fibre production technology. Effluent discharges into waterways have been reduced. Odours have also been reduced by more effective recovery and processing of malodorous gases, which are utilised in producing the impregnation solution for thermomechanical pulping. The new production lines will be quieter, too.

Increased black liquor combustion will raise the proportion of energy generated from biofuels at the Imatra mills to 85%. 

In addition to the new fibre line, the former birch pulping line at Imatra has been modernized to produce pine pulp, and the bleached softwood pulping line at Kaukopaa has been shut down because it no longer met current production and environmental protection requirements. The project also included expansion of wood treatment, upgrading of the power plant and installation of a new pulp dryer. The total cost of the project was 365 million euros, and most of the new facilities were already in use in spring 2001....
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Metso to supply lightweight coated line to China's Jilin Paper for EUR 70 million

10/01/2001 04:06:44, Press Release 


HELSINKI, Oct. 1, 2001 (press release) -- Metso Paper has received an order to supply an LWC/newsprint production line to China. The order was placed by Jilin Paper Co., Ltd. The start-up of the line, to be built at Jilin, northern China, is scheduled for late 2002. The value of the order is over EUR 70 million....
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IP unions vote to reject proposed contract by potential Natchez buyer Lenzing

10/01/2001 07:57:30, The Natchez Democrat 


Editor's note: Lenzing Fibers (based in Austria) is the only company that has made an offer to the union. Lenzing has not signed a letter of intent to buy the mill. International Paper, in a written statement, says conditions of the acquisition were discussed directly between the unions and the prospective buyer...International Paper does not have any direct involvement in those discussions....
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Oji Paper expecting lower profit

10/01/2001 08:09:23, Japan Today 


TOKYO, Oct. 1, 2001 (Kyodo News) - Oji Paper Co, Japan's largest paper maker, revised sharply downward its consolidated profit and sales forecasts Monday for both the April-September first half of fiscal 2001 and the whole fiscal year....
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Baseball's hottest home run hitter sparks another Canadian 'lumber' debate

10/01/2001 08:29:06, Forestweb 


By Kathy Porter 

ATLANTA, Oct. 1, 2001 (Forestweb) -- Major league baseball's current home run leader is on the verge of setting a new single-season record. He's also causing a stir over his choic...
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Lumber prices tumble further in a buyers' market

09/30/2001 21:23:15, Forestweb 


By Linda Barr 

PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Sept. 30, 2001 (Forestweb) -- The future for lumber and wood products may be bright and positive, long term, but the current market for lumber is ...
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Lign Multiwood going into production of laminated wood in Orsa, Sweden

10/01/2001 07:43:42, Press Release 


SODERBARKE, Sweden, Oct. 1, 2001 (press release) -- Lign Multiwood AB has signed an agreement with Orsa Lamelltr? AB for the lease of a plant in Orsa for the production of laminated wood. The agreement means that from 1 January 2002, Lign Multiwood will be responsible for laminated wood production in Orsa. As such, Lign Multiwood gains access to already functioning equipment, which provides the company with the ability to plane wood and manufacture CaLignum Flexible boards under its own management. ...
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Uniforet slates downtime at Peribonka, Que., sawmill

10/01/2001 13:57:17, PRNewswire 


SAINT-LEONARD, Que., Oct. 1, 2001 (press release) -- Uniforet has announced that production at its Peribonka sawmill will be suspended from October 8th to October 12th, 2001 inclusively. This measure is necessary in view of the deteriorating conditions on the lumber market further to the preliminary determination of a 19,3% countervailing duty on Canadian lumber shipments to US markets....
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