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A Snapshot of PaperClips #187, Thursday, February 2, 2012

China Invests to Meet Booming Paper Demand
Source:   Labels and Labeling, January 27, 2012  

China’s growing demand for paper - including packaging and labels - is leading the country to raise domestic production.  The nation's consumption of paper has risen 121% since 2000 and is believed to have passed 100 million tons in 2010. The label sector alone is increasing 8-10% per year.  China's forestry industry has been challenged to keep up, and pulp imports grew more than 43% between 2008 and 2009.  By 2015, the country's timber consumption will reach 340 million square meters, more than double China's current annual production...

Neenah Paper Completes Purchase of Wausau's Premium Brands
Source: Neenah Paper, January 31, 2012

Neenah Paper announced the purchase of the branded premium paper portion of Wausau’s Fine Paper division on January 31, 2012. 

“The acquisition of Wausau brands strengthens the breadth of our existing Fine Paper business with added scale in the marketplace, prospects for growth in new channels such as retail, and the opportunity to provide  our customers with better service,” said Julie Schertell, president, Neenah Fine Paper...

Three Ways to Sell Mobile Websites to Print Customers
Source:   The Digital Nirvana, January 31, 2012

In his current blog posting on The Digital Nirvana, John Foley offers three ways for a print service provider to sell mobile website technology to customers:

1.  Maximize the Value of QR Codes
Since QR Codes are accessed by customers on mobile phones, it is obvious that they should be pointed to mobile-optimized content...

Membership Opens for GreenBlue’s Forest Products Working Group
Source:  GreenBlue, January 30, 2012
 
Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue has opened membership for its newly formed Forest Products Working Group, which brings together leading companies that rely on paper, wood, and other forest products to share their knowledge and develop new solutions for making their businesses more sustainable...

 

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