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Like the character in a Monty Python skit, paper is “not dead yet.” In fact, some industry niches are surprisingly robust.

Xerox has invested nearly $35 million into an expansion project for its EA toner production plant. The expansion is expected to increase Xerox's toner capacity by 40 percent.

And you thought Xerox just manufactured digital printing equipment and supplies. Apparently, the Norwalk, CT, firm dabbles in the undercover investigation business as well, following stings that helped collar black market thieves and return more than a million dollars worth of pilfered goods.

Finch Paper launched both Finch Smartbook Jet and Finch Mailstream for precision printing on production inkjet systems.

Agfa Graphics will debut Duratex media, a variety of sign and wide-format substrate solutions, at the upcoming ISA Sign Expo in Las Vegas.

Mohawk plans to operate a new envelope manufacturing facility in the town of South Hadley, MA, creating up to 40 new jobs. North America’s largest privately owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates intends to enter into a seven-year lease agreement on the 112,342-square-foot facility.

Almost exactly a year after announcing its plans, Verso Corp. has finally completed its acquisition of NewPage Holdings, North America’s largest coated paper producer. This gives the producer of printing and specialty papers approximately $3.5 billion in annual sales and about 5,800 employees in eight mills across six states and makes Verso the largest manufacturer of coated paper in the U.S.

Now we know why International Paper isn't joining with other North American paper companies in their recently filed anti-dumping complaint: It is supposedly one of the perpetrators.

There's more to printing on uncoated paper than meets the eye. In this video, Larry Westlake of Sandy Alexander provides some useful tips for getting top-quality images.

Four paper companies that received well over $1 million in dubious black-liquor subsidies from the U.S. and Canadian governments are suing to stop "unfair" competition from foreign competitors.