Consumables-Paper - Offset

Paul Roberts thinks he may have found the next big thing for his in-plant: wallNOODLE. For the past couple of months, University of New Hampshire Printing and Mailing Services has been having great success printing graphics and signage on this adhesive, easily removable substrate from MACtac. It uses an acrylic pressure sensitive-adhesive so customers can press it against a wall, reposition it, and remove it without leaving adhesive residue behind.

In-plants play a very large role in buying and specifying paper for their customers, with 52 percent of them spending more than $100,000 on paper annually. Most rely on multiple merchants to get the best deals, with 17.5 percent saying they changed their primary paper supplier in the past year due to factors like poor…

Agfa Graphics has informed employees at its printing plate factory in Manerbio, Italy, as well as the trade unions, that it intends to close down the factory impacting 123 employee positions. A redundancy plan will be developed for the employees that currently work in Manerbio.

Catalyst Paper posted a net loss of $9.8 million in the first quarter of 2013. "The Chinese economic rebound has driven pulp shipments and prices up," said Catalyst President and CEO Kevin J. Clarke. "But we had much tougher conditions on the paper side of the business."

RBP Chemical Technology has launched a proprietary Web-based tool, www.RBPToolBox.com, to support its sales force and provide a higher level of service for customers. The new tool delivers everything a print customer, procurement specialist or plant floor operator needs to troubleshoot or browse solutions by application or by product category.

NGP Capital Resources is closing its third non-energy middle market portfolio investment. On April 22, 2013, the company closed a $17.5 million Second Lien Term Loan to fund a portion of the acquisition of IGI Corp by Nekoosa Coated Products.

Incorporated in 1889, Appleton Coated has seen many Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum fonts printed on its papers. In 2012, Appleton Coated became an official sponsor of the Museum’s type specimen sheet archiving program and documentation of its type collection.

Resolute Forest Products has reported a net loss of $5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, or $0.05 per share, on sales of $1.074 billion. "Our efforts to restructure mills and machines during the last two years will lower our manufacturing costs, which will help to mitigate the challenges facing the North American forest products industry," said Richard Garneau, president and CEO.

Verso Paper's 2012 Sustainability Report titled "Deep Roots, New Routes," highlights the company's progress against its commitment to respect a sustainable balance among environmental, social and economic needs

Sappi Fine Paper North America's recent completion of a series of coated paper capital investment projects during its 2013 fiscal year, will allow it to more efficiently manufacture its full grade and basis weight range of products into the future.