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August 20, 2010 -- Glatfelter --
One Carbonless. Digital & Offset.
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Whether you have an offset press, a high-speed copier, a digital duplicator or an
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Our product engineers have spent 2 years developing a sheet that provides both the unparalleled runnability you’ve come to expect from Glatfelter’s offset paper Excel® plus the contamination-free digital performance of Xcelerator® PLUS.
ExcelOne™ performance is reliable and consistent thanks to our high fiber content. Each sheet we make contains high fiber content and less fillers, allowing us to provide this multi-purpose carbonless sheet WITHOUT having to raise basis weight. You can count on ExcelOne™ for consistent basis weight and excellent runnability sheet to sheet.
Looking for samples or more information, email: excelone@glatfelter.com with your request.
NEWPAGE ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS TO ITS NO. 4 COATED PAPER OFFERING |
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March 15, 2010 -- NewPage Corporation --
Escanaba And Dependoweb Now Have A Brighter, Whiter Shade; Capri Is Reintroduced
MIAMISBURG, Ohio – February 25, 2010 – NewPage Corporation announced today a significant upgrade in the appearance of its No. 4 coated groundwood paper brands, Escanaba® and Dependoweb®, effective immediately. In addition, NewPage is reintroducing its Capri® line of No. 4.5 coated groundwood papers to augment a comprehensive selection of papers designed for magazine, catalog and retail customers.
The Escanaba® brand has always provided a premium printing surface when compared to other coated groundwood products. Now the brand offers a higher brightness and pleasing blue-white shade to match its unparalleled print performance.
“Escanaba® is a highly regarded, premium coated paper for the magazine, catalog and commercial printing industries. This improvement further solidifies its reputation,” said Lee Bendtsen, general manager, medium weight web products.
In addition to the Escanaba® product improvements, Dependoweb® also has been enhanced to maintain its position as a reliable and competitive No. 4 coated groundwood paper. With a brighter, cleaner white shade, Dependoweb® reproduces images accurately for every type of end use application.
For those customers looking to differentiate their publications while maintaining their budgets, NewPage is pleased announce the return of the Capri® brand of coated groundwood papers. Capri® is an ideal choice for catalogers, magazine publishers and retailers because it provides a 76 brightness for great appearance, a choice of gloss or silk finishes and a wide range of basis weights.
“We have listened to our customers and their need for more choices in the coated groundwood category. Whether they are looking for a premium printing surface or a cost saving solution, NewPage has the right paper for their job,” added Bendtsen.
About NewPage Corporation
Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with $3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009. The company’s product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.
NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nova Scotia, Canada. These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.4 million tons of paper, including approximately 3.2 million tons of coated paper, approximately 1.0 million tons of uncoated paper and approximately 200,000 tons of specialty paper. To learn more, visit www.NewPageCorp.com
Arjowiggins launches COCOON, a new extra-white FSC 100% recycled range |
European |
December 9, 2009 -- Arjowiggins SAS --
Arjowiggins, far from being just a traditional paper manufacturer, continues to develop its strategy to become the world’s leading manufacturer of environmentally-friendly papers.
For many years, Arjowiggins has manufactured “Eural” – a 100% recycled paper - at its Le Bourray mill in France producing 110,000 tonnes a year. To further support the innovation in environmental paper during 2007, Arjowiggins acquired Dalum Papir, a Danish producer of premium recycled paper. Dalum Papir manufactures “Cyclus” the leading European brand of paper produced using 100% recycled fibres and a manufacturing process that uses only one thenth of the energy necessary to produce virgin fibres making it virtually carbon neutral.
Arjowiggins proudly now supplies 40% of the European market. Finally, in 2008, Arjowiggins completed the acquisition of Greenfield sas, the leading European manufacturer of process chlorine free FSC-certified de-inked pulp (140,000 tonnes a year) The integration of the Dalum and Greenfield businesses marked a significant step in the company’s strategic shift towards “green” coated and uncoated papers in Europe.
With its efficient and innovative R&D coupled with the expertise of Greenfield producing high quality recycled pulp means that Arjowiggins is ideally placed to focus on cutting-edge technology and with the capability to develop new recycled papers offering customers the pioneering solutions best suited to their specific needs for high quality eco-responsible paper.
This step in Arjowiggins green strategy enables Arjowiggins to launch 2 new products with a range of FSC 100% recycled papers : COCOON.
Christophe André, Executive VP of Arjowiggins Graphic & Recycled division comments “With the launch of the COCOON range, we will continue to differentiate the Arjowiggins portfolio with new innovative worldclass products and services. Our goal is to enhance the leadership position that our customers have come to expect from us” .
SILVER IMAGE LASER - New Digital Paper Generation For Xerographic Process |
European |
November 21, 2009 -- M-real Corporation --
In November, M-real Zanders will offer a new generation of digital papers for the xerographic process. silver image laser is a wood free special coated paper range optimised for full colour digital copying and printing and is available in matt, gloss (two-side coated) and supergloss (cast coated).
Silver image laser matt is a special coated, wood free fine paper with a silky matt appearance, available in seven weights (115-350 gsm). It can be used for advertising materials, direct mails, brochures, calendars and business cards.
Silver image laser gloss is a two-side coated, wood free fine paper with a very even glossy finish available from 115 gsm to 350 gsm for use in advertising material, image brochures, signs, posters, leaflets and coupons.
Silver image laser gloss and matt convince through an even surface, high stiffness and light resistance, accurate cutting quality and ideal finishing properties. Their coating formulation is further optimised for the xerographic process.
Silver image laser supergloss is a cast-coated fine paper in the silver image laser range, with the highest gloss on the market. It is available in 160 gsm, 210 gsm and 250 gsm and can be used for brochures, advertising materials, greeting and business cards as well as labels. The strengths of silver image laser supergloss lie in its high gloss surface, ideal stiffness, high bulk and ideal finishing properties. Next to that silver image laser supergloss is printable on both sides.
The silver image laser range enables you to produce top quality results across a wide range of mono and colour digital laser copiers and printers. Its combination of smoothness, bulk and stiffness ensure optimum runability. An ideal base paper formation results in a consistent conductivity.
Silver image laser has been successfully tested with various digital four colour printers and copier machines from a variety of manufacturers including Canon, Konica Minolta, HP, Epson, brother, Kyocera, Lexmark and Xerox.
The silver image laser production unit complies with current ISO standards, e.g. ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 etc. The whole silver image laser range is FSC certified. Our aim is to continually monitor and improve our systems and product.
The heavyweight contender: Explore the benefits together with Pankaboard |
European |
November 20, 2009 -- Pankaboard OY --
Uncompromised coated cartonboard quality well into the thickness range normally only available in microflute corrugated and laminated boards.
Benefit from:
• Considerable advantage over multi-material solutions
• Excellent runnability and efficiency on printing, die cutting and side gluing equipment
• Cartonboard print appeal and packing line performance
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The cost advantage of a solid cartonboard from Pankaboard against laminated multilayer constructions is significant. The saving potential reaches 15% by using a heavy weight cartonbaord compared to microflute. The savings accumulate throughout the conversion process according to the enclosed graph. Not only are the material costs competitive, but also the improved process parameters will contribute to great cost efficiency.
In addition, the visual appearance is superior: We guarantee no wash boarding and excellent print quality!
For more information, please contact our team or local sales network.
November 18, 2009 -- Robert Horne Paper Company --
Paul French has been appointed managing director of Robert Horne Group. He has worked in the visual communication market for over 15 years having started his career at Xerox. He also gained general management experience in a variety of senior management roles.
In 2001 he was appointed became managing director of Spandex UK, the specialist sign and display systems and consumables supplier which is part of the International Gerber Technologies. For the past three years he has been divisional director of Robert Horne’s Sign & Display division.
Mr French said: ‘This is a really exciting opportunity and I am looking forward to leading this business as we navigate our way through the current trading conditions into what I believe is a period of growth and stability for this business. We have the potential to further enhance our products and services by fully developing the width and depth of our service to customers. Robert Horne is in a unique position in terms of our offer to market from paper, board, plastics, press room consumables and packaging through to wide format machinery, environmental consultancy and waste management.’
Burgo Chiampo (Italy) Mill gets FSC Certification |
European |
September 29, 2009 -- Burgo Group Spa --
The Chiampo mill is now part of the Burgo Group's plants to have been assessed FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) chain-of-custody certification for purchase of paper pulp from controlled and FSC certified fibres, for designing, production, finishing and sale of uncoated, coated and special papers.
The FSC chain-of-custody has been also extended to the extrusion coating process of the Treviso mill (already FSC certified), thus including the laminated papers in the range of certified products.
The Chiampo plant is specialised in the production of one-sided coated papers for labels and posters, two-side coated papers for shopping bags, machine-glazed papers for food packaging.
This is another important goal attained by the Groups' policy to promote a responsible approach to resources, sustainable forestry management and the implementation of environmental management systems.
September 25, 2009 -- GPA, Specialty Substrate Solutions --
GPA proudly announces their new line of eco-friendly digital paper: Ultra Digital® Green 100% Recycled Papers for HP Indigo presses. These FSC certified papers are GPA’s answer to the growing demand for eco-conscious options in the printing industry. Made from 100% post-consumer waste fibers, Ultra Digital® Green 100% Recycled Papers are Elemental Chlorine-Free (ECF), Process Chlorine-Free (PCF), acid-free, lignin-free and archival.
Ultra Digital® Green papers are excellent for a variety of applications, including annual reports, invitations, brochures, packaging, clothing hang tags, greeting cards, direct mail pieces and postcards. They are compatible with a wide variety of finishing processes, including folding, embossing, debossing, die cutting and foil stamping, making them one of the most versatile 100% recycled sheets available on the market today.
These earth-friendly uncoated papers are available in 80# and 100# text and cover weights in 12 x 18, 12 ½ x 18 ½, and 13 x 19 sheet sizes. Like the rest of the Ultra Digital family of products, they are engineered to perform flawlessly on HP Indigo digital presses. Their smooth finish and 92 brightness create crisp results and exceptional image quality.
By reusing resources through paper recycling, greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, natural resources are conserved, landfill space is saved, and water and energy consumption are reduced.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), recycling one ton of paper would save enough energy to power the average American home for six months, 7,000 gallons of water, and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space. It would also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one metric ton of carbon equivalent (MTCE).
To request sample of Ultra Digital® Green 100% Recycled Papers, a copy of GPA's Ultra Digital® catalog or for more information, contact GPA Customer Service at 800-395-9000 or e-mail GPA at info@askgpa.com.
GPA is a Preferred Partner of HP Indigo, a Platinum Partner of Dscoop (Digital Solutions Cooperative), and a Member of PODi (the Digital Printing Initiative).
September 25, 2009 -- GPA, Specialty Substrate Solutions --
GPA is pleased to announce that their line of Ultra Digital® Films are now enhanced with the HP certified Extreva® CS3 coating. Extreva® is the most advanced film coating for HP Indigo digital presses available on the market today.
Extreva’s® multi-layer system is designed to enhance all aspects of printing on film, offering unparalleled performance and printability with exceptional ink adhesion. The proprietary surface chemistry helps reduce static buildup, soak up excess oil, and repel incidental contamination, such as fingerprints, dust and offsetting inks.
Other benefits of Extrava® include absolute sheet flatness and consistent color reproduction from sheet to sheet, and lot to lot. The end result is fewer torn blankets and faster drying time that translates to less downtime and increased productivity. The coating is also non-yellowing with an unprinted shelf life of two years and an unlimited printed shelf life.
GPA is proud to be the exclusive distributor for Extreva® coated films in the United States after entering a strategic partnership with Utopia Digital Technologies. The result of this new partnership is an exchange of products and knowledge that give customers the competitive advantage. GPA’s exclusive partnership with Utopia drives the focus towards offering a world-class product and ensuring that the latest technologies are readily available. GPA is committed to bringing new and innovative solutions to the marketplace every day.
For more information on films treated with Extreva®, samples, or to request a copy of GPA's Ultra Digital® catalog, visit www.askgpa.com or contact GPA Customer Service at 800-395-9000.
September 25, 2009 -- West Linn Paper Company --
West Linn Paper Company is pleased to announce that it has added SFI product certification to both the Capistrano® and Sonoma® #2 and #3 coated freesheet product lines. This new product offering has the same product qualities and specifications of our standard Capistrano and Sonoma grades but can be purchased with the option to include the use of SFI-certified pulp. Capistrano and Sonoma SFI-certified grades are tracked through the chain-of-custody process to ensure that the pulp is acquired from forests that are well-managed and meet the SFI program criteria.
“West Linn Paper is committed to offering a full range of certified paper products. Complementing our Nature Web® and Nature Plus® FSC certified and recycled content products, we have extended the certification options for our virgin products to include SFI certification,” states Tom Gallagher, President of Sales & Marketing for West Linn Paper Company. “Providing customers with more options allows them choose which certification system works best for their project.”
“Certified paper made with pulp from well managed forests is something that more and more customers are demanding,” explains Penny Machinski, Environmental Manager for West Linn Paper Company. “Pulp suppliers have increased the availability of both FSC and SFI certified pulp which, in turn, allows us to offer more options with our certified paper products.”
The Capistrano and Sonoma SFI-certified products will be available in gloss, matte and dull finishes in a wide range of text weights, along with 60# and 80# Cover and 7 pt. and 9 pt. reply card. West Linn Paper will continue to offer our Nature product lines – which include 10% to 30% post-consumer waste and FSC certification. FSC certification is also available on Sonoma products.
About Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)
SFI Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit charitable organization, and is solely responsible for maintaining, overseeing and improving the Sustainable Forestry Initiative program (www.sfiprogram.org), which is internationally recognized and among the largest in the world. It is one of the fastest-growing forest certification programs with more than 70 million hectares (more than 175 million acres) of SFI-certified forests across North America. The SFI Standard also includes unique fiber sourcing requirements that promote responsible forest management on all suppliers’ lands and a chain-of-custody certification, which is used to tell buyers how much certified fiber is in a specific product. The SFI forest standard is endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes, a global umbrella organization that has strict requirements for endorsement. SFI Inc. is governed by a three-chamber board of directors representing environmental, social and economic sectors equally.
About West Linn Paper Company
West Linn Paper Company (www.westlinnpaper.com) is an independent manufacturer of coated free-sheet web paper and is the oldest active paper mill and the only coated free-sheet manufacturer in the western United States. The high-quality Sonoma® and Capistrano® brands are well-known and well-respected in the printing industry for their print quality and runnability. Sonoma and Capistrano are available with multiple forestry certification options. In addition, West Linn Paper’s Nature Web® and Nature Plus® lines deliver environmentally sustainable, FSC-certified recycled papers with 10% to 30% PCW content. West Linn Paper Company products are sold throughout North America and are used for high-end advertising materials, direct mail, magazines, catalogs and book publishing.
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