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Vector Performance DI Gets Green Seal |
| Vector Performance DI, one of xpedx’s private label printing papers, has achieved Green Seal certification. |
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Via Days and Via Nights |
Perpetual calendars are such a great concept – they seem to embody a recycling paradigm and are just plain fun to flip each day. Mohawk Fine Papers’ 2008 perpetual calendar is one of the best we’ve seen.
Designed by the Beverly Hills-based design firm, AdamsMorioka, the Mohawk Via perpetual calendar is the perfect size to fit on your desktop. Each day, date and month page is designed with a different font and style. |
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Cougar Is Greener |
| All Cougar branded product is now certified to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and endorsed by Rainforest Alliance. |
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And the Certification Goes To … |
| RR Donnelley has added to its leading international roster of facilities that have achieved Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certification. Twenty two facilities that became a part of RR Donnelley as a result of acquisitions completed during 2007 join the balance of RR Donnelley's North American, China, and Reynosa, Mexico platform in offering customers the option to use FSC papers and to display the FSC checkmark and tree logo on their printed materials. |
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Japanese Paper Companies Recycle Lies |
| Oji Paper, Japan’s largest paper mill, has admitted to lying about the amount of recycled paper in its products. |
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Explore LOE’s Living Lands & Waters |
| Based on requests for more premium paper options that are environmentally responsible and sustainable, Sappi has updated its Lustro brand with 30 percent PCW content, the highest PCW for any premium sheet. |
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New Digital Papers from SMART |
| SMART Papers has added 25 items of larger-format uncoated and coated papers for digital presses and production-rated color copiers with sizes available from 19"x13" up to 22.5"x14.33". |
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Conferencing In Greener Choices |
| InterCall has launched a new Web site that provides the knowledge and resources needed to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint, whether through conferencing or other strategies. |
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From Macworld to Your Workworld |
| MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest notebook was unveiled at Macworld last week and begins shipping January 29. It measures an unprecedented 0.16 inches at its thinnest point while its maximum height of 0.76 inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. |
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PDF Nearly ISO Standard |
Adobe has received word that the ballot for approval of PDF 1.7 to become the ISO 32000 Standard (DIS) has passed by a vote of 13 to 1 with comments.
Adobe submitted the full PDF specification for ISO standardization to reinforce their commitment to openness. At the time, Kevin Lynch, senior vice president and chief software architect at Adobe said, |
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Firing Up a Do-Not-Mail Campaign |
| Five years after the national Do-Not-Call Registry became one of the most popular consumer rights bills in history, ForestEthics has launched its campaign for a Do-Not-Mail Registry. |
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Productolith Pts. Triple Certified |
NewPage announced triple chain-of-custody certification and 10 percent postconsumer recycled content for all of its Productolith Pts. (formerly a Stora Enso North America line) sheet product shipments.
The three chain-of-custody certifications of Productolith Pts. sheets include: |
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Verso Subtracts the Plus |
| Verso Paper’s Influence and Velocity grade names will no longer carry the “Plus” suffix. The Plus was added two years ago to make it less complicated for Verso |
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Utopia Gets SFI Certification |
| Appleton Coated has secured The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Certification for Utopia products. The SFI Standard sets forth measurable performance goals to maintain forests as a renewable resource and manage them in a way that protects wildlife, vegetation, soil and water quality. |
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The CLASSIC Digital Expansion |
| Following the successful launch of CORONADO SST, Neenah Paper is expanding its digital portfolio to include additional cut-size items in the company’s CLASSIC CREST and CLASSIC Linen brands. |
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Aunt Pearl’s Life of Luxury |
| “Luxury is everywhere, darling. You just have to bring it out.” So says Aunt Pearl, the quirky character who stars in CTI Paper USA’s new paper promotion Pretty in Pearl. |
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NewPage/Stora Enso Deal Complete |
| NewPage Corporation announced the completion of the previously-announced acquisition of Stora Enso's North American paper manufacturing operations. |
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Sustainable New Year’s Resolutions |
| If being green is on your list of resolutions for 2008, now’s the time to download a recording of PaperSpecs’ December 13 Webinar “Sustainability – Hands On.” It was our most-widely attended session in 2007 … and for good reason! |
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More Envelope Choices Easier to Buy |
| Mohawk Fine Papers has made it even easier to purchase Strathmore Writing, Strathmore Script and Strathmore Pure Cotton envelopes when you need them most — anywhere across the United States. |
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Alpining For the New Gmund Vellum? |
| LCI Paper, Inc. is carrying an exclusive new line of color vellum paper called Gmund Color Contact. This luxuriously sheer paper is offered in six very bright shades (including vibrant yellows, reds and purples). |
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And the Certification Goes To |
Vertis Communications' New Jersey (North Brunswick and Monroe Township) and Pennsylvania (Chalfont and Bristol) direct mail facilities are officially Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody (COC) certified.
Think Patented has become the first graphic communications firm in the Dayton, Ohio area to attain FSC Chain-of-Custody certification. Their COC certification was issued by SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance and an independent, FSC-accredited certifier. |
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Impressed with Letterpress Turnout |
| Wanting to know more about the unique look and feel of letterpress got attendees logging on in record numbers at PaperSpecs’ “Impressed with Letterpress” Webinar last week. |
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Smart Updates to Historic Carnival |
SMART Papers has updated and simplified its premium uncoated Carnival Writing, Text and Cover brand.
“We responded to our customers who said they wanted a more streamlined Carnival offering, but with continued emphasis on our popular bright whites, colors and finishes,” said Tom Kleimeyer, director of marketing at SMART Papers. |
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NewPage Streamlines Coated Web Lines |
| As a result of its acquisition of Stora Enso North America (SENA), NewPage Corporation is integrating and streamlining its coated No. 2-4 web paper lines as follows: |
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