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Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers
03.12.08Metso acquires flash drying technology from Nilsen Engineering
03.12.08Cham Paper Group divests Norwegian subsidiary Hunsfos Fabrikker AS
25.11.08Gunns sells softwood forests for $175 million 

Analyst Comment
28.11.08U.S. printing-writing paper shipments down 12.7%
27.11.08Forestry revenues plunge in British Columbia, Canada
26.11.08North American newsprint market continues to decline 

Bankruptcy
03.12.08Minas Basin Pulp shutting down for 3 weeks from December 12
03.12.08Kehra Paper Plant could go out of business in 2009
03.12.08Sonoco permanently closes Rockton, Illinois, paperboard mill

Certification and Standardization
01.12.08Holland approves Finnish PEFC certification
14.11.08Neenah Paper elevates its digital paper offering 
27.10.08SMART Papers introduces new swatchbook for its FSC-certified Nekoosa Linen brand 

Conferences and Exhibitions
20.11.08Qatar and UN pave way for paper-free global conferences 
10.11.08Smurfit-Stone unveils three new machines from Meta(R) packaging equipment line at Pack Expo International 
03.11.08Global timber trade tackles illegal logging 

Contracts and Orders
03.12.08Kehra Paper Plant could go out of business in 2009
02.12.08AbitibiBowater and Starcom enter into exclusive sales agreement
01.12.08Pöyry awarded power plant implementation engineering by Stora Enso

Credits
02.12.08Potlatch Board gives final approval to completion of Clearwater Paper spin-off
02.12.08Metso and The European Investment Bank agreed on Euro 160 million R&D loan
14.11.08AbitibiBowater delays filing financial statements 

Debt Instruments
25.11.08Weyerhaeuser begins cash tender offers to buy up to $700 million of selected securities 
17.10.08Masisa to issue up to $120 million in bonds 
24.07.08JVP Management is planning to petition the court with a request to introduce external supervision for Minnesko Novosibirsk 

Duties and Tariffs
03.12.08Lecta to increase price on coated woodfree deliveries effective January 2009
28.11.08M-real increases prices for coated fine and magazine papers by 8%
28.11.08Japanese Oji Paper rise profit estimate

Earnings Projections
28.11.08Ta Ann opened $35 million veneer mill in Tasmania
21.11.08Forest Enterprises Australia plans to expand its new Bell Bay sawmill in Tasmania 
21.11.08Russia’s postponement of wood export duty increases will have no significant impact on M-real’s operations 

Environmental News
02.12.08Brazil plans to cut deforestation by 70% over 10 years
02.12.08Metso and The European Investment Bank agreed on Euro 160 million R&D loan
26.11.08Vernacare calls for CO2 reductions 

Facility and Equipment
03.12.08Metso acquires flash drying technology from Nilsen Engineering
03.12.08Sonoco permanently closes Rockton, Illinois, paperboard mill
02.12.08Mondi invests Euro8 million in new corrugated packaging plant in Turkey

Finance
03.12.08Lecta to increase price on coated woodfree deliveries effective January 2009
03.12.08Alberta forest industry revenues rise
02.12.08Carl Icahn cuts Temple-Inland stake to 4.99% from 6.94%

Forestland
02.12.08Sarawak Forestry Corporation focuses on plantation timber projects
10.11.08Criticism of forest fire preparedness in Norway 
07.11.08Aracruz concluded wood removal 

Information Technology
18.08.08Sappi Fine Paper North America named as CIO 100 Award honoree for excellence in information technology 

International Trade
02.12.08Vietnamese paper production fell by 31% in November
25.11.08China's plywood imports in October fell 9.4% 
24.11.08Indonesia protests Malaysia's extended anti-dumping duties on newsprint 

Investments
02.12.08Mondi invests Euro8 million in new corrugated packaging plant in Turkey
01.12.08Holmen inaugurated new pulp line at Braviken paper mill
28.11.08Ta Ann opened $35 million veneer mill in Tasmania

Joint Ventures
25.11.08Cathay Forest receives first shipment of harvested Russian roundwood from DalEuroLes 
20.11.08Aracruz Celulose clarifies about Veracel 
14.11.08Metso and Wärtsilä's joint venture cleared by regulatory authorities - name of the joint venture is MW Power Oy 

Legal and Judicial / Legislation
03.12.08Brazilian timber companies face delays in securing transport permits
02.12.08Brazil plans to cut deforestation by 70% over 10 years
21.11.08Catalyst Paper and CEP agree new labor deal 

Management/Corporate changes/Labour
03.12.08Juha Hakkarainen appointed forest director of the MTK
03.12.08Minas Basin Pulp shutting down for 3 weeks from December 12
01.12.08Catalyst Paper and PPWC reach tentative agreement on four-year deal

Market share
24.11.08Lumber industry downturn hits Montana hard 
13.11.08China October newsprint output at 391,000 tons; up 0.5% on year 
06.11.08Italian woodworking machinery and tools industry recorded a reduction by 18.1% 

Marketing
03.12.08Cascades to deliver tissue products to the needy
01.12.08Denmaur wins supplier award
27.11.08Boise Cascade’s Medford plywood mill to join APA

Monopolies and Competition
05.11.08AbitibiBowater named Canada's leading forest products company in Climate Disclosure Leadership Index 
27.10.08Abitibi Bowater receives forest sector competitiveness grant 
21.10.08Canadian forest companies are seeing increased interest from overseas 

New Products and Services
02.12.08Mondi invests Euro8 million in new corrugated packaging plant in Turkey
01.12.08Pöyry awarded power plant implementation engineering by Stora Enso
28.11.08Ta Ann opened $35 million veneer mill in Tasmania

Operations
03.12.08Swedish Rorvik Timber AB reduces production
03.12.08Minas Basin Pulp shutting down for 3 weeks from December 12
03.12.08Kehra Paper Plant could go out of business in 2009

Plans and Strategy
03.12.08Lecta to increase price on coated woodfree deliveries effective January 2009
02.12.08Brazil plans to cut deforestation by 70% over 10 years
02.12.08Metso and The European Investment Bank agreed on Euro 160 million R&D loan

Ratings
01.12.08Denmaur wins supplier award
27.11.08Standard&Poor's revises Verso Paper Holdings outlook to stable from positive
05.11.08AbitibiBowater named Canada's leading forest products company in Climate Disclosure Leadership Index 

Sales and Markets
02.12.08AbitibiBowater and Starcom enter into exclusive sales agreement
01.12.08Denmaur wins supplier award
28.11.08U.S. printing-writing paper shipments down 12.7%

Share Capital
02.12.08Carl Icahn cuts Temple-Inland stake to 4.99% from 6.94%
02.12.08Potlatch Board gives final approval to completion of Clearwater Paper spin-off
27.11.08Masisa's Board of Directors proposes a $100 million equity increase

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