May 12, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. NewPage and Unisource Worldwide have initiated a new multi-year agreement that significantly increases their joint manufacturing and distribution relationship, NewPage said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. The agreement defines expanded trading areas for Unisource and now includes all of their locations in the United States and Canada. In addition to NewPage supplying several of Unisource's private label brands, including uBRAND(TM) and uDIGITAL(TM), Unisource now has a national distribution footprint for NewPage commercial sheetfed brands and becomes an authorized reseller of coated web products. The new agreement is effective immediately and steps are already underway to jointly market and position product in Unisource locations across the United States and Canada, NewPage said. NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with $4.4 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008. The company's product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. Unisource Worldwide, Inc., is a leading independent marketer and distributor of commercial printing and business imaging papers, packaging systems and facility supplies and equipment in North America.