Monday, September 14, 2009

More New Paper Grades Introduced

The major paper producers are busy introducing and marketing new paper grades. Along with the Ideal and Octane product introductions we reported earlier, the NewPage mill has also offered Arbor Plus which is a #2 quality sheetfed paper containing 30% recycled fiber and many certifications. Xerox recently marketing a coat one side digital paper for direct marketing applications.
Meanwhile, Verso is now aggressively selling their Clarity Supercalendered grades to compete against the more expensive coated groundwood products. Verso is producing both Clarity A and Clarity B out of the Sartell, MN facility. The product is targeted for catalogues and offers an economic benefit to the traditional #5 groundwood coated grade.
Note, Veros earlier started to produce light weight uncoated Versobook, Versotext, and Versoblend out of the Bucksport, ME mill.

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