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Earnings Announcements

The View at Mid Year

By:

James R. Thompson, Executive Editor

The second half of 2011...

PM40

The PM40 closed 24 June 2011 at 1979.20.

RearView

The PM40 closed 24 June 2011 up 25.0% compared to the 25 June 2010 level.

Disconnected Comparisons

In this issue, we evaluate Graphic Packaging Holding Company and MeadWestvaco Corporation.

Insider Trading

Shares and prices since last report.

Metso to Supply Containerboard Production Line to Greenpac Mill

Metso will supply a containerboard line to Greenpac Mill in the United States.

AbitibiBowater

AbitibiBowater has further reduced its debt.

Catalyst Paper

Catalyst Paper to assess improvements to its capital structure.

Metsä Tissue to Market Georgia-Pacific Tissue in Russia

Metsä Tissue signs a license agreement related to Georgia-Pacific's Lotus brand

Papyrus Australia and Egyptian Banana Fibre Company Team to Produce Veneer

Papyrus Australia has entered into an agreement with the Egyptian Banana Fibre Company for veneer production and distribution

SCA and Sappi Extend Sourcing Cooperation

SCA and Sappi have agreed to expand their sourcing cooperation.

Canfor Pulp Announces Innovation Investments

Canfor Pulp Invests CAD 10 million in innovation and opens new innovation center.

Cascades to Invest in Containerboard Mill in New York

Cascades invests in the construction of a containerboard mill in New York.

MeadWestvaco to Upgrade Power Supply at Covington Mill

MWV to improve power infrastructure at Covington, Virginia, mill.

Ahlström Capital and Accent Equity Form Packaging Group

Ahlström Capital and Accent Equity form new European packaging group.

American Industrial Partners to Acquire Weyerhaeuser's Northwest Hardwoods Business

American Industrial Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Weyerhaeuser's Northwest Hardwoods business unit.

Gunns Limited to Sell Plantation Estate

Gunns Limited has reached an agreement on the purchase of its estate in the Green Triangle.

M-real Oyj to Divest Hallein Pulp Mill to the Schweighofer Group

M-real divests the Hallein pulp mill in Austria to Schweighofer Group.

Metsä-Botnia Acquires Shares from UPM

UPM sells 6.7% of Metsä-Botnia.

OpenGate Capital Acquisitions from Cascades Become Fusion Paperboard

Operations acquired from Cascades rebranded as Fusion Paperboard.

TimberWest Acquisition Completed by Investment Group

TimberWest Forest Corporation announced the completion of the plan of arrangement with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board

UPM Seeks to Acquire M-real's Holdings in Myllykoski Paper Oy

UPM has conditionally agreed to acquire M-real’s holding in Myllykoski Paper Oy.

AbiBow Canada Secure Additional Wood Allocation

AbitibiBowater Fort Frances secures addiitonal fibre supply in Ontario.

Buckeye Technologies to Close Delta Nonwovens Facility

Buckeye plans to close Delta nonwovens facility by end of 2012.

Clearwater Paper Inaugurates Tissue Facility in North Carolina

Clearwater Paper celebrated the grand opening of its Shelby converting facility.

Kruger Halts Newsprint Production in Quebec for a Week.

Kruger will interrupt production at its Quebec paper mills.

Norske Skog Saugbrugs Restarts Machines Idled by Fire

Norske Skog Saugbrugs AS in Halden has started full production on one more paper machine since a fire in February.

Stora Enso to Close Kopparfors Sawmill in Sweden

Stora Enso will permanently close its Kopparfors sawmill and associated pellet mill.

Tolko Industries Interrupts Panel and Plywood Production

Tolko curtails veneer and plywood production.

White Birch Paper Temporarily Cuts Production

White Birch Paper to temporarily reduce production at Quebec mills in June.

The Final Word by Jim Thompson

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West Fraser's Slave Lake Pulp Mill Funding Approved for Biogas Project

Slave Lake Pulp turns to biomethane for electricity and process heat.

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