Publicly
traded paper producer PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper said it plans to raise its pulp and paper production capacity by 10% this year on growing market demand.
announced today that it completed its merger with Bowater Inc., forming the third largest publicly
traded paper and forest-products company in North America and the eighth largest in the world, with pro forma revenues of approximately US$8 billion in 2006.
In the case of paper industry margins, the good news is that there are several companies operating on healthier margins, but the flip side is also true: As of their most recent financial reports, some 15 publicly
traded paper companies are operating at a loss.
"As it is, Smurfit Stone has now been successfully spun off and is one of the most widely
traded paper stocks in the U.S., which means in the world as well.
With securitization, however, a building is transformed into internationally
traded paper - and the rate at which it trades has less to do with a specific real estate market and more to do with international financial markets.
made the transition to all the other commonly
traded paper grades, as well as taking in the beverage and food containers collected in California's household recycling bins and CRV buy-back centers.
