Canopy Welcomes RR Donnelley’s Newly Released Paper Procurement Practices

Press release from the issuing company Vancouver – When the biggest ship in the harbour sets sail, it creates a wake that rocks all other boats. RR Donnelley is the ocean liner of North American printers and the recent inclusion of its paper purchasing sustainability practices on their corporate website is likely to spread ripples throughout…

Xpedx & Unisource Combine to Create Veritiv

Press release from the issuing company Following Completion of Merger of xpedx and Unisource Transaction Expected to Close in Early Third Quarter MEMPHIS, Tenn. and NORCROSS, Ga. – xpedx, a business of International Paper and Unisource Worldwide, Inc., today announced that they have chosen the name Veritiv for the leading distribution solutions company that will…

International Paper agrees to merge Xpedx and Unisource

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — International Paper (IP) today announced that distribution solutions businesses xpedx and Unisource Worldwide, Inc. will merge under the terms of a definitive agreement that will result in the creation of a new publicly traded company. The agreements providing for the combination of the two businesses were signed by…

Stock Made Simple

Type of Stock Description General Use of the Stock Cover Heavy in weight, rigid, and not easily folded Publication covers, business cards, postcards Text Thin, lightweight Publication interiors, sell sheets, letterheads Uncoated Dull, unreflective surface variable data postcards, letterheads, envelopes, business cards, newsletters, garment tags Bond High-grade Felt Rich, velvety surface Laid Manufactured with textured…

Reuse Your Paper!

Use leftover paper as: Wrapping paper Beads (squidoo.com/reuse-paper) A fire starter Packing material (after shredding) A greeting card box Paper mache Paper bows Art projects Protection for your  breakables in storage Scratch paper A magazine holder Paper airplanes

Paper Vocab

Brightness:  measured by the light that white paper reflects Calendering:  paper is run between steel rollers to smooth the paper; helps reduce the amount of moisture in the paper Caliper:  thickness of a sheet of paper; affected by the weight or finish Finish: the appearance, feel, and texture of a paper Genuine watermark:  a faint…

Paper Will Never Go Away

                Steve Black, a sales representative for Shaughnessy Kniep Hawe, took the time to answer some questions so we could all be better informed about the paper industry:                 Shaughnessy is a distribution company specifically serving the graphic arts industry. Not surprisingly, some of Shaughnessy’s main clientele are commercial printers, such as Metropolitan. What may…

The Papermaking Process

You never really think about how paper gets made, but it’s actually quite a process to get those white fibers in front of you. It all begins with a tree… The debarking and chipping of the “roundwood” logs turn these stumps into inch-sized wafers. The wafers travel to the sorter next. The chips are sorted…