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Finnish papermaker M-real have blamed recent price rises for its paper products upon rising wood and energy prices, Tootoo.com reports. In a press-release announcing a 10% hike in European prices (below), the paper merchants claimed "price increases are needed to improve profitability." M-real Press Release  Profitability in the board and paper industry has been sliding for a number of years. Costs have been rising heavily. The increase has been especially strong in wood and energy prices. At the same time, sales prices have not compensated for the cost escalation despite price increases for some grades. It is clear that price increases are needed to improve profitability. In Finland, where the folding boxboard production units of M-real are located, production costs have risen 20 per cent since 2005, annual cost increase being 6-7 per cent. We have already announced new price increases in the USD and GBP markets. In the Euro markets the needed price increase of folding boxboard is minimum 10 per cent at the first stage. We will revert to the folding boxboard price increases in the near future. M-real has announced a price increase for coated magazine papers between 6-8 per cent depending on product and market, and the implementation is ongoing. For uncoated fine papers prices were increased in April and May. Further actions are under evaluation. The price increase needs are greatest in coated fine papers. M-real plans to increase prices of its coated fine papers by a minimum of EUR 50 per ton. Negotiations are ongoing with customers 

An upcoming Paper Recycling Conference in US city Chicago is expected to highlight the environmental issues facing the paper industry, Tootoo.com reports. The Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show, now in its ninth year, will be held June 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago. The three-day event offers paper stock dealers, consumers, paper mill representatives, and equipment and service providers involved in the paper recycling industry the opportunity to network with leading industry consultants and entrepreneurs from across the globe. The show features an educational program with panel discussions on current business and operational trends and their impact on the secondary fiber industry. The program also dedicates an afternoon to targeted breakout sessions covering important niche areas of the industry such as transportation, plant safety and pricing trends. It also features an exhibit hall filled with industry equipment and service providers. On June 22, Moore & Associates will conduct a Recovered Paper Supply Development Workshop from 3-5 p.m. Bill Moore of Moore & Associates will be the moderator. The objective of the workshop will be to present a variety of approaches that are designed and have been successful in developing new supplies of recovered paper. 

China's airline industry entered a new era in air travel on June 1, as carriers nationwide stopped using paper tickets and began to adopt electronic tickets. This move was in answer to a 2006 call by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which called for carriers worldwide to adopt the widely-used e-ticket. An official from Youee.com, one of the country's biggest on-line e-ticket agents, said Chinese travelers could look forward to easier travel by using the new format. He said passengers could change, re-endorse or cancel their e-tickets through the Internet or telephone; they didn't have bother with physically going to a travel agency or airline ticket office. Currently, e-tickets are generally used by most domestic carriers. Only a handful of international carriers and some for pertaining to infant tickets accepted paper ones. "Electronic tickets will entirely replace paper tickets by the end of the year," said the expert, adding prices were expected to fall because operation costs would be reduced by using electric tickets. Paper tickets date back to the 1920s. The first e-ticket was issued in 1994. IATA adopted a global standard for e-ticketing in 1997 but the evolution was slow. In May 2004, only 19 percent of global tickets were electronic. 

Upholstery Fabric Vista, Vivo & Venue add vibrancy to Boltaflex contract upholstery June 10, 2008 (USA) OMNOVA Solutions is excited to introduce Vista, Vivo and Venue, thelatest offerings from OMNOVA's line of Boltaflex contractupholsteries. This new trio of coordinating patterns offers the healthcare andhospitality markets a fresh design look and superior ease inupholstering. Featuring an elegant leather-like appearance, Vista is a versatilesolid color design with a great, pliable hand, available in 49contemporary colors from high-impact hues including Key Lime andSeville to traditional Maroon and Porcelain. The full design storydevelops with the addition of coordinating patterns Vivo and Venue,which add subtle style. Vivo is a refined dot pattern with glimmers of metallic sheen thatplays nicely with a dynamic palette of 16 colors, while Venue addsa little more bling with just a hint of metallics and a fun flow ofcurly loops. Use them alone or mix and match. All three designs are 28 oz., 100% vinyl upholstery with a fabricbacking and can be used in both interior and exterior applications.Additionally, all three patterns boast our

Instant Food They sell meat, fruit and vegetables, dairy products and bread thatis either organic or traditionally produced - the vast majoritywithin County Durham. It is then delivered to the customer's home. Mrs Deacon and Mrs Rose- Gray admitted even they were surprised bytheir instant success. Mrs Deacon said: "It has taken off even better than we expected. "We are getting orders from all over the region. Initially, westarted off delivering in Durham City, then a further ten-mileradius, and now we are taking orders from Stanhope, Burnopfield,Washington and Sunderland. "Initially, we were just thinking of serving only the domesticconsumer, but we are starting to take commercial orders as wellsuch as schools and nurseries." Mrs Deacon said that herself, Mrs Rose-Gray and a third friend whois a silent partner, had first seen the possibility of starting abusiness after their own experiences of having to travel todifferent locations to get various products such as fruit and meat. She said: "That was the reason the business was formed. We both ateorganic and if I wanted meat I had to go to one part of town and ifI was wanting vegetables I had to go to another. "On other occasions I was going to the supermarket which I didn'tfeel right about because I wanted to know where the meat was comingfrom." As they buy the vast majority of their stock from local producers,within a 35-mile radius of Spennymoor, the pair believed everybodygained. Mrs Deacon said: "Everyone is benefiting, we are giving a fairprice to farmers in this area. "It is about supporting local producers. We have some fantasticproducers in the North-East but a lot of people don't know aboutthem." The business partners were also delighted with winning theircertification from the Soil Association. Both gave up jobs working at a direct mail company to set up theirbusiness. With limited experience of running a business, the pair had help insetting up from Business Link North-East, which provides freeadvice and guidance to the region's budding entrepreneurs andestablished companies. Mrs Deacon said: "Business Link helped us source financial supportfor our corporate identity, website and design - without which wewould not have been able to communicate with new customers." Colin Willis, Business Link account manager, said: "The Honest FoodPartnership has proved to be a huge success already as SoilAssociation accreditation is only given to businesses whose foodproducts are produced and processed to strict animal welfare andenvironmental standards." The Honest Food Partnership can be contacted on 01388-817085 or goto thehonestfoodpartner ship.co.uk 12:12pm today Print Email this Comment

Oolong Tea DrinkIt's not easy being a celebrity, attending endless receptions andVIP parties, so my recent hometown holiday in Tianjin was just whatthe doctor ordered. Whenever I return to my roots I head straightto a downtown teashop called the Qing-Cha Bubble Pot, which servesoolong tea and plates of my favorite snacks, "ear-eye" fried ricecakes and "take no notice of the dog" steamed buns. It was herethat I made my debut as a cross-talk performer and got into a fightafter making jokes about one of the patrons. Generously, the ownerdoes not hold this against me. Much of the teashop gossip focused on a local lady known as the"Tianjin Mouth", who has upset traditionalists in the cross-talkcommunity by performing naked. I worry that I will have to followsuit, though I am cheered slightly by the fact that televisionmakes one appear bigger. There was also talk about constructing anAussie Rules football stadium, costing around $1.5 million. Notmany people know that Tianjin is twinned with Melbourne, I didn't,but that was the explanation given for building the white elephant.I just can't imagine my homies charging around after a rugby ballshouting "g'day mate, fancy a vegemite sandwich?" On my return to Beijing I was perusing the newsstands when I spiedour nation's sweetheart, Zhou Xun, on the cover of Time OutBeijing, with a leaf glued on to her upper lip. I suspected theactress and singer was promoting some novel kind of moustache-likebody adornment for women, or alternatively a natural airpurification system. It turned out that she was recently made a UNgoodwill ambassador for the environment. The green moustache isstill a mystery. On Saturday night (back in the swing) I went to a champagne andmodels reception at Hilton's Zeta bar for fashiontv (www.ftv.com),which positions itself as the favored portal for fabulousfashionistas. At the party clean-cut foreign fashiontv presenterswith strange English accents mixed with skinny models, who got topmarks for posing but failed to do much more than wiggleuncomfortably on the dance floor. One of the party hosts brought me up to date with the latest goingson in celebrity circles. Like the models, it was thin pickings. Theonly remotely interesting snippet was news that next month57-year-old billionaire Terry Gou is planning to marry dancer DeliaZeng, 34, after a whirlwind three-month affair. The headlong rushinto nuptials has the press speculating that Zeng is pregnant. Atan event attended by the couple journalists popped the shotgunmarriage question, but Zeng was keeping mum. Hu Deman, legendary Beijing crosstalker and confidante to China'sbiggest celebrities, talks to Jules Quartly