GLG News by Commercial Printing Market Experts

Pope & Talbot's announcement of a temporary capacity reduction at the Nanaimo, British Columbia mill is not likely to have a significant impact on the global northern bleached softwood kraft pulp market, but it might  be the "canary in the mineshaft." If the BC logging strike continues,...

Friday 7/27/07, Lexmark announced that Paul Rooke, formerly President of the "Business Printer Division" would assume the role of President of the Consumer Printer Division. Marty Canning is taking over the Business Printer Division. After Lexmark's 2nd quarter earnings announcement some type of action...

Lexmark is actually two very distinct companies.  A highly profitable laser printer business which dominates the market for vertically focused printing applications in large enterprizes, and, an unprofitable inkjet division selling to consumers via retail. Those who are truly knowledgeable...

Several years back, Lexmark stood the remanufactured laser cartridge industry on it's collective ear, instituting policies that effectively kept the aftermarket out and prevented the consumer from having the cost-effective alternatives offered simply by choosing a comparable product from HP. ...

Russia has just raised export duty on unprocessed timber to a minimum of 10 Euros per m3, with further increases to 50 Euros per m3 by 2009. Russian timber has become important raw material for a number of countries and companies, who now fear that timber exports will become unprofitable and they will...

With Lexmark's stock price plummeting and it's continued slashing of margins, their business model seems hopeless. While corporate America embraces Lexmark for their low price corporate workgroup offerings, buying "throw away" printers is not a sustainable market. They have a tough road ahead of them,...

Will the new Pratt mill make the entire containerboard segment less attractive? What will be the impact on supply/demand, OCC costs and pricing- especially in view of the new Asian capacity that will come on in the next year? Will the affect all of the containerboard producers equally?

1. Sumner Redstone is known for forcing out executives  2. DreamWorks’ and Paramount’s bond may be unraveling  3. Family businesses have a low probability of surviving the third generation

The strike by British Columbia logging and sawmill workers could have significant negative impact on pulp and paper producers due to chip shortages and increased chip prices. The companies most likely to be negatively impacted include Catalyst Papers, Pope & Talbot, and Howe Sound Pulp.

Having lived in Brazil from 1974 to 1995, and visiting there at least three times a year, I am struck by lack of public knowledge in the US, that Brazil has had alternative fuel for over 30 years in the form of ethanol. My last car in Brazil, a 2 liter Ford station wagon, was powered on 100% alcohol,...