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TEDD POWERS Determining the value of a business requires an in-depth analysis of the current and future financial state of the company, along with a solid understanding of its markets and the specific environment in which it operates. As a certified valuation analyst, I was trained to measure the value of a firm based on three key areas: • Cash ...

MARKO SUMMANEN, FISHER INTERNATIONAL In general, specialty paper producers are small—often smaller than their suppliers or even their customers. Most specialty paper products are made with small and old machines. Average deliveries are small and some grades can be vulnerable to competition from larger machines that have been converted from other grades, such as newsprint or printing and writing. Customer ...

the bottom line| OCC MARKETS The Changing World of OCC ILKKA KUUSISTO   Old corrugated containers (OCC) are the main fiber raw material for corrugating materials, brown boxes used mainly for transport packaging. This market is growing globally, but it is also changing. This article looks at some of these changes and what they mean to the paper industry. For ...

the bottom line| USER STUDY Global Study: Most People Highly Value Paper and Print Recently commissioned by Two Sides, this consumer survey reports global attitudes toward paper and print, as well as toward corporate environmental claims. PHIL RIEBEL, ET. AL.       For the paper and print industries, global markets and consumer preferences remain widely diverse and difficult to ...