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Article: Slow economy puts paper suppliers in a bind
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 15, 2001
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Slow economy puts paper suppliers in a bind
Production cuts in U.S. have companies looking to foreign markets
By JOEL DRESANG
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Saturday, December 15, 2001
Suppliers to Wisconsin paper producers are adjusting course amid
forecasts of a slowdown in U.S. paper production, a move that
includes looking to foreign markets for future growth.
The American Forest & Paper Association released its annual report
on U.S. paper production capacity Wednesday, which showed capacity
shrank this year for the first time in more than 20 years of surveys.
The trade group projected an anemic 0.4% annual growth rate for the
next three years, a sliver of the historical average of 2.5%.
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