tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post420819885417362198..comments2024-03-28T21:28:13.555-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Coated Paper Shakeup Leaves Most U.S. Capacity in Foreign HandsD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-17040457530377035692015-01-15T08:41:06.768-10:002015-01-15T08:41:06.768-10:00To Charles Klass: West Linn may technically be a U...To Charles Klass: West Linn may technically be a U.S.-based company, but all indications are that it is Canadian owned. Of course, for all I know, the majority of Resolute or Catalyst stock may be in American hands.D. Eadward Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-53300975778040092062015-01-15T07:57:51.775-10:002015-01-15T07:57:51.775-10:00In listing the remaining American-owned producers ...In listing the remaining American-owned producers of coated papers, you neglected to include West Linn Paper Co., West Linn, OR - produces >290,000 tons/year coated free sheet.<br />Appleton Coated Paper Co. started producing glossy coated paper in Appleton, WI - this is the company today known as Appvion.<br />Brush and Mayer rod coaters were used until the invention of the transfer roll Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852122177270576174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-37628059957089145272015-01-12T13:15:35.882-10:002015-01-12T13:15:35.882-10:00Verso is terribly leveraged in debt....my guess b...Verso is terribly leveraged in debt....my guess bankruptcy in 2 years.....good luck to the employees, but the NewPage merge just bought you time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-50459487095453379462015-01-12T05:02:03.191-10:002015-01-12T05:02:03.191-10:00Now . . . the big question is how well will Verso ...Now . . . the big question is how well will Verso Corporation manage this enterprise that's under their control?<br /><br />Many states, towns, employees, and families are hoping for the very best!<br /><br />Good luck Verso Corporation!! Let's work together to find the future for coated papers.Mark Crablehttp://www.crableengineering.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-40696812864973163912015-01-10T04:54:21.833-10:002015-01-10T04:54:21.833-10:00FIPS: I suppose saying Consolidated invented coate...FIPS: I suppose saying Consolidated invented coated paper is like saying Gutenberg invented printing. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article to which my article links puts it this way: Consolidated "patented a process to mass produce coated paper, which immediately revolutionized publishing." So Consolidated may not have invented coated paper but it did invent a viable way of mass D. Eadward Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-28868850318803356522015-01-09T20:35:01.246-10:002015-01-09T20:35:01.246-10:00A lot of things have been invented but actually no...A lot of things have been invented but actually not glossy coated paper. This was invented in Germany in 1892 by Scheufelen. SORRY!FIPSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-52292249490447117492015-01-09T07:46:43.129-10:002015-01-09T07:46:43.129-10:00Not surprising. Having worked for a period for one...Not surprising. Having worked for a period for one of the largest US coated paper companies, the atmosphere in the company was always about surviving not thriving. Innovative thinking just wasn't in the leaderships vocabulary. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com