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Aaron Group of Companies
161 Washington St.
Conshohocken, PA 19428
P: 610-940-0800
F. 610-940-0132
E: web@aaronpaper.com
www.aaronpaper.com

The Aaron Group consists of six independent paper distributors (Aaron Direct, Aaron International, E. Aaron Enterprises, Grant Paper Company, and Priority Papers) that source and distribute paper, paperboard, packaging, and other fiber products from mills worldwide.
Global clients include magazines, newspapers, book publishers, retailers, catalogers, direct mailers, commercial printers, converters, paper mills, and merchants. Products include coated freesheet and coated groundwood, supercalendered papers, uncoated offset, hi-brites, newsprint, roto, opaques, and converter grades, as well as recycled and bleached and natural krafts.

AbitibiBowater
1155 Metcalfe St., Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec H3B5H2
P: 630-258-3748
F: 630-857-3133
E: stephen.begley@abitibibowater.com
www.abitibibowater.com

AbitibiBowater is a global leader in the production of commercial printing papers. We produce approximately 3.8 million metric tons of coated and uncoated papers annually for magazines, catalogs, direct mail inserts, instruction manuals, maps, advertising inserts, flyers, and some of the world’s best-selling books. AbitibiBowater is also the largest recycler of newspapers and magazines in the world. We offer our customers unique solutions that conserve and reuse raw material, control cost, and deliver quality products produced at streamlined manufacturing facilities. We focus on sustainability, a business and ethical imperative for all of us.

Appleton Security Solutions
825 E. Wisconsin Ave.
P.O. Box 359
Appleton, WI 54912-0359
P: 920-991-7234
E: troberts@appletonideas.com
www.appletonideas.com/security

Appleton has been in the paper business for over a century and has produced security products for over 20 years. Appleton Security Solutions delivers effective fraud and counterfeiting protection with unsurpassed product quality and customer commitment including service, response, and follow-up. Appleton’s security solutions include watermarks, TonerFuse®, and PenTick Plus®, available either in cost-effective, ready-to-use products or in customizable papers. The company’s U.S. Treasury-qualified secure facilities and chain-of-custody practices ensure that raw materials don’t fall into the wrong hands. Appleton Security Solutions: Solid. Sustained. Secure.
 
Bulkley Dunton Publishing Group
One Penn Plaza
250 West 34th St., Suite 2814
New York, NY 10119-0002
P: 212-863-1800
F: 212-863-1982
www.bulkleydunton.com

Bulkley Dunton Publishing Group represents printing paper manufacturers to the book, magazine, and catalog publishers in North America and overseas. The company maintains close relationships with all major mills producing paper products in five major categories: coated, offset, opaque, specialty groundwood, and bulking book papers. The company’s total publishing service program includes sourcing, product selection, purchase strategies, price negotiations, order fulfillment, inventory maintenance and tracking, reporting, and outsourcing. BDPG is a part of xpedx, which is a division of International Paper. This is our 175th year in business.

Catalyst
Catalyst Paper (USA) Inc.
2101 4th Ave., Suite 1950
Seattle, WA 98121
P: 206-838-2070
F: 206-838-2071
www.catalystpaper.com

Catalyst Paper is a leading producer of mechanical printing papers in North America. The company also produces market kraft pulp and owns Western Canada’s largest recycling facility. With six mills in Western North America and approximately 3,400 employees, Catalyst has a combined annual capacity of 2.8 million tons of product. Beyond excellent press performance, our ongoing commitment to innovation and efficiency means that Catalyst products come with a well-regarded sustainability pedigree as well.

CellMark Paper, Inc.
300 Atlantic St.
Stamford, CT 06901
P: 203-363-7820
F: 203-363-7825
www.cellmark.com

Sweden-based CellMark Group is the world’s largest marketing company specializing in pulp and paper; additional activities include trade finance, risk management, and logistic services. Three divisions are headquartered in the U.S., CellMark Packaging and CellMark Recycling in Corte Madera, CA, and CellMark Paper in Stamford.

Domtar Corporation
395 de Maisonneuve West
Montreal, QB, Canada H3A 1L6
P: 514-848-5555
www.domtar.com

We are the largest integrated manufacturer and marketer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America and the second-largest in the world based on production capacity. In uncoated freesheet, we have 12 pulp and paper mills in operation (nine in the U.S., three in Canada) with an annual paper production capacity of approximately 4.6 million tons of uncoated freesheet paper. We also have an annual production capacity of 238,000 tons of coated groundwood.
About four-fifths of our paper production capacity is in the U.S., the balance in Canada. Our paper manufacturing operations are supported by 17 converting and distribution operations including a network of 11 plants; we also have five forms manufacturing operations.

Horizon Paper Co., Inc.
1010 Washington Blvd.
9th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
P: 203-358-0855
F: 203-358-0828
www.horizonpaper.com

Horizon, founded in 1978, represents both paper mills and customers. Paper types it represents include coated and uncoated freesheet, coated board, newsprint, uncoated book, packaging board, supercalendered papers, coated groundwood, and uncoated groundwood specialties.

Irving Forest Products, Inc.
U.S. Sales Office
103 Starling Ct.
Southlake, TX 76092
P: 817-421-8779

Irving Paper recently completed the conversion of our #1 paper machine with the installation of the world’s first online Optiload twin-line calender to produce high-end, specialty grades SCA+ and SCA++. The two-phase capital investment of $220 million strengthened the site’s reputation as a world-class facility. Our commitment to invest in people and technology allows the entire mill to produce a wider range of specialty papers certified to the SFI standard and ISO 14001. Irving Paper manufactures SCA+, SCA, SCB, SNC, and Rotonews. All basis weights are available from 30# to 40# for both roto and offset printing.

Midland Paper, Packaging Supplies
101 E. Palatine Rd.
Wheeling, IL 60090
P: 800-253-7477
F: 847-777-2552
E: whl@midlandpaper.com
www.midlandpaper.com

The company provides printing and imaging papers, publication papers, packaging supplies and equipment, and facility supplies.

Myllykoski North America
101 Merritt 7, 5th Floor
Norwalk, CT 06851
P: 203-229-7400, 800-323-3443
F: 203-229-7450
info.usa@myllykoski.com
www.myllykoskipaper.com

Myllykoski, a family-owned international paper group employing 3,300 people, is among the largest publication paper producers in the world, with manufacturing in Finland, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S., and sales offices around the world. Myllykoski, whose Finnish roots go back to 1892, produces wood-containing coated and uncoated publication papers, including newsprint, for publishers, printers, and retailers worldwide.
Myllykoski operates nine paper mills with a total annual capacity of three million tons, including the alliance partner Rhein Papier GmbH of Germany, of which Plattling Papier is a part. All European mills are certified with ISO 14001. In North America, Myllykoski provides SCB, SCA, SCA+, and coated groundwood papers for magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, and newspapers.

New Page
NewPage Corp.

2507 Post Rd.
Miamisburg OH 45342
P: 877-855-7243
www.newpagecorp.com

Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with $4.4 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008. The company's product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.

Norske Skog (USA) Inc.
2507 Post Rd.
Southport, CT 06490
P: 203-254-5292
F: 203-254-5290
www.norske-skog.com

During 45 years of operation, Norske Skog has positioned itself as one of the world’s largest suppliers of newsprint and an important source of paper for magazines and directories, operating 16 mills in 14 countries, plus 44 sales offices and agents worldwide. Products include lightweight coated in gloss and matte finishes, uncoated SC paper, machine finished coated, directory paper, and newsprint.

St.Marys Paper Company
St. Marys Paper Company
312 S. Hale St.
Wheaton, IL 60187
P: 630-668-6279
F: 630-668-6292
www.stmarys-paper.com

St. Marys Paper is a customer-driven manufacturer of supercalendered papers under the trade names Sequence (Premium SCA), Sequel (SCA), and Synpress (SCB) grades. Exceptional customer focus and award-winning service at all levels back the quality and value of our grade line. St. Marys’s financial strength enables us to invest in the latest technologies to improve product value. The owner-employees of the company make the technology work to meet the ever-increasing demands of our customers for quality, service, and environmental responsibility.

StoraEnso
StoraEnso North American Sales, Inc.
Canterbury Green
201 Broad St.
Stamford, CT 06901
P: 203-541-5100
F: 203-353-1143
E: peter.mersmann@storaenso.com
www.storaenso.com

Stora Enso is a global forest products company producing newsprint; book, magazine, and fine papers; consumer board; industrial packaging, and wood products. Group sales totaled 11.0 billion euros in 2008 and employment stands at 29,000 workers in more than 35 countries. Stora Enso, whose shares are listed in Helsinki and Stockholm, has an annual production capacity of 12.7 million tons of paper and board and 6.9 million cubic meters of sawn and processed wood products. In North America, where Stora Enso has offices in Stamford, CT and Atlanta, Peter Mersmann is president of the division.

Strategic Paper Group
14 Penn Plaza, Suite 1407
225 W. 34th St.
New York, NY 10122
P: 212-352-0522
F: 212-352-1805
E: questions@strategicpaper .com
www.strategicpaper.com

We are a creative, focused, cost-effective paper distribution company serving the brochure, book, catalog, direct mail, insert, magazine, and retail markets on a national basis. We have a proven record of developing and maintaining consultative and cost-effective paper programs for our clients. We work with all major paper mills and printers; these strong relationships allow us to reduce costs and realize time and production efficiencies while meeting environmental and aesthetic objectives for more than 450 active customers.

UPM-Kymmene, Inc.
999 Oakmont Plaza Dr., Suite 200
Westmont, IL 60559-5563
P: 630-850-3310
E: Ian.Hamilton@upm-kymmene.com
www.upm-kymmene.com

UPM is a global forest products group with core businesses in printing and specialty papers, energy, labels, and wood products. In its main products areas, UPM is a leading manufacturer in all key markets. Whether you need rotogravure, coated freesheet, coated mechanical, or supercalendered grades, UPM has the product breadth to meet your business-specific needs.
UPM is committed to observing the principles of sustainable development and to the continuous improvement of its environmental performance. UPM has production operations in 14 countries and worldwide sales offices, and employs about 24,000 people. The company’s sales in 2008 exceeded 9.5 billion euros. UPM’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

Verso
Verso Paper Corp.
6775 Lenox Center Ct., Suite 400
Memphis, TN 38115
P: 901-369-4100
F: 901-369-4174
www.versopaper.com

Verso Paper Corp. is a leading a supplier of coated and supercalendered papers. At Verso, we are committed to providing a full line of products and innovative, customer-focused solutions that help our customers fulfill their printing requirements and meet their unique business goals. Verso offers a diverse selection of lightweight, heavyweight, and high-bulk papers in a variety of finishes for both rotogravure printing and web offset. This offering is supported by a manufacturing base of four mills, strategic warehouse locations, and superior customer technical service, sales, and R&D. Our brands include Advocate, Influence, Liberty, Clarity, and Velocity.

Websource
3169 Holcomb Bridge Rd., #300
Norcross, GA 30071
P: 866-308-2044
www.websource-paper.com

From its origin in 1925, our company has progressed as a paper merchant during the rise of commercial printing and publishing to become one of the largest paper brokerage firms covering the North American market. Backed by Unisource Worldwide, Inc., a large private U.S. company, Websource can offer you the advantages of an experienced, dedicated sales team and long-standing relationships with mills throughout North America. We can provide you with the industry’s broadest paper selection and the best value through negotiated pricing.

 
   
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