paperloop.com's daily news for Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2001 p a p e r l o o p . c o m   d a i l y   n e w s   s e r v i c e  Welcome to paperloop.com, the premier  information and exchange service for the  pulp, paper, converting, and printing industries.  MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2001    ---------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE: ---------------------------------------------------------- * Top Stories * Last Week's Top Stories * Paperloop.com Services * E-Storefront of the Week * Advertise in this Newsletter * Subscribe / Unsubscribe * Contact Us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Paperloop.com's Projects Online, available to Gold  Access subscribers, is a comprehensive database of  capital spending projects worldwide. Search by company  or country for complete reports on expansions and  modernizations planned at pulp, paper and paperboard  mills around the world. Project details include amount  invested, suppliers, projected capacity change and timeline for the project.  ----------------------------------------------------  HEADLINES AT A GLANCE:  ----------------------------------------------------  * EC greenlights UPM-Kymmene's acquisition of Haindl * Asian cartonboard market sees prices fluctuate and oversupply problems * SCA makes more moves into US market with Encore Paper acquisition * Burgo tests huge new LWC machine at its Verzuolo plant in Italy * United Paper Kuwait to extend containerboard product range to sack kraft * Far East gears up to start building nonwood pulp mill in China * Lucart France gets set to test new tissue machine * Lee & Man starts construction of new linerboard PM in China * Officials optimistic over US/Canada lumber dispute but scant progress seen --------------------------------------------------- See full stories at:    Or, scroll down to read story highlights.  ----------------------------------------------------  TODAY'S TOP STORIES:  ----------------------------------------------------  EC greenlights UPM-Kymmene's acquisition of Haindl BRUSSELS, Nov. 21, 2001 - Finland's UPM-Kymmene won approval  on Wednesday from the European Commission for its Euro 3.64 billion  ($3.22 billion) purchase of German papermaker Haindl.  ******************************************         ****Advertisement**** Get better Retention and Drainage performance  while improving your base sheet properties from  your current paper machine? 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Learn more at  ****************************************** Asian cartonboard market sees prices fluctuate and oversupply problems SINGAPORE, Nov. 21, 2001 - The cartonboard overcapacity  problems that have plagued most Asian suppliers since the region's financial  crisis of 1997 led to a price war early in the third quarter. ----------------------------------------------------  SCA makes more moves into US market with Encore Paper acquisition STOCKHOLM, Nov. 21, 2001 - SCA has acquired the US  tissue company Encore Paper Company Inc at a price of $92 million  (approximately SEK 930 million) on a debt-free basis.  ----------------------------------------------------  Burgo tests huge new LWC machine at its Verzuolo plant in Italy BRUSSELS, Nov. 20, 2001 - Burgo has begun trial  runs as scheduled on the huge new lightweight coated (LWC)  paper machine at its Verzuolo mill in Italy. The company  expects the PM to produce saleable paper shortly. ******************************************            ****Advertisement**** Ronningen-Petter Filters are now part of  RPA Process Technologies, a global leader in  liquid filtration, separation and mixing  equipment, that also combines leading brands  from Aoustin, Filtres Philippe, Filtres Vernay,  Malaxeurs Guittard companies.  Visit us:  Email your inquiries to  ****************************************** United Paper Kuwait to extend containerboard product range to sack kraft BRUSSELS, Nov. 21, 2001 - United Paper Kuwait plans to  begin production of extensible sack kraft paper at its  new mill in the Shoiba industrial area of Kuwait in January. ----------------------------------------------------  Far East gears up to start building nonwood pulp mill in China SINGAPORE, Nov. 21, 2001 - Far East Pulp & Paper of  Hong Kong is preparing to start construction of its  nonwood pulp mill in Guangdong province, China, as  it awaits final approval for the project.  ----------------------------------------------------  Lucart France gets set to test new tissue machine BRUSSELS, Nov. 21, 2001 - Lucart France is gearing up  to start trial runs on a new tissue machine at its mill  in Trovilliers, France. The company hopes to start  testing the machine shortly and complete fine-tuning at  the beginning of December. ******************************************            ****Advertisement**** View Your Customers Up-To-The-Minute Sales  Inventory Profile - With The AIM Mill System.        At a glance, sales reps view their customers  order profile, including roll history, shipments  pending/completed, block schedule,  work-in-process, comparison sales and more.   Visit our e-storefront:  or Contact us at 1-800-331-4466 or e-mail  aimsoftny@aol.com  for an immediate consultant. ****************************************** Lee & Man starts construction of new linerboard PM in China SINGAPORE, Nov. 21, 2001 - Lee & Man has begun  construction of a new containerboard machine at its  Dongguan mill in China and is mulling over the possibility  of building another new unit when PM 4 is completed. ----------------------------------------------------  Officials optimistic over US/Canada lumber dispute but scant progress seen VANCOUVER, Nov. 20, 2001 - The latest efforts to  end the softwood lumber trade fight between Canada  and the United States appeared snarled on Tuesday  in a dispute over the countries' differing  land-ownership systems. ******************************************            ****Advertisement****  New from clickpaper.com...Price Limit Orders  enable Clickpaper Registered Users to  electronically present their own pricing to  Enron. 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