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The article reports on the closure of mills and downsizing by the Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based paper company, Domtar aimed to increase company profitability. The company also announced the writing-off of several fixed assets with the closure of paper mills and sawmills and the sale of a paper mill under a cost-cutting initiative.

The article reports that Phoenix, Arizona-based Honeywell Inc. featured its products for the pulp and paper industry at EXFOR 2006 in Montreal, Quebec. The first product is Precision FotoForm Formation Sensor. It incorporates the web monitoring technology by recording the moving paper web and quickly processing and analyzing recorded images from inside the machine in real time. The second product is Quality OptiMISER for Quality Control System. It helps Honeywell Quality Control System customers make faster and more accurate production decisions.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based Domtar has introduced a coated lightweight sheet with a high post-consumer fiber content. Response to publishers' demand for environmentally-friendly magazine and catalog papers; Certification of raw materials by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Reports on the 91st Annual Meeting of the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada in Montreal, Quebec.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based paper manufacturer Domtar failed in its bid to acquire a stake in Portugal's company Portucel.

Reports that Kruger Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, had a smooth start-up of its Paper Machine Number 4 at its Wayagamack mill in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, on November 1, 2003.

Reports on a ratification of a new three-year contract between Norampac Inc. and Independent Paperworker's Union in Montreal, Quebec.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. will sell its share of SFK Pulp Fund. Number of fund units that SFK will issue.

Reports on the certification of Abitbi-Consolidated Inc.'s Quebec-West Woodlands Division and Champneuf Sawmill by the Canadian Standards Association in Montreal, Quebec.

The article reports on the shutdown of the Lebel-sur-Quevillon pulp mill of Domtar in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in November 2005 resulting from unfavorable economic factors. The company has laid of 425 workers and has announced the reopening of the pulp mill at Lebel-sur-Quevillon when economic factors allow for profitable operation.

The article reports that Krefeld, Germany-based Küsters Paper showcased its developments in the fields of calendars, shoe presses and rolls at the EXFOR exhibit in Montreal, Quebec. The exhibition's focus was on the small shoe press which the company offers under the brand name X-NIP C. The shoe press can be used for material widths up to 5000 mm and a line force of up to 500 N/mm.

Reports that the Montreal, Quebec-based Groupe Laperriere & Verreault Inc. has announced that its Dorr-Oliver Eimco group has won a contract to supply a recausticizing system for a greenfield pulp mill being built by Guizhou Chitianhua Paper Industrial Co. in Guizhou, China.

Reports that Intertape Polymer Group of Montreal, Quebec, has signed a deal to purchase certain assets relating to the masking tape and duct tape operations of Tesa Tape of Bradenton, Florida, and a three-year agreement to supply tape products to Tesa worldwide.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based Norampac Inc. plans to close its Montreal corrugated paperboard plant during the second quarter of 2006.

Reports that the Montreal, Quebec-based Alcan will invest in the construction of a packaging plant in Reidsville National Park in North Carolina. Production of rotogravure-printed packaging; Number of skilled jobs to be created.

The article reports on Groupe Laperriere & Verreault Inc.'s acquisition of the principal assets of KanEng Industries Inc. and KanEng-Deltec Inc. of Montreal, Quebec.

Reports on the announcement of Domtar Inc. that the Algoma and Northshore forests have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council in Montreal, Quebec.

Reports on the funds granted by the Canadian Ministries of Industry and of Science and Engineering for two new Industrial Research Chairs in the Dept. of Chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Financial terms of the funds; Importance of the research.

Reports on Montreal, Quebec-based Forest Products Association of Canada's announcement of the first of several projects it will support. Advancement of the conservation of Canada's boreal region.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based GL&V USA Inc. has purchased the assets, proprietary rights and technical designs of Elite Cameron Inc. Number of Cameron machines installed by GL&V USA.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based Domtar Inc. and World Wildlife Fund Canada have agreed to work together for long-term conservation of forests in Canada. Protection of initiatives and efforts to improve the management of working forests.