HOLDING PATTERN.

The article focuses on the status of the recovered paper industry as of March 2009. It notes that the industry is awaiting the fallout from the announcement that a bankruptcy protection has been filed by Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. for its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada. According to Domtar Corp., it will permanently lessen fine paper manufacturing at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill. Domtar president John D. Williams cites that the decline of fine paper orders requires that the company reduce its uncoated freesheet manufacturing capacity.