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Mead sees internal growth as an important part of the business. That's why Banta will continue to put forth capital in such improvements.

"We have significant capital expenditures planned for 2001 in areas of infrastructure growth and distribution services," Mead comments. "Although we were not immune from the industry-wide capacity crunch in the third quarter of this year, we have aggressive hiring and equipment installation plans for next year that will provide the growth cushion for our future."