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SUPLIER NEWS

Several “green” announcements have been made by Sappi Fine Paper North America, including recent triple Chain-of-Custody certification from the SFI, FSC and PEFC for its mills in Skowhegan, ME; Muskegon, MI; and Cloquet, MN. Sappi has also reported that more than 78 percent of the power generated and consumed from its mills is from renewable resources such as hydro power and the burning of biomass. Additionally, Sappi has reduced water usage by 18 percent per ton of product and has reduced total energy usage by more than 22 percent per ton of product across all of its North American manufacturing sites in the past five years.