Catalyst Paper Targets Latin America as Export Market

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A streamlined Catalyst Paper Corp. is keen to expand its exports to Latin America. "Latin America is squarely in our target sights, and I'm headed down there the first week of April to meet with a lot of strategic buyers. We are going to expand paper exports in Latin America to beat the band," Catalyst Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Clarke, said recently. "We have a sizeable presence in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, some in Brazil and Mexico, too." Catalyst's other exports include shipments of pulp and paper to China. Catalyst went into bankruptcy protection last January and emerged from the process in September. Debt holders are now among the firm's major equity shareholders, including First Eagle Investment Management LLC. He said it's time to focus on the future instead of dwelling on the past. Catalyst has B.C. mills in Powell River, Port Alberni and Crofton.