Bio-Pappel set for UFS move-up with buy of former K-C Scribe unit; group eyes growth in North, South America

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Bio-Pappel planned for a significant move-up in uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper after signing an agreement this week to acquire Mexico's largest printing paper producer, Corporacion Scribe. The deal is to close by yearend. With Scribe, Bio-Pappel's total UFS capacity would reach about 650,000 tons/yr, from its present 1 87,000 tons at its Tres Valles mill in Veracruz, based on RISI capacity figures.