With mobile phones lurking, US producers eye thermal growth from quick custom runs, label, non-POS demand

摘要

Oji Paper moved up its No. 1 global ranking for thermal paper with the purchase last fall of Fibria's Piracicaba mill in southern Brazil for $313 million. The acquisition includes a machine that can produce at least 42,000 tons/yr of paper for thermal coating further established Japan-based Oji in all four major world regions - and especially in South America. The mill in Brazil adds to Oji's thermal supply bases in Ware, MA, Germany, Thailand, and Japan (as well as a converting plant in China).