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• QUIET ACHIEVER, THE

  - 2008-01-01

  Away from the headlines, New Zealand is getting on with the business of making pulp and paper NEW ZEALAND IS not the first country that comes to mind for pulp and paper industry experts and managers around the world. They are more likely to be interested in technology...

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• Linfox buys NZ's Provincial Freightlines.

  - 2007-05-01

  Byline: Blair Speedy May 01, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian transport group Linfox has acquired New Zealand NZ trucking business Provincial Freightlines. Linfox Logistics CEO, Michael Byrne, said the purchase will double the revenue base of Linfox's NZ operations, ...

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• Blue Ridge Paper in talks with Rank

  - 2007-05-01

  PACKAGING Blue Ridge Paper said it was in "preliminary discussions" with The Rank Group, which owns New Zealand-based Carter Holt Harvey CHH, about a potential acquisition deal by Rank. If a deal is done, Rank with CHH would have capacity to make about 750,000 tons/yr of bleached board...

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• CHH closes former IP plant.(FRAMINGHAM, MASS.)

  - 2007-04-21

  According to the Worcester (Mass.) Business Journal, Evergreen Packaging will close its Framingham, Mass., gable-top beverage converting plant plant by the end of July. The plant, operated by New Zealand based Carter Holt Harvey, a subsidiary of the Rank Group, employs...

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• Wrapping it up: Hart set to add SIG to global packaging empire.

  - 2007-03-13

  Mar 13, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Swiss carton manufacturer SIG is set to be bought by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart for $A2.9bn. Rival bidder Ferd, a Norwegian packaging group, and its private equity partner CVC withdrew their bid on...

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• UniSuper buys NZ forests.

  - 2007-01-22

  Byline: Christine St Anne Jan 22, 2007 (Investor Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- UniSuper has acquired 15 per cent holding in a New Zealand forestry asset. The Australian industry superannuation fund purchased the stake from Carter Holt Harvey as part of a consortium...

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• IP sells beverage packaging business.(TO CHH)

  - 2006-12-23

  International Paper IP, Memphis, Tenn., will sell its beverage packaging business to Carter Holt Harvey CHH for about $500 million. The agreement is subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of next year, subject to various closing conditions. ...

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• Funds slow to shift direction.

  - 2006-12-10

  Byline: Barrie Dunstan Dec 10, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- UniSuper recently moved to boost its holding in Australasian timberlands to about $A250 million. The company acquired a 15 per cent equity stake in Carter Holt Harvey's New...

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• Commerce Commission crack-down.

  - 2006-12-07

  Dec 07, 2006 (New Zealand Hardware Journal - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Carter Holt Harvey has been fined $NZ900,000 for breaching the New Zealand NZ Trade Practices Act in late 2006. The New Zealand company submitted a guilty plea on charges of selling timber which did...

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• CHH, IP consider Pine Bluff deal

  - 2006-12-01

  International Paper IP appeared poised to sell one of three remaining units up for sale - beverage packaging - in a deal likely to be done with New Zealand's Carter Holt Harvey CHH. In October, IP officials told workers at the 645,000-tpy bleached board and coated groundwood paper mill in...

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