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Sonoco announced that it will permanently close its Lancaster, Ohio, uncoated recycled paperboard mill, effective May 16, 2009, according to James Harrell, division vice president and general manager, Paper North America.

Metallized papers and films add pizzazz and value to products. PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED to shiny objects. It's innate. And whether they know it or not, people carry their fascination of luster into the grocery store where they tend to opt for products in sparkling packages. It's that gloss and glimmer catching the consumer's eye that makes metallized papers and films ever increasingly popular materials with brand owners and package printers. "Metallized substrates are proven substrates in helping to gain market share," said Robert Hazen, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Hazen Paper Co. (Holyoke, Mass.). "The emerging trend