Gene Therapy
You may ask, what about those estimable stalwarts that have disappeared or transformed in recent years, such as Warren, Mead, Westvaco, Champion, James River, Howard, Simpson and others? The names may have changed, replaced by the likes of Domtar, NewPage Corp., UPM and Stora Enso (whose North American operations have just been acquired by NewPage), but the mills, machines and forests have a life of their own—passing through other hands. And it bears mentioning that still very much with us are firms such as Sappi, International Paper, Glatfelter, Weyerhaeuser, the newly merged AbitibiBowater, and Mohawk Fine Papers (now home also to the old Strathmore and Beckett brands).
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.