NewPage Introduces First Brief In New PAPER@WORK Series: The Story Of UniTherm® Thermal Transfer Label Innovation

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Feb 18, 2014, 11:00 ET

NewPage Introduces First Brief In New PAPER@WORK Series: The Story Of UniTherm® Thermal Transfer Label Innovation

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STEVENS POINT, Wis., Feb. 18, 2014

STEVENS POINT, Wis., Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NewPage Corporation (NewPage), a leading supplier of specialty papers, introduces PAPER@WORK, a new series of briefings detailing a spectrum of important topics impacting the world of specialty papers. The first PAPER@WORK Brief launched today, titled "UniTherm® 25 years of thermal transfer innovation. And counting.", explores how UniTherm® label papers were originally developed over 25 years ago, and have grown through innovation to become an integral component of modern day logistic systems.

"The history of UniTherm is one of bringing new innovation to life through close and ongoing collaboration with our customers," said Ed Buehler, vice president of sales, marketing and business development for specialty papers at NewPage. "We are excited to tell the story of UniTherm, and how it's grown to become a critical label paper for capturing and transmitting data on the millions of products and packages that move around the globe every day. UniTherm continues to innovate and perform in an ever-changing market."

To download this FREE PAPER@WORK brief, please visit www.wherepaperworks.com/unitherm-brief.

About NewPage
NewPage is a leading producer of printing and specialty papers in North America with $3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2012. NewPage is headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, and owns paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 3.5 million tons of paper.

The company's portfolio of paper products includes coated, supercalendered and specialty papers. These papers are used in commercial printing to create corporate collateral, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts and direct mail as well as in specialty paper applications including beverage bottle labels, food and medical packaging, pressure-sensitive labels and release liners. To learn more, visit www.NewPageCorp.com.