Grays Harbor Paper (Hoquiam)

In the midst of challenging
trends, both short-term (the economy) and long-term (electronic communications
and the paperless office), Grays Harbor Paper actually increased 2009 sales
by 1.5 percent. One marketing edge: its emphasis as a green producer of office
papers, from heavy use of recycled fiber to reduced energy consumption and
recycling wastewater solids as a fertilizer for local farms.

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