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NewPage Paper Chosen for Historic Book: The Obama Time Capsule

Posted on: Thursday, 28 May 2009, 14:00 CDT

Miamisburg, Ohio, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- NewPage Corporation announced today their sponsorship of The Obama Time Capsule, a unique look at President Barack Obama from the beginning of his campaign, through his first 100 days in office as the 44th President of the United States. The book was created by photojournalist Rick Smolan, best known as the creator of the best selling "Day in the Life" book series. The Obama Time Capsule is available now exclusively from Amazon.com.

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Each copy of the 202 page wide format book (26 inches wide when open) is printed on NewPage Sterling(R) Ultra Digital(TM) for HP Indigo, a No. 2 coated paper for digital applications. Every copy of the book is printed one at a time and each book is personalized by each reader, offering a glimpse at the future of publishing. Using Hewlett Packard's print on demand (POD) technology, millions of Americans will be able to effortlessly weave their own names, photos and messages into this historic book.

Sterling Ultra Digital for HP Indigo, engineered to perform on HP Indigo equipment, was specifically chosen for this book by Smolan to provide reliable, consistent and unmatched quality to each and every copy that is produced.

NewPage is excited to be a part of the growing digital print on demand revolution, and proud to sponsor this project of such historic importance. "We are honored to have our paper specified for this once in a lifetime project," says Michelle Garrett, manager, marketing strategy for digital for NewPage. "By choosing Sterling Ultra Digital for HP Indigo, our clients can rest assured that the book will print beautifully, capturing the beginning of President Obama's legacy."

For more information about the project please visit: www.TheObamaTimeCapsule.com. To learn more about Sterling Ultra Digital for HP Indigo and other NewPage digital papers, please contact your local NewPage merchant representative or visit us at www.NewPageCorp.com. If you would like samples, please call our sample department at 800.638.3313.

About NewPage Corporation

Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with $4.4 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008. The company's product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.

NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nova Scotia, Canada. These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.4 million tons of paper, including approximately 3.2 million tons of coated paper, approximately 1.0 million tons of uncoated paper and approximately 200,000 tons of specialty paper.

SOURCE NewPage Corporation

Source: PR Newswire

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