Due to recent industry events and in order to protect the planned requirements of Verso’s (Memphis, Tenn., USA) existing customer base, the company announced this week there will be a temporary moratorium today on order entry of new manufacturing orders of both C1S and C2S Coated and Uncoated Freesheet Web products. The moratorium is applicable to all Coated and Uncoated Freesheet Web, including, but not limited to:

Coated Freesheet Web: ArborWeb Plus®; Sterling® Ultra; Sterling Ultra Book; Sterling Ultra TrueJet®; Sterling Ultra caliper; Productolith® Pts. C1S and C2S; Publishers Matte®; Publishers ThinBulk®: ArborWeb®; Influence®; Influence Book; Focus®; Aspect®; Sterling® Ultra C1S; Sterling Litho C1S; Ideal® Offset; Ideal Reply Card.

This temporary moratorium will be lifted as soon as practical, but could last as long as 48 hours (October 20).