Good News Just in Time for National Administrative Assistants Day

Good News Just in Time for National Administrative Assistants Day



STAMFORD, Conn., April 20  /PRNewswire/ -- With National Administrative
Assistants Day on April 21, it is time to consider one of the most routine and
long-endured office mishaps: paper cuts.

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According to a recent survey of 600 administrative assistants by International
Paper, more than half of all administrative assistants who do routine filing
receive at least one paper cut a month.

To remedy the problem, International Paper recently introduced the first- ever
Cutless(R) paper for file folders.  Office technology comes in all guises and
the new file folders are manufactured thicker, with a softer edge, yet are
stiffer than ordinary ones.  Made in this way, the new file folders can lower
the number of paper cuts by 70 percent.

"Granted, people don't think too much about file folder paper cuts, but they
are particularly common and painful," said Rich Faber, marketing manager at
International Paper.  "We talked to hundreds of people in our research, and
they said that they are getting file folder cuts all the time.  IP's cutless
file folders are a simple solution to such a common problem."

International Paper, the leading paper products company in the world, has
recently introduced other innovations in file folders.  In addition to cutless
paper for file folders, it also recently launched WaterShed(R) file folder
paper, which resists office spills.

"Liquid likes nothing more than paper," said Faber.  "Watershed file folders
can save a lot of time and trouble because they just don't soak up spills."

Both products can be found at office supply stores in specially marked boxes
carrying both cutless and watershed trademarks.

International Paper is the world's largest paper and forest products company. 
Businesses include paper, packaging and forest products.  As one of the largest
private forest landowners in the world, the company manages its forests under
the principles of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (R) (SFI) program, a
system that ensures the continual planting, growing and harvesting of trees
while protecting wildlife, plants, soil, air and water quality. Headquartered
in the United States, International Paper has operations in over 40 countries
and sells its products in more than 120 nations. 

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