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. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020701/IPLOGO ) 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020701/IPLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: International Paper CONTACT: Media, Jennifer Boardman, +1-203-541-8407, or Kathleen Bark, +1-203-541-8418, both for International Paper Web site: http://www.internationalpaper.com/

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