Sticky business: technology boosts outdoor ads as competition becomes fiercer; CBS spent years pursuing 'glueless' poster: displays in London's underground: testing with a sledgehammer

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After winning the contract to supply billboards in London's Underground, CBC Corp. worked with 3M to develop a new type of adhesive for the posters. Outdoor advertising is second only to the Internet in terms of growth.

Product development, General services, Contracts & orders received, Paperboard Containers, Paperboard Container Manufacturing, Advertising, Paperboard Containers and Boxes, England, Contracts & orders let, Innovations, 3M Co., MMM, Contracts, Marketing industry, Contract agreement, Maintenance and repair, CBS Corp., CBS, Adhesives, Billboards, London, England. Transport for London, Viacom Outdoor (London, England)

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Smurfit pretax profit slips 6%

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Jefferson Smurfit posted a drop of 6% in its pretax profits for the 2001 first-half. The company posted 175 million euros in pretax profits for the period.

United States, Paperboard, Jefferson Smurfit Corp., JJSC

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BPB pretax profit fell by 30% in first half

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BPB PLC posted a drop of 30% in its pretax profits for the first half of 2001. The company posted 110.9 million euros in pretax profits for the period.

United Kingdom, Reconstituted wood products, Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing, Interior Building Board, Profit, Profits, Building materials industry, Wallboard, BPB PLC

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