Tempo, Sappi's recently launched brand, is the only paper product that enables printers to increase press room productivity - by allowing printers to cut standard ink setting time in half, enabling back up in record time - which helps printers to contain costs without any capital investment. 

With Tempo, a two-sided printed sheet is ready for bindery twice as fast as standard coated paper.  With these attributes, Tempo is the ideal house sheet to respond to quick turn requests and will change a printer's business through increased productivity and associated profitability improvement.

Tempo Performance
With over 25 printer trials on Tempo, from small print shops in the Northeast, to mass-market printers in the South and on the West Coast, every printer test has achieved positive results.  Seeing is believing with Tempo - pressmen were so impressed after seeing Tempo perform, they commented:

"This product will offer material savings by eliminating aqueous overcoat on some jobs. But the real benefits come from the impact on efficiency and improved productivity.We ran a job with 80# cover paper on our six color Komori and it was ready to turn in 10 minutes." 

"We anticipate using Tempo as a house sheet.  We did our testing primarily with live orders. It did allow us to back up small orders very quickly, but the real value comes in finishing.  Tempo allows me to take loads, as they are finished, directly to the cutters and folders. This greatly reduces work in process. Tempo allows us to complete more jobs in a shorter period of time, improving customer satisfaction and cash flow."

"For a big printing house, Tempo would allow us to diversify our operations and to not only compete for the big jobs - it would enable us to go after the short runs too. In addition, Tempo allows for improved throughput on press, allowing our customers and sales reps to do one press check therefore giving them more time to be in the field selling. Tempo is an easy sell."

"We tailed in Tempo after running an uncoated sheet.  We didn't make any adjustments to the ink densities. Even with the very heavy ink volume, the paper was ready to flip in just 15 minutes.  When our pressman saw it, he remarked, Tempo is a miracle."

The Market for Tempo
Tempo is not a niche opportunity - this game changing paper can have a positive impact on all types of printing and print projects - large and small.  The unique properties of Tempo can be taken advantage of in a variety of ways - the printer can utilize the rapid ink set and ink dry properties of the paper to their own best advantage.

The Tempo Guarantee
Sappi believes so strongly in Tempo's performance, that Sappi guarantees the paper will set ink in under 30 minutes and dry ink for processing at the bindery in under two hours.

Tempo's Top 10 Benefits to Printers

• More jobs per day with the same equipment
• Improving work flow for rush jobs
• Improving work flow in the bindery
• Reducing overtime as work is completed more quickly
• Increasing print quality using sheetfed instead of digital printing on short run jobs
• Reducing or eliminating waste from WIP
• Eliminating the use of aqueous overcoating when used only for efficiency purposes
• Eliminating the need for ink additives
• Basis weight savings due to excellent runnability - Tempo reduces the need to increase basis weight to improve performance on press
• Energy savings by eliminating the need to run extended drying stations

Sappi's Commitment to Innovation and R & D
Sappi is recognized as the only coated paper company committed to R&D, and Tempo is the perfect example of Sappi's innovative aptitude. Under the structure of Sappi's new brand family approach - Premium, Performance, Buzz and Economy, Sappi's Buzz category is the company's commitment to bring new products, ideas and innovations to market. The Buzz family is where Tempo will be housed.

"Sappi understands how important innovation and R&D are to a sustainable and profitable company. Our focus is on being the leader in the coated fine paper industry in North America, and we will accomplish this through our focus on innovation and bringing new, fresh ideas and products to the marketplace," said Mark Hittie, marketing director for Tempo. "Tempo is the most innovative, new product to be introduced to the paper industry in a decade - and while Tempo may be the newest innovation from Sappi, it certainly will not be the last."

Tempo Availability and Global Reach
Tempo is available in North America in Gloss and Matte finishes and in basis weights of 70 - 100 lb Text and 80 lb cover. Tempo is available in press ready mini-skids and carton put-ups for Text and Cover and will be stocked in Sappi's distribution centers. A Silk finish version of Tempo, manufactured in Europe, was introduced to that market earlier in November 2007 and is quickly gaining momentum.

To request a swatchbook and learn more about Tempo, please visit www.sappi.com/Tempo-NA.

For more information about Sappi Fine Paper North America and the company's widely recognized and specified products, such as McCoy, Opus, Lustro Offset Environmental (LOE), Somerset, Aero, HannoArt, Magno and Flo, please visit www.sappi.com.

3/5/08