32 Quotes by John Dillon

Due to wet weather conditions, our wood costs were much higher than expected. However, these costs were partially offset by lower purchase prices for other raw materials and the continued success of our cost-reduction program.

There's no question in my mind we will be a stronger company.

The timing of the economic recovery remains uncertain, ... We didn't see any meaningful impact from it on our sales volumes and revenues this quarter. So, I am very pleased with what we have been able to accomplish by focusing on those factors we can control.

These second-quarter results continue the favorable trend in industry conditions that we began to see earlier this year, ... We will be divesting or closing operations that no longer meet the company's financial or strategic objectives.

Prices on several of our key products have started to move up in the U.S. and some of our major Asian markets are beginning to recover from the economic problems of last year, ... Overall, business has clearly improved, and we are optimistic that the price increases we announced will be fully implemented during the second quarter.

At some point in the future, I think there will be relatively few companies competing on a worldwide basis. From IP's perspective, what we are doing is building a strong leadership position in each of our businesses.

Although the economic problems in Southeast Asia continue to affect some of our major businesses, we've made significant progress in completing our restructuring program that was announced last July.

They're headquartered very close to our headquarters, their businesses fit very well with ours - big printing papers business, an important wood and timber business - they've got a nice, nice position in Brazil, as well as a position in Canada,

At least 62 low-income countries need both immediate, unconditional debt cancellation and extra aid to meet the U.N. development goals.