Navigator : "Around the World in 80 pages" is back

Press Release - 4th October 2016

After a successful debut in 2015, Navigator, the world's leading premium office paper brand, is proud to launch the 2nd edition of Around the World in 80 Pages - Global Writing Contest, starting on the 13th of October. Based on the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne, this campaign is aimed at those who are passionate about travelling and writing and are always looking forward to go on their next adventure. Navigator has a total of €10000 in travel vouchers to reward the best stories, as well as a fantastic digital camera for the best photo.

Under the claim "Write the World. Make it Yours", the world's most inspiring paper brand invites anyone over 18 to share tales of their favourite places or most amazing travel experiences through an original and vivid story, which can take place in their own home town or abroad. The applicants should submit

a text with up to 2500 characters at www.navigatoraroundtheworld.com, accompanied by three photos that illustrate the narrative.

Deadline for entries is the 31th of December 2016.

"In the first edition, participation exceeded our expectations, with more than 500 stories from the five continents brought together", says Ricardo Ferreira, Navigator's global brand manager. "With amazing prizes and an appealing communication, Navigator aims now to conquer more participations and widen the range of nationalities involved in the challenge, while reinforcing paper as the best means of

communication to express emotions and experiences, setting Around the World in 80 Pages as a global benchmark among writing contests".

The jury of this global writing competition is composed of experienced writers/bloggers and Navigator representatives. The big winner will get a 2.500€ travel voucher, the second will get a 1.500€ travel voucher and the other six (3rd to 8th), a 1.000€ voucher. There is also an Honour Award for the best photo. The 80 authors selected will see their stories and photos published in a book, along with an exclusive illustration.

"Life is a climb, but the view is great", written by Ana Torres, and "Leave nothing but pawprints", by Alice van Kempen, were the top travel stories from the 2015 edition of Around the World in 80 Pages - Navigator's Global Writing Contest. These two stories, chosen out of a total of 573 from 44 countries, as well as the other stories can be read at the contest's website navigatoraroundtheworld.com.

The Navigator Company is the new face of the former Portucel Soporcel group, after its rebranding in February 2016. The Navigator Company is Portugal's third leading exporter, and the exporter generating the highest level of national value added. The Group accounts for approximately 1% of Portugal's GDP, around 3% of the country's total exports of goods, close to 8% of all containerized cargo and 7% of all containerized and conventional cargo exported through Portuguese ports. In 2015, the Group set a new all-time record for paper output, and increased its turnover by 5.6% to more than € 1.6 billion.

Having consolidated its position as the leading European manufacturer, and the sixth largest in the world, of uncoated woodfree (UWF) printing and writing paper, The Navigator Company is also

Europe's top producer of BEKP (Bleached Eucalyptus Kraft Pulp), the fifth largest in the world, and has entered the tissue market, where it expects to become of key players in the continent. The Group has successfully pursued a strategy of innovation and development of its own brands, which today account for 62% of sales of manufactured products. Special mention should be made of the Navigator brand, the world's best-selling product in the premium office paper segment.

The Navigator Company sells its products to 130 countries over five continents, with a special focus on Europe and the US, giving it the broadest export base of any Portuguese company. As a vertically integrated forestry group with its own forestry research institute, it leads the world in the genetic improvement of the Eucalyptus Globulus. It manages vast tracts of forest in Portugal certified under the FSC® and PEFC™ systems (FSC license C010852 and PEFC license 13-23-001), and boasts annual

production capacity for 1.6 million tons of paper, 1.4 million tons of pulp (of which 1.1 million is integrated into paper) and power generation of 2.5 TWh, adding up to annual turnover of approximately 1.6 billion euros.

The Navigator Company operates one of Europe's largest nurseries for forestry plants, with annual production capacity of approximately 12 million certified plants of various species, destined for use in renewing Portugal's woodlands. As part of its strategy for expansion, the Group recently acquired a tissue paper mill and is implementing a major vertically integrated forestry project in Mozambique, as well

as building a new pellets factory in the US.

www.thenavigatorcompany.com

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