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Spandex expands ImagePerfect range with new self-adhesive wall textile
Sign-making and display industry trade supplier Spandex has expanded its range of ImagePerfect materials with the launch of a new self-adhesive wall textile, ImagePerfect Self-Adhesive Wall Textile...

Kodak on the lookout for acquisitions
Kodak chief executive Jeff Clarke has been on the hunt for potential high-tech acquisitions in Israel, according to venerable Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Ink manufacturer fined over worker’s death
Ink manufacturing company Gardiner Colours has been fined £66,000 over health and safety failings after a worker died when he was crushed by a varnish silo.

Vision Paper & Board to stock PankaBrite boxboard
Paper merchant and converter Vision Paper & Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has announced a new partnership with PankaBoard which will see it become the exclusive UK sheeter of its...

Antalis to stock Arjowiggins’ Satimat silk paper range
Arjowiggins Graphic has announced that Antalis UK is to exclusively stock and distribute its Satimat silk paper range throughout the UK and Ireland.

European Commission fines envelope cartel €19.5m
Five envelope manufacturers, including the owner of Blackburn-based Heritage Envelopes, have been fined a total of €19.5m by the European Commission (EC) for breaching EU antitrust rules.

Paperlinx looks to spark European market consolidation
Paperlinx has initiated a strategic review of its European, Asian (excluding Australia and New Zealand) and Canadian operations that will look at "all options" including acquistions, disposals and...

Heidelberg sets ambitious consumables target following BluePrint acquisition
Heidelberg has said its purchase of Belgian consumables business BluePrint Products earlier this month is just the start of a "more ambitious phase" of acquisition-led expansion.

Spandex launches new self-adhesive outdoor media product
Sign-making and display industry trade supplier Spandex has expanded its range of ImagePerfect materials with the launch of a new self-adhesive outdoor media product, IP2555 StreetApp.

Iggesund invests €60m in mills in Sweden and UK
Holmen Group has announced a €60m (£46m) investment to boost production capacity at its subsidiary Iggesund Paperboard's mills in Workington, UK and Iggesund, Sweden.