Consumables

Star Product: Dufaylite Ultra Board
Brighter and less prone to fading than its predecessors, this honeycomb substrate is being tipped as a real alternative to foam board

Paper merchant first-quarter bad debt set to improve in 2011
Paper merchant bad debt in the first quarter of 2011 is expected to stand at 2.99m, a 1.9m improvement on the same quarter in 2010.

Distressed print and paper companies on the decrease
Print and packaging is one of the sectors with fewer companies in trouble year-on-year, according to the latest Red Flag statistics from Begbies Traynor.

Mondi launches DNS high-speed inkjet paper
Mondi has targeted the inkjet digital printing market with the launch of DNS high-speed inkjet.

Print Power launches personalised campaign
Print Power has targeted 16,000 UK media buyers with the launch of a personalised direct mail campaign that stresses the power and uniqueness of the printed medium.
Flint Group launches low migration ink Flexocure Ancora
Flint Group has launched low migration UV flexo ink Flexocure Ancora in response to legislation in food labelling and packaging.
BILT reconsiders listing on London Stock Exchange
Ballarpur Industries has put on hold the initial public offering (IPO) of BILT Paper, its overseas subsidiary on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

International Paper announces entry into India, agrees to purchase shares of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills
USA- based International Paper (IP) has announced an agreement with Kolkata-based Bangur Group, to purchase about 53.5% of the outstanding shares of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills APPM for approximately...

Sun Chemical launches SunCure QLM and SunPak FSP
Ink giant Sun Chemical will launch low-migration ink systems SunCure QLM and SunPak FSP at Interpack 2011.

Antalis McNaughton launches iPrint Pure 3D
Paper merchant Antalis McNaughton has launched iPrint Pure 3D, a 500micron polypropylene film that when printed displays a full 3D image.