Environment

API Group, Chesapeake, Parkside Flexibles, Weidenhammer Packaging Group and Payne have collaborated to lobby against standardised packaging on tobacco products.

Commercial printer Vale Press anticipates that its new Speedmaster SX 52-5 and Polar 78X Plus guillotine will deliver a return on investment within two years and boost turnover by 30% in 2012.

The UK-based, eco-friendly packaging firm has signed a deal with independent wine supplier Kingsland Wines to produce the nation's first paper bottles for its customers' wines.

Arjowiggins Graphic's Greenfield Mill has increased its capacity by 10,000 tonnes of pulp since the beginning of the year, following completion of the first phase of a 1.5m investment.

Commercial printer Alpha Media Solutions (AMS) has improved its environmental credentials with a move to solar panels.

The Birmingham paper mill in Nechels has marked its 150th anniversary with a Victorian-themed celebration at Birmingham Town Hall.

CPI director general David Workman is calling for a five-year moratorium on government regulations across the paper industry.

PaperlinX has dropped two of its recycled paper brands and reassigned the manufacturing of surviving line Revive to Burgo.

Antalis McNaughton Digigreen paper range has been awarded Best Environmental Substrate Award, presented at Drupa.

Venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft's controversial Downing Street report on employment law, belatedly published this week, has been welcomed by the print industry.