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Reels of finished product at Feldmuehle: fuel switch secures competitiveness

Feldmuehle switches fuel, Cepi warns on gas crisis

German papermaker Feldmuehle is switching fuel from gas to light heating oil at short notice due to the gas supply crisis, while paper federation Cepi has warned about possible disruption to paper and...

The price rise is due to continued gas and energy cost increases

Lecta to roll out further price increases

Lecta is set to increase prices on all of its specialty paper grades by 8% to 10% in all markets for orders with delivery from 1 September.

Colourform has continued to win new contracts

James Cropper reports strong start to 2022

James Cropper has reported a positive start to its financial year, with its sales in Q1 up 36% year-on-year.

Fiona Dempster has been with PG Paper for nine years

PG Paper head of logistics wins industry award

Scottish paper merchant PG Paper’s head of logistics has won the Freight Leader Award at the 2022 Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards.

Harrabin among pulpwood logs at BillerudKorsnäs. Image: BBC

CPI: BBC has not provided full picture on paper

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has accused the BBC of failing to provide the full picture in a documentary about reducing carbon.

Reep's laser system in action. Image: BBC

'De-printing' tech featured in BBC documentary

Israeli tech developer Reep Technologies gained exposure on the BBC this week for its “circular printing” system for erasing printed matter so that sheets of paper can be re-used.

Reach's national titles include the Mirror

Reach results hit by newsprint costs

Reach’s newsprint bill ballooned by more than 50% in the first half of the year, with the media group cutting print runs and pagination to try to mitigate the cost increase.

Nespolo: “Unifol is an extremely interesting technological player for us"

BC Partners enters into joint ownership agreement for Fedrigoni

Bain Capital Private Equity has signed definitive documents with international investment firm BC Partners to enter into a joint ownership agreement for Fedrigoni.

Scalderhurst: joining Aims has been on the radar for some time

Scalderhurst joins Aims Group

Merchant and paper converter Scalderhurst has joined the Aims Group of independent merchants.

Portals: obligations to customers, employees, suppliers and creditors will be met

Shock as Portals announces Overton closure

Historic papermaker Portals has rocked the industry with the announcement that it plans to close its Overton banknote paper mill with more than 300 jobs likely to go as a result.