Paper

Arjowiggins has announced a 5% price increase for its Idem Superior carbonless paper products with effect from 2 April.

Fedrigoni has announced a new range of uncoated paper and boards.

UPM has published its Environmental and Corporate Social Responsibility report for 2006.

PaperCos CoronaCoat semi-gloss paper will be used for three English Heritage publications, as well as its members handbook.

Stora Enso has announced it will work with Neste Oil in a bid to develop an alternative to fossil fuels using wood residues.

Favini has invested 1.4m on upgrading one of its paper machines at its Meerssen mill in The Netherlands.

Plant costs for the proposed recycled newsprint mill near Middlesbrough have risen to 325m, according to funding vehicle Ecco Newsprint.

Demand for paper fell in 2006, according to a report from the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI), which also cast doubt on the effectiveness of waste paper collection.

Arctic Paper has sponsored the new Kaleidoscope book of photography by Swedish photographer Patrik Andersson.

Printers are facing another round of paper price increases of up to 8% in the coming weeks as mills attempt to pass on escalating costs in electricity and gas.