Paper

Manufacturers have been warned to carry out basic risk assessments on dangerous machines after two businesses were fined following the death of two workers at a Merseyside woodchip factory.

Holmen Paper has restarted production on the PM 12 paper production line at its Hallsta Paper Mill in Hallstavik, Sweden for the first time since a fire stopped production at the mill last month.

DS Smith has seen pre-tax profits drop by 26% to £91m in its interim results as it revealed a plan to acquire an FMCG packaging company in Istanbul.

Brett Martin hopes to exploit the continued growth of the signage market by entering a distribution deal with wide-format substrate supplier Europoint.

Finnish manufacturer Stafix has expanded its Grip range of adhesive films to try and help users trim production costs.

Production has been stopped at a Swedish paper mill, following a fire last week.

Specialist paper merchant Proco Papers Europe has added sheeting of DuPont Tyvek to its range of services.

GF Smith is publishing a 100-page crowd-sourced photobook to provide “an authoritative tool for the print buyer and photographer”.

Newsprint and magazine papermaker Norske Skog is attempting to restructure its near $1bn (£660m) debt, in the hope of avoiding a “comprehensive balance sheet restructuring”.

Europoint, the wide-format substrate business rescued from administration following the collapse of Paperlinx UK, is looking forward to a bright future as it severs its final ties to its old owners...