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M&S trials paper wrap on popular chocolate bar
Marks & Spencer is trialling paper packaging on a best-selling chocolate bar.

Delfort highlights inkjet paper benefits at HID
Specialty papermaker Delfort has showcased its lightweight, thin paper range at Hunkeler Innovationdays.

Star product: Notpla food cartons and paper
Super-sustainable containers, films and papers manufactured from a “miracle crop” – seaweed – by a British
manufacturer.

Mondi order books improve amid challenging environment
Mondi CEO Andrew King has described the group’s performance last year as “resilient” amid a challenging trading environment, with the figures also revealing €13m (£10.75m) in costs related to its...

Mondi to show expanded paper range at HID
Mondi will show an expanded Nautilus recycled paper range as part of its portfolio of high-speed inkjet papers at Hunkeler Innovationdays later this month.

New packaging alliance formed
A new alliance has been formed to champion the merits of fibre-based packaging amid “a critical time” for waste and recycling policies in the UK.

Scalderhurst and April in new partnership
Scalderhurst has become the exclusive distributor of April folding boxboard products in the UK and Ireland.

Koehler Paper lauds pasta pack success
Italian organic pasta company Astrabio has teamed with Koehler Paper to use flexible packaging paper rather than plastic for packs.

UPM Raflatac snaps up Metamark
UPM Raflatac has made another significant acquisition with a £146m deal to take over UK manufacturer Metamark.

Love Paper Week underway
Industry firms have embraced Love Paper Week with a flurry of posts on social media highlighting the medium.