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Sappi has reported strong results for its first quarter with sales of $1.697bn (£1.25bn), up 46% year-on-year, and a profit of $123m – compared to a loss of $17m in Q1 2020.

Feldmuehle is set to invest further in its site, based just west of Hamburg, as part of its long-term strategy of further development.

UPDATED: UPM’s negotiations with the Finnish Paperworkers’ Union (Paperiliitto) are now underway for UPM Pulp, with the other UPM businesses expected to follow, according to media reports from...

Printers, print buyers and paper merchants are in despair after UPM announced that strike action at its Finnish mills could be extended for a third time and by a further three weeks – until 12 March.

Sales at UPM were up 14% to nearly €10bn (£8.33bn) last year in what CEO Jussi Pesonen described as a “strong year” for the overall group, although its Communication Papers business remained...

Rising paper prices and lack of availability is stymying the print industry’s pandemic bounce back and is likely to cause permanent damage according to Intergraf, which has issued a plea for the paper...

Historic Frogmore Paper Mill was damaged by a large fire over the weekend, with a teenager subsequently arrested on suspicion of arson.

Three more industry suppliers have announced that further price increases are on the way.

The Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT has commenced a blockade against UPM to support the strikes of the Finnish Paperworkers’ Union and the Finnish Electrical Workers’ Union.

Union workers have extended their industrial action at UPM by another two weeks.