Paper

The co-owner of a waste paper merchant where a fatal accident took place has been disqualified from being a director.

Premier has launched a new loyalty scheme targeted at customers who buy roll media for display graphics.

Fedrigoni UK is celebrating the first anniversary of its self-adhesive bespoke sheeting service, which it said reduces printers’ waste and improves manufacturing efficiencies.

Union workers have ratcheted up their industrial action at UPM by extending it – less than a week after a large-scale strike began.

The threatened strike action involving thousands of employees at UPM’s Finnish mills is now underway, with the printing industry braced for its likely impact on paper supplies.

Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer BillerudKorsnäs has acquired North American coated paper producer Verso Corporation in a move to enter the paperboard market in the region.

UPM is facing the prospect of three weeks of strike action at its Finnish mills from the start of the new year, at a time when the industry is already dealing with shortages and a supply squeeze on...

Specialist substrate manufacturer Arjobex has rebranded as Polyart.

Sappi has signed off a major investment in renewable energy at its Kirkniemi Mill.

Antalis has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for Cocoon Offset 100% recycled papers.