Paper

Shrive: outstanding motivator of people and a first-class team builder

Paper merchanting luminary passes

Industry colleagues are mourning former National Association of Paper Merchants president Peter Shrive who passed away earlier this month aged 77.

Royal Cosun works with around 9,000 Dutch sugar beet growers

CVG uses sugar beet pulp in new grade

Crown Van Gelder is gearing up to make paper using sugar beet fibres on an industrial scale, in what it believes is a world first.

The pack is expected to be fully recyclable in kerbside collections

Iceland trials new plastic-free pear pack

Iceland has teamed with ProPrint Group, Ravenwood Packaging and fruit grower Keelings to take a further step toward achieving its plastic reduction goal.

Rebuild means Portals can meet growing demand for wider security threads

Portals rebuilds PM1 to meet future demand

Portals has completed a £20m-plus revamp that includes a major rebuild of its PM1 paper machine.

TI Media: subs copies now paper wrapped

TI Media outsources paper spend

TI Media has outsourced paper procurement in what is viewed as a significant move as the publisher is integrated into new owner Future.

SCA: reel sheeting is being handled by Middleton Paper

SCA moves into sheets

Papermaker SCA has expanded its offering to include sheets, as it looks to gain share due to ongoing changes in the paper market.

James Cropper: paper business has been hit hardest

Restructure planned at James Cropper

James Cropper is restructuring after its paper division in particular was hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Watson: no update as yet on whether he will be replaced as COO

James Cropper COO leaving business

James Cropper is parting company with its chief operating officer Dave Watson.

Burneside Mill: James Cropper founded the mill that bears his name in 1845

Best of British: James Cropper

Moving with the times has helped this long-standing British mill stay on top.

Antalis: biggest paper merchant in the UK

Antalis now under KPP control

Kokusai Pulp & Paper has officially taken control of Antalis after it completed the purchase of the shares held by majority shareholder Sequana, marking a “new page” for the merchanting group.