Paper

Hallsta Paper Mill restarts PM 12 production line after fire
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 reports drop in pre-tax profits; announces Turkish expansion
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 signs distribution deal with Europoint
Brett Martin hopes to exploit the continued growth of the signage market by entering a distribution deal with wide-format substrate supplier Europoint.

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

Blaze breaks out at Hallsta Paper Mill
Production has been stopped at a Swedish paper mill, following a fire last week.

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

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

Norske Skog in talks on debt
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 confident of future after 'rollercoaster' six months
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...

Killer app: Datum adds fizz for Bollinger’s secret 007 screening
How do you get invited to an exclusive champagne breakfast screening of one of this year’s most hotly anticipated films? You do a top job of printing the invitations of course.