Paper

Sappi ramps up packaging strategy

Sappi Europe has pledged to develop at least one new speciality packaging substrate a year as it works to reposition itself as a packaging innovator.

Deadline approaches for Paperlinx and Tullis Russell IP sales

Intellectual property (IP) consultancy Metis Partners is selling the IP assets of both Paperlinx and Tullis Russell Papermakers – and both have offer deadlines due this week.

Editor’s comment: What will be Paperlinx’s legacy?

While the paper market seemed to chug down Paperlinx’s capacity with barely a burp, three months later concerns remain about the potential aftershocks of the demise of the UK’s largest paper merchant.

Learning from Paperlinx’s toxic legacy

The collapse of the majority of Paperlinx’s UK operations has left a trail of destruction in its wake. But one of those whose business went under hopes lessons learned from the experience will ensure...

Taskforce details £6m spend post Tullis Russell administration

The taskforce established by the Scottish government in the wake of the Tullis Russell Papermakers administration has agreed an action plan to spend the £6m pledged in state assistance.

Finance firms address printers' post-Paperlinx cash issues

Industry finance specialists are moving to provide alternative solutions for printers caught up in a post-Paperlinx credit crunch.

Premier Paper becomes UK Lumi stockist

Independent paper merchant Premier Paper Group has become a UK stockist of Lumi papers.

Paper and consumables supplier launches surplus stock website with help of ex-Paperlinx staff

A merchant which has supplied small print companies and design houses since 1999 is to launch a website to sell surplus stock and used equipment.

Print is still the consumer’s choice when it comes to reading

Independent research commissioned by paper pressure group Two Sides has revealed consumers much prefer to read news and magazine content, complicated information and bills in print rather than on...

Print’s tactile nature ensures other media can’t touch it

One clue of how important touch is as a sense, is in how closely the language of emotion is entwined with it. When we talk about emotional states, we talk about ‘feelings’.