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It has long been recognised that trees are an environmental 'good'. They act as a carbon capture and storage system and the expansion of forestry in Europe has led to many more trees being planted...

Tim Barker, a former environmental manager of Robert Horne Group (RHG) and sustainability specialist at Paperlinx, has launched his own consultancy.

An increasing demand for training on Bobst equipment from UK customers has led the packaging equipment and services firm to expand its training team.

John Quinney, a dedicated industry member who was committed to advancing UK print technology particularly during the transition of letterpress to modern litho, has passed away, aged 82.

Ralph Bell is eyeing print firms in his new role with former Dragon's Den star James Caan's SME business advisory firm HB Prime Advantage.

Print management firm APS has taken on HH Global's ex managing director for European operations to help its expansion plans within Europe.

Catalogue and DM group Garnett Dickinson (GD) has appointed Carl Garnett as managing director of GD Mailing, and Ian Maxted has joined the business development team as sales executive at GD Print.

Paperlinx's marketing director Philippa Charlton has left the company along with a number of others as the paper merchant realises the workforce reduction it proposed in November.

Heidelberg has established a Very large Format and Postpress Packaging division, appointing company veteran Stefan Hasenzahl to head it up.

The conduct of former MPI directors Mike Dolan and Ben Crozier was described as "dishonest" or "incompetent" by the judge who banned both from being directors for eight years last month.