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Innotech Digital has finalised an exclusive distribution agreement with Heytex Bramsche to supply its side curtains for trucks and trailers in the UK.

Wide-format media supplier Innotech Digital has become an authorised distributor for Pongs’ fabric materials.

James Cropper has promoted from within to fill the top job at its Paper Products division.

Paper and packaging group Billerud has agreed a divestment of its Managed Packaging business unit to investment company Mimir Group.

Paper and materials merchant Premier Paper Group has become a stockist for Drytac’s wide-format materials.

UPM has announced plans to close its Plattling mill in Germany alongside interim results that were impacted by destocking and lower pulp prices in Q2.

A specialist papermaker has been handed a £1m fine after an employee suffered serious injuries when attempting to free a jammed paper reel.

Colombier has enhanced its European operation with a strategic investment in state-of-the-art sheet cutting technology, to expand the forest industry trading group's converting capabilities.

High energy prices and economic woes contributed to a 6.1% fall in European paper and board production last year, although multi-year trends for the sector “remain positive”.

A historic French papermaker has become the latest European mill to be shuttered in a seismic period for the trade.