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The strikes are expected to affect the supplies and lead times of some types of paper

Paper mill strikes underway in Finland

Around 9,000 workers at paper mills in Finland started a three-week strike earlier this week after pay talks broke down.

Jacobson keynote: "have the courage to lose sight of the shore"

EFI chief calls for industry to 'lift itself up'

EFI CEO Jeff Jacobson used his inaugural Connect user conference opening keynote to ask the sector to do more to “lift itself up… because there's a lot of growth in this great industry”.

Parry: "MagnaColours is constantly developing innovative products"

MagnaColours launches new water-based transfer range

Water-based textiles ink supplier MagnaColours has launched a new water-based transfer printing range.

Contact Originators manufactures flexographic plates

Contact Originators hit by fire

Flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators suffered a serious fire at its Bredbury, Stockport facility over the weekend but has stressed it is "business as usual" following speedy action from...

EasyBender R-Pro: can bend rotary rules with up 69cm inner diameter

C&T Channel Matrix announces South Korean partnership

C&T Channel Matrix has signed a deal with South Korean firm SDS to sell its EasyBender range of automatic steel rule processing devices in the UK for the first time.

An explosion at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi chemical facility killed nearly 80 people and injured hundreds more

Review of 2019: April

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Antalis has been working to establish a new shareholding structure since February

Antalis updates on new shareholding structure plan

Ten months down the line, Antalis has issued a statement to reaffirm that it is continuing the process of setting up a new shareholding structure, “which also includes discussions with its main...

Metsä Board is one of many industry names involved in the 4evergreen alliance

Paper companies join new fibre-based packaging alliance

Companies across the paper value chain are part of a new alliance that has been established to promote sustainable methods of dealing with fibre-based packaging.

GF Smith was established in 1885

GF Smith acquires RK Burt

Luxury paper merchant GF Smith has acquired fine art paper supplier RK Burt & Co.

Stora Enso is creating a new packaging materials division

Stora Enso restructures consumer board and packaging divisions

Stora Enso is set to merge the container board business in its packaging solutions division with the consumer board division, creating a new packaging materials division.