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The 700,000tpa mill has been idled since 13 April

Death linked to mill outbreak

A person has died following the fungal infection outbreak that has shuttered Billerud’s Escanaba paper mill.

The Verve Mini is designed to help printers break into the merchandising market

QPS adds ColorJet Verve Mini to stocklist

Quality Print Services (QPS) has added ColorJet’s small-format LED UV flatbed press, the Verve Mini, to its stocklist.

Macfarlane invested £1.3m in the 465sqm customer facility

Macfarlane launches new packaging Innovation Lab 

Protective packaging distributor Macfarlane Packaging has opened its second packaging Innovation Lab at its flagship Northwest Regional Distribution Centre in Heywood, near Manchester.

The business has brought vehicle wraps in-house

Elevate Signs & Graphics brings work in-house with HP install

Elevate Signs & Graphics has brought a large amount of work in-house and started to explore new markets after installing a new HP Latex 335 printer.

The technology, which Tancia calls UltraHD, prints up to 300dpi

The Pen Warehouse launches hi-res digital pen printing

Trade merchandising supplier Tancia, which trades as The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products, has commenced production with a pair of custom-built transfer presses allowing the production of pens printed...

Royal Mail's share price went up following the news

Hopes for agreement between CWU and Royal Mail

An end could be in sight to the long-running dispute at Royal Mail.

PitStop's new update will be rolled out in early May

PitStop boosted with 2023 update

Enfocus’ PDF pre-flight, editing, and correction software PitStop will be updated next month with a raft of new enhancements.

Escanaba Mill outbreak: nothing similar has been documented anywhere in the US

Billerud mill hit by fungal infection

Paper and packaging group Billerud is dealing with an unusual situation at one of its mills involving a rare fungal infection, and which has now resulted in a temporary shutdown of the operation.

The Vallvik Mill currently employs 180 staff

More European paper job losses announced

Independent Swedish pulp producer Rottneros has given 24 staff at its Vallvik Mill notice of redundancy due to increasing costs, falling pulp prices, and a weaker USD in the long-term.

Royal Mail: another week has passed in long dispute

Update awaited in Royal Mail dispute

An imminent update is expected from the CWU today as negotiations with Royal Mail over the long-running dispute continue to drag on.