Print buying

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”.

Macfarlane Group has appointed David Mansfield to the newly created leadership role of managing director of Macfarlane Packaging Distribution.

Sappi has said it will commence a consultation process on the possible closure of its Stockstadt mill in Germany, after a planned sale of the site fell through earlier this year.

A former CEO of the British Coatings Federation has been elected as Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.

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

Independent corrugated packaging supplier The Logson Group has acquired a majority shareholding in packaging and PoS printer Durham Box.

Unionised workers at Cepac’s site in Darlington are set to strike over 10 days between July and September in a dispute over pay.

Fujifilm has begun the first beta site installation of its new Jet Press FP790 inkjet press for flexible packaging in EMEA – and it’s in the UK.

A Norfolk printing company with a history stretching back to 1870 has changed ownership via a management buyout.

KJS We Are Direct Mail has celebrated 25 years in business in a month that has also seen it install 70 solar panels.