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Stora Enso is starting a feasibility study for the possible conversion of an idle paper machine at its Oulu mill in Finland for a high-volume consumer board line.

The issues around paper and label shortages have now reached the national news with the BBC picking up on the potential ramifications of the current supply squeeze.

The Navigator Company will increase uncoated woodfree (UWF) paper prices in Europe by 8-15% from next month.

The BPIF has joined forces with Intergraf and Finat to urge the end of strike action at UPM's Finnish paper mills.

Coveris has launched a range of lightweight, next generation stretch films that contain a minimum of 30% recycled content to reduce reliance on virgin plastics and meet forthcoming UK Plastic...

Sappi has reported strong results for its first quarter with sales of $1.697bn (£1.25bn), up 46% year-on-year, and a profit of $123m – compared to a loss of $17m in Q1 2020.

Feldmuehle is set to invest further in its site, based just west of Hamburg, as part of its long-term strategy of further development.

UPDATED: UPM’s negotiations with the Finnish Paperworkers’ Union (Paperiliitto) are now underway for UPM Pulp, with the other UPM businesses expected to follow, according to media reports from...

Finat has warned that the continued union strike “in some Nordic paper mills” is posing severe lead time problems for European label converters.

The Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT has commenced a blockade against UPM to support the strikes of the Finnish Paperworkers’ Union and the Finnish Electrical Workers’ Union.