Paper

Arjowiggins is planning to file petitions to open safeguard and receivership proceedings for some of its French subsidiaries.

The Bank of England has launched a £50m tender for the supply of banknote polymer over an eight-year period.

Sequana's sale of Arjowiggins’ Graphic and Creative Papers businesses has been canned after the buyer got cold feet as a result of deteriorating market conditions.

Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper has launched new branding and a new-look livery for its vehicle fleet following a creative collaboration with design studio Foldability.

Swanline Paper and Board has launched a new environmentally friendly display board range that is 100% fibre-based yet is resistant to moisture.

New investment in German paper mill Scheufelen will be used to ramp up the production of its grasspaper product.

Insolvent independent German paper mill Feldmuehle has discontinued its production of graphic papers, impacting more than half of its staff, as it switches its focus to packaging and labels grades.

Stora Enso could make up to 500 temporary layoffs at its Oulu paper mill in Finland as it looks to reduce production in response to weak market conditions for woodfree papers.

KDX has unveiled added two new variants to its its thermal laminating film range with, frosted and textile finishes, following the prior launch of a metallic version.

German papermaker Zanders is set to be acquired, with the loss of 150 jobs.