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The Paper Federation has issued a cautious response to Prime Minister Tony Blairs Budget-day pledge to invest 100m in renewable energy as part of a wide-ranging commitment to tackling green issues

Kappa Holdings has agreed to buy AssiDomn Corrugated and Containerboard in a 1bn (SEK10.4bn) deal

Xerox launched its new mass personalisation solution at the International Direct Marketing Fair this week

The Pulp and Paper Information Centre is to close after two key members withdrew financial support and put funding into the Confederation of Paper Industries instead

Premier Paper has re-vamped its board range, assembling a range of brands and other new products under the Essential name, which will launch on the market on 2 April

Former WAM!NET international sales director Harvey Jones has joined pre-press developer JPY as sales and marketing director and "is looking forward to the challenge"

Holmen Paper president Goran Lundin is to step down and will be replaced by Magnus Hall, currently marketing director, with effect from 1 June

Premier Paper has launched the first product under its own brand name, with a new range of office papers aimed at the corporate sector called Elements

Heidelberg chairman Bernhard Schreier predicted that 2010 will be a great year for the printing industry during his keynote address at US digital print show On Demand last week

A Dutch firm claims to have made a massive step forward after developing a direct digital engraving system for flexo plates

Colour management specialist Robert Shakespeare was among the passengers killed in the Selby rail disaster

Pindar has bought four CreoScitex Iris 2Print proofers and Brisque Proof Extreme Digital Front Ends to standardise colour management across its seven sites in the UK

MAN Roland increased new orders by 16% in its short financial year, which covered the last six months of 2000, compared to the same period in 1999

Martins Printing Group has split its short-run book and journal division Unwin Brothers into two, forming a new operation, Dataworld

Ferag UK will trade as WRH Marketing UK from 1 April in a move that aims to reflect its evolving business model with an increased emphasis on trade products