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Stora Enso is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Image: Stora Enso
President and CEO speaks out

Stora Enso comments on postponement of payments to suppliers

Stora Enso’s president and CEO has commented after it was revealed that the company postponed payments to some suppliers by one week in the last weeks of June and September this year.

Swizzels: eye-catching box option
New option for consumers

Swizzels trials paperboard container

Popular retro sweet brand Swizzels is trialling a new paperboard box for its Sweet Shop Favourites selection, produced by Affinity Packaging.

Topic Heroes allows children to write their book digitally, then prints it for them for free
Charity drive for custom-printed books

Literacy charity calls on print sector to help children read

Topic Heroes, a children’s literacy charity that allows children to write and create their own professionally printed books, has launched a crowd funder to help it reach more children.

Demand weaker than expected

UPM warns on profits

UPM has issued a profit warning for the full year due to a decrease in pulp prices and lower deliveries “in most businesses”.

The line was up and running at nearly full capacity two weeks after startup
Laminating line weighs 110 tonnes

Oppboga Bruk starts up new mega production line

Swedish producer of multiply paperboard Oppboga Bruk has inaugurated its new KLM3 production line – the company’s biggest investment in more than 50 years.

Deal requires changes at Malta factory

De La Rue agrees £300m Authentication sale

De La Rue has agreed to sell its Authentication division to US giant Crane NXT in a £300m deal that will help the group shore up its finances and tackle its pension obligations.

Sharon Williams (bottom centre): employee ownership was a long-held ambition
Security and certainty for employees

Gwasg Pia moves to employee ownership

Braille print and accessible format media company Gwasg Pia has transitioned into employee ownership, nearly 40 years after it was founded as a cooperative in 1985.

Digital revenue up 2.5% in Q3

Reach print revenue falls

Reach has seen its print revenue drop by nearly 4% year-on-year in Q3 – although print advertising revenue has continued to outperform volume declines.

Impressed with offering and opportunities

Headley returns with new Pureprint role

Former Go Inspire CEO Patrick Headley has returned to the industry with a new role at Pureprint Group.

The new press is arriving at Stirland Paterson this week
Step into short-run packaging

Stirland Paterson widens reach with new Indigo

Derbyshire commercial printer Stirland Paterson has invested in a brand-new HP Indigo 15k digital press, allowing the firm to expand into short-run packaging and print an expanded set of effects with...

"Overwhelming approval"

International Paper shareholders approve DS Smith deal

International Paper has confirmed that at a shareholder meeting in connection with its proposed “combination” with DS Smith, the necessary approval of its shareholders was obtained.

Norwich Print Museum is run by a staff of around 20 volunteers
Space of around 350sqm required

Norwich Printing Museum given one year to find new home

The Norwich Printing Museum has been given until October 2025 to find a new permanent home for its collection by its current landlords at the National Trust’s Blickling Estate near Norwich.

Extensive international experience

New CFO at Agfa

Agfa has appointed a new CFO after incumbent Dirk De Man decided to step down on health grounds.

Inapa Deutschland has sites across Germany. Image: Google Maps
Agreement signed last week

Japan Pulp & Paper takes over Inapa’s German business

The operations of Inapa’s insolvent German subsidiaries Inapa Deutschland, Inapa ComPlott and Inapa Packaging have been transferred to Japan Pulp & Paper (JPP).

The new office will start with a team of eight, expanding to 15 in the near future
Eight hires made

CX Services expands with new Isle of Bute office

Scottish direct mail and telemarketing firm CX Services has opened new premises in Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute.