Consumables
Mortons Print awards Palm Recycling waste collection contract
Newspaper printer Mortons Print has awarded Palm Recycling a collection contract for its waste newsprint.
Lscher and MacDermid launch Accent flexo plate
Lscher has partnered with MacDermid to launch Accent, a new flexo coating plate for packaging and commercial print applications that can be imaged like a normal litho plate on Lscher's XPose! UV...
DS Smith launches 1.4bn bid for SCA Packaging
DS Smith has launched a 1.4bn reverse takeover bid for SCA's packaging division, in a deal that would make it the largest corrugated and second largest packaging business in Europe with a turnover of...
Trelleborg appoints Bob Whitney to handle sales of metal-backed blankets
Trelleborg has appointed Manroland's former national blanket manager Bob Whitney to establish a direct sales channel for its Vulcan metal-backed blankets and sleeves to newspaper printers in the UK...
Total Print Supplies appointed Silkoseal distributor
Total Print Supplies (TPS), the Paperlinx consumables company, has become the UK's exclusive distributor for Shackell Edwards' Silkoseal silk sealer range.
UPM announces Albbruck paper mill closure
UPM has put more than 508 jobs on the line after pressing ahead with the decision to close its unprofitable Albbruck paper mill in Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany.
New UK distributors appointed for Trelleborg Vulcan printing blankets
BFS Pressroom Solutions has taken over the converting and distributing of Trelleborg's Vulcan printing blankets for the heatset, coldset and business forms sectors from Manroland.
Baldwin goes private in acquisition by investment firm
In a move that essentially takes the company private, Baldwin Technology has agreed to be acquired by investment firm Forsyth Capital for $16.1m.
DS Smith chairman Peter Johnson resigns
DS Smith has announced that its chairman Peter Johnson has decided to step down from the position he has held since 2007 and resign from the board he first joined as a non-exec in 1999.
Former 3M boss Mitchell joins James Cropper as non-exec
UK paper mill James Cropper has appointed former 3M UK and Ireland managing director Douglas Mitchell as a non-executive director with effect from 1 January 2012.
Flora Tea Company launches redesigned packaging
Design and Print agency Abstract Group has redesigned the packaging for the Flora Tea Company using Antalis McNaughton's Trucard folding box board
Arlon unveils DPF 4300 removable-adhesive film
Arlon Graphics, the US-based pressure-sensitive, cut-vinyl flexible substrate manufacturer, has launched a new opaque matte white calendered film with removable adhesive, DPF 4300.