Paper and substrates

Independent board and paper stockist Warren has bolstered its reel-to-sheet board range with the addition of a new plastic-free barrier board.

CorrBoard Bioenergy (CB Bio) has invested £5.5m in building a sustainable energy generation facility fuelled by organic waste to power the manufacture of corrugated sheet board.

Denmaur Paper Media has established a new division to support its extensive and growing offering of papers for digital print production.

Metsä Board has started up a new paperboard sheeting line at its Äänekoski mill in Finland.

Two Sides is relaunching its consumer-facing Love Paper campaign in order to increase public accessibility to myth-busting facts on print, paper and paper-based packaging.

Denmaur has launched its latest stock, the ‘ultra-white’ smooth matt Arctic Snow, to target the top end of the market.

Family-owned merchant Elliott Baxter (EBB) has made a substantial expansion to its cartonboard business with the acquisition of UniBoard.

Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper has achieved record full-year sales, but pre-tax profits have almost almost halved due to the impact of continued higher pulp prices.

The Bank of England has awarded the substrate contract for the coming polymer £50 to CCL Secure and De La Rue.

Avery Dennison is set to launch the industry’s first-ever facestock made from recycled polyethylene (rPE) following the completion of print and dispensing trials.

Lessebo Paper has launched its first recycled paper to answer customer demand.

Xerox has launched a new lightweight kit for its Nuvera series of digital production printers to extend its stock weight range down to “ultra-lightweight”.