Paper and substrates

Antalis has launched its inaugural ‘Antalis International Design Award’ competition.

The Bank of England has confirmed that it will not be reformulating the polymer used for its new banknotes, despite protests about the use of trace amounts of animal derivative.

Clydesdale Bank’s new £10 polymer banknote will go into circulation in September.

Finnish paper manufacturing group Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the business and assets of its Swedish subsidiary Stora Enso Re-board to Culas, for an undisclosed sum.

Antalis has launched a new compact portable roll storage product designed to make it easier to handle and transport rolls of large-format media.

Antalis and Arjowiggins parent Sequana has completed the Paris Stock Exchange listing of Antalis and exited from the ‘Sauvegarde’ procedure following approval of its preventive plan by the French...

US fine paper specialist Mohawk has launched Strathmore Impress, a “super-premium” uncoated paper made from 100% cotton fibre that can be used for digital, letterpress, engraving and foiling.

Effective today (30 May) UK paper merchants have increased the prices of uncoated paper by between 5% and 7%.

Neenah Paper showed one of the star products at last week’s Fespa exhibition in Hamburg – a new type of transfer paper that simplifies the production of small-format screens for screen printers.

The PrintWeek FespaDaily team’s round up of some of the stories from Day four of the show at the Hamburg Messe.

Adventa (A1-E19) has launched QuickPro Direct, a canvas wall art product for flatbed printers, at its inaugural Fespa.

The PrintWeek FespaDaily team’s round up of some of the stories from Day two of the show at the Hamburg Messe.