Paper

Holmen Paper has restarted production on the PM 12 paper production line at its Hallsta Paper Mill in Hallstavik, Sweden for the first time since a fire stopped production at the mill last month.

DS Smith has seen pre-tax profits drop by 26% to £91m in its interim results as it revealed a plan to acquire an FMCG packaging company in Istanbul.

Production has been stopped at a Swedish paper mill, following a fire last week.

Specialist paper merchant Proco Papers Europe has added sheeting of DuPont Tyvek to its range of services.

GF Smith is publishing a 100-page crowd-sourced photobook to provide “an authoritative tool for the print buyer and photographer”.

Newsprint and magazine papermaker Norske Skog is attempting to restructure its near $1bn (£660m) debt, in the hope of avoiding a “comprehensive balance sheet restructuring”.

Unsecured creditors of Paperlinx UK still do not know if they will receive a meaningful pay-out or not, six months on from the administration of its operations.

Antalis staff spent last Friday hopping, skipping, running and roller skating to raise money for charity – in between selling paper and consumables of course.

Paperlinx shareholders have voted to rename the company Spicers as its chairman called 2015 a “challenging and transformative year”.

Denmaur Independent Papers has bought the intellectual property rights and trademark of the Revive brand from the administrators of Paperlinx UK, and has plans to expand the range.

Web-to-print company Moo has launched its long-touted NFC-enabled business cards after partnering with Arjowiggins Creative Papers on the venture.

Papermaker Favini has launched a new paper made partly from leather-making leftovers.