Paper

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.

Paper machine 8 (PM8) at Sappi’s Lanaken mill in Belgium has been successfully started up following a grade conversion rebuild that has added high-quality woodfree coated paper production to its...

Insolvent German paper mill Scheufelen is being wound up, according to German media reports.

Union Unite has welcomed news that Arjowiggins’ Stoneywood paper mill near Aberdeen is in discussions with an MBO team to deliver a successful transaction of the site over the coming weeks.

Wigston Paper has launched a new online paper matching tool to enable designers to identify the perfect paper match for brand identities and corporate colours.

An MBO team has now emerged as the potential future owner of Arjowiggins Fine Papers' Stoneywood and Chartham mills after lengthy negotiations with a preferred bidder failed to come to fruition.

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

Stora Enso has signalled the end for Lumi coated woodfree paper and its exit from that market after confirming plans to convert its Oulo Mill in Finland into packaging board production.

Lecta has confirmed the temporary shutdown of a coated woodfree papermaking line at its Condat mill in France, with a decision on a potential conversion project pending.

The former chief executive of US paper merchant Gould Paper Corporation has acquired a majority stake in Denmaur Paper Media.

A Swedish company has become a co-investor of German papermaker Zanders Paper.

Operating profits at Antalis were down by almost a third in Q1, but the merchanting group said that its business in the UK had “held up well”.