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Friedheim International’s former chief executive Peter Morris has passed away after losing a long battle with cancer.

Polestar is mourning the loss of long-serving gravure sales director Steve Miles, who has died aged 58.

Tim Gittings, sales director at AJS Labels, passed away last week after a long battle with cancer.

Sappi Europe has appointed Thomas Kratochwill as the new sales and marketing director for its Speciality Papers division.

UK-based substrates manufacturer Innovia Group has appointed Mark Robertshaw as its new group chief executive.

HH Global has confirmed the appointment of former Williams Lea boss Steve Nunn as its new chief executive officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Berforts Group chief executive Gerald White has been named as the new BPIF president, taking the reins from ASG Europe chief executive Tony Garnish.

The BPIF has appointed Charles Jarrold as its new chief executive.

Jimmy Marr, managing director of Contract Papers until his retirement in 1998, has passed away at the age of 76.

Commercial printer Colchester Print Group has become an employee-owned business after staff took a majority stake in the business through a trust scheme.

Large-format reseller Printmax has continued its recent growth by taking on additional technical consultant Martin Cole to "fill a Mimaki void in the business".

A new finishing company, which offers a range of hand finishing and 3D POS finishing and assembly services, has opened in Poole, Dorset.