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Italian paper manufacturer Favini has launched security paper, Secure-Skin, following its entry into the market two years ago. The uncoated paper is available in sheetand reel-fed formats at 90gsm and [...]

Metsa Board has finalised its proposed price changes to its uncoated fine papers, with an introduction date set for April. The Finnish paper manufacturer has now set a minimum price [...]

Paper manufacturer Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper (UFP) is hosting its second annual Green Event at the London Wetland Centre on 24 October. Guest speakers from WWF, PEFC, the Wildfowl and [...]

Prices of Metsa Board papers will increase by 6%-8% from September. All uncoated wood-free papers will be affected, which includes the paper manufacturer's full range of business reels for offset [...]

Paper distributor and supplier PaperCo has announced it will stock paper manufacturer Arctic Paper UK's Arctic Volume range. Arctic Volume is a high-quality matt-coated paper and board grade. The range [...]

Demand for magazine paper and newsprint has fallen as advertising investments decline, according to a report compiled by Holmen. Using new figures from the IMF, Eurograph and ZenithOptimedia, the report [...]

Ahlstrom has claimed a world first with the launch of its first metalised poster paper for outdoor billboard applications. Chantaffiche, which will be commercially available from May, is a blue-backed, [...]

SpeedQuote has added integrated paper pricing from Robert Horne Group to its eponymous online automated job-quoting system. The e-commerce platform already featured integrated price lists from fellow Paperlinx companies Howard [...]

Independent paper merchant Premier Paper Group has launched its latest range of recycled paper, Evolution. The company said the range is suitable for digital and conventional litho printing, and includes [...]

The result of the EU's investigations into Chinese trade practices in the coated fine paper market is a landmark decision. This is the first time ever we have put in [...]

Howard Smith Paper Group (HSPG) has integrated its paper price lists with MIS and online automatic quoting systems to save itself - and printers - time and money processing paper [...]

FiberMark Red Bridge, the coated paper and textiles manufacturer, has produced a bespoke textile for The Folio Society's recent reproduction of the 13th century Mappa Mundi. The Bolton-based business produced [...]

I have been following the recent news articles in PrintWeek regarding paper prices, while at the same time watching the increased interest from the finance industry in forestry. Are the [...]

Paper and packaging manufacturer Mondi has been rated the top company in WWF's voluntary rating tool for paper companies reporting on their global ecological footprint. The assessment criteria included use [...]

Paper and print needs a unified group to represent its needs on a global scale. The most recent Two Tomorrows roundtable discussion focused on sustainability in the paper, print and [...]

Papierfabrik Scheufelen has said it will increase the price of all its coated woodfree paper range by 'at least 10%'. The increase will take effect from 1 June and is [...]

Torraspapel has launched a paper specifically designed for outdoor use on billboards, posters and point-of-sale advertising. The paper manufacturer, which is part of Spanish Lecta Group, is offering the CreatorUrban [...]

Overcapacity will remain a major issue for the print and paper industries in 2010, despite an improvement in the credit insurance market, Paperlinx has warned. Europe vice-president Dave Allen said: [...]

The paper market is rife with uncertainty and visibilty remains 'very poor', independent paper manufacturer Tullis Russell has claimed. Sales and marketing director Malcolm Sinclair said: 'To add to weaker [...]

Two leading members of the UPM sales team have left the company following a shake up of its UK sales organisation. It is understood that Graham Fraser, UPM's director for [...]

Aconda Paper, based in Barcelona, has launched the AcondaNatura Poster range, said to be the first ecological range of poster paper that is both FSC and CarbonNeutral certified. The range [...]

The Revival Movement Association has bought a Muller Martini Concepta press to handle a four-month backlog on its Christian literature. The Concepta was chosen following careful research by the Belfast-based [...]

Alpha Print and Design employee George Smith has won a competition run by Antalis to find the most creative use of paper. Any customer placing an order for Edixion uncoated [...]

Papierfabrik Scheufelen, the coated paper manufacturer, has won the Pencil award for its 2006 wall calendar in the 2007 One Show Design Awards. The Lenningen, Germany-based company is now calling [...]

Paper 4 Print, the Liverpool-based paper merchant, has launched into the digital paper market with the Xerox range of digital papers. It has also redeveloped its website and introduced an [...]

Tullis Russell's premium uncoated paper, Naturalis, was recently used by Selfridges for invites to 'Unwrapped' parties at its Manchester store, which featured lingerie shows and pampering sessions. The invites were [...]

Paper gets glamorous, as manufacturers follow the latest fashion trends in tactile, metallic and environmentally friendly grades, writes Tess Raine. The perceived prestige of text and cover papers means that [...]

Robert Horne Group's recently filed accounts for 2001 show a pounds 51.7m retained loss on sales of pounds 386m. The merchant paid out dividends totalling pounds 52.9m. Managing director Toby [...]

CA Coutts Holdings has sold its stationery unit, including assets and order book, to Smurfit UK, part of the Jefferson Smurfit Group, for pounds 2.25m cash. The unit, based near [...]

Fedrigoni's UK general manager Mick McDonagh says the firm's 'strong product line and solid re-investment' helped it to increase its net profit for 2001 by two-thirds to pounds 13.4m (EUR20.9m). [...]

M-real has unveiled plans for a restructuring of its Map Merchant group's UK operations, which will involve staff cuts and warehouse closures across its three UK merchants. Executive vice-president and [...]

Tullis Russell, the independent papermaker based in Fife, has reported a major turnaround in its financial results for the year to 31 March 2002. The group made a pre-tax profit [...]

US private equity house Texas Pacific Group has emerged as a potential rival bidder or even a partner in the bidding for Irish packaging group Jefferson Smurfit. The news came [...]

Over the past year the paper merchanting industry has suffered as much as any other sector from the economic downturn. During its very own annus horribilis, we have seen the [...]

Map Merchant Group has appointed two new directors at Premier Paper Group. Paul Morgan replaces Chris Davy as finance director, and will have responsibility for finance and IT development (PrintWeek, [...]

Light is breaking through the economic murk, says UPM-Kymmene, which is hoping for an upturn in Europe and the US to improve on a 41% drop in profits. The Finnish [...]

Benjamin Gough, the independent paper merchant, has been placed in administrative receivership with the loss of five jobs after running up pounds 3.5m of debts. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) senior manager Robert [...]

Polestar has renewed its £4.5m-a-year contract to print Trinity Mirror's M magazine for another three years. The title, which goes out as a supplement with the Saturday issue of the [...]

Polestar is pledging its support to the WWF 95+ Group, committing itself to sourcing paper from independently certified products. Polestar is also looking to gain ISO 14001 [...]