Consumables

Metsa reneges on price promise
Metsa Board has gone against parent company Metsa Group's pledge to buck the recent trend of raising prices by announcing an intention to increase its uncoated woodfree paper prices in the next few...

Agfa wins patent case over Xingraphics
Agfa Gevaert has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit in the Netherlands against Chinese plate manufacturer Chengdu Xingraphics Co.

Truffula Sustainability Guidance launched by former RHG environmental manager
Tim Barker, a former environmental manager of Robert Horne Group (RHG) and sustainability specialist at Paperlinx, has launched his own consultancy.

Swiss firm Model revealed as Fujifilm packaging ink beta site
Swiss-based corrugated and carton board packaging group Model has been revealed as the beta site for Fujifilm's Uvijet OC inks for digitally printed corrugated packaging applications.

Paperlinx targets turnaround following 'poor' first half results
Paperlinx UK managing director Phil Carr has said he is confident of a return to profit in the second half of the year after a "poor" first half in which the UK and Europe were the main contributors...

Paper firm fined 70,000 for employee death
A Corby paper manufacturer last week pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations after an employee was killed when racking collapsed on her in 2009.

UK merchants in limbo over paper prices
Following the latest round of paper manufacturers' price increases, merchants are waiting to find out if they will be forced to pass the increases on to their customers.

Spandex to sell Arlon self-adhesives in the UK
Spandex UK has added the first new range of self-adhesive vinyls for 18 years with the addition of Arlon products.

Heytex adds low-cost PE fabric decoflex and appoints new sales chief
Heytex has bolstered its range of PVC-free printable textiles with decoflex, a low-cost material designed for interior applications such as exhibition graphics and point of sale.

BAF Graphics offers Polish-made display system Clever Frame
BAF Graphics has taken on the UK dealership for modular display graphics system Clever Frame.