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Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, concluded production at its Tako board mill yesterday (17 June), when the mill’s board machine BM1 was shut down.

Premier and Drytac have collaborated on the launch of PaperTac, a new fully recyclable, self-adhesive, premium coated paper developed for the wide-format sign and display market.

Fedrigoni has partnered with data giant Palantir to leverage AI for functions such as stock optimisation and forecasting.

James Cropper has agreed revised terms for its main banking facility that will boost its financial headroom.

Compostable film producer Futamura, flexible packaging converter Repaq and machine manufacturer GK Sondermaschinenbau (GKS) have joined forces to develop a fully compostable liquid sachet.

Another German paper manufacturer has hit the buffers, with Feldmuehle forced to restructure for the third time.

UPM is investing more than €10m (£8.4m) to modernise a paper machine at its Tervasaari mill in Finland.

Baddeley Brothers has launched a new online portal that allows customers to order customised envelopes made from GF Smith’s Colorplan papers range.

US innovator Dreamworks explains how retrofitting UV technology to its conventional press revolutionised its offering and empowered it to land any customer.

Kabel Premium Pulp & Paper is closing down after nearly 130 years of papermaking.