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NAPM: More needs to be done for paper industry's future
The print and paper industry needs to "face the facts" if it is to emerge from the recession profitable and fit for the future, according to the National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM).
Report reveals M&A deals in forestry sector down 23%
The total value of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the forest, paper and packaging (FPP) industry has fallen by 23% as a result of the economic slowdown, according to a report by...
Northprint organisers claim new exhibitors lined up ahead of show opening
Organisers for Northprint have said that new exhibitors have signed up in the final days before the show opened this morning.

UK's first Mimaki UJV-160 sold to marketing business
Design and marketing agency Pure Leisure Marketing has bought the UK's first Mimaki UJV-160 UV-curable roll and flat-sheet printer.

Paper market hit by uncertainty, says Tullis Russell
Independent paper manufacturer Tullis Russell has said the paper market is rife with uncertainty and visibilty in the sector remains very poor .
UK PM firm picks up European business award
Print management company Webmart has won the Atradius Growth Strategy of the Year Award at this year's European Business Awards.

UPM-Kymmene records eco paper demand rise
Paper manufacturer UPM-Kymmene has recorded a shift in customer recognition and understanding of sustainable forest management and certification.

Howitt manages Britannia-Co-op merger pack project
Howitt has overseen the production and mailing of 1.5m voting packs after completing a statutory mailing project for the proposed merger between Britannia Building Society and Co-operative Financial...
Altruistic printer needed for charity calendar
A housewife from Liverpool has appealed for a printer to produce a charity calendar, Housewives in Art Calendar, as part of a project she is running for Cancer Research UK.

Tullis biomass plant to meet 6% of Scottish renewable targets
Paper manufacturer Tullis Russell has said its biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant will produce 6% of Scotland's renewable generation targets once completed.

Mercian targets trade work with online digital label service
Mercian Labels has moved into the web-to-print arena after launching what it claims is the first online digital label service aimed at trade customers.
Pensord Press becomes latest printer to sign up to Two Sides
A total of 24 printers and publishers have now signed up to the National Association of Paper Merchants' (NAPM) Two Sides scheme.

Printing by the book is a one-off approach
Lightning Source has turned the threat of technology to its advantage and raced ahead from a standing start to take a lead in the on-demand market, one book at a time

Turn over a clean sheet
Paper companies: innocent victims of bad debt or perpetrators of print's downward spiral for selling to sub-prime printers? Whatever your stance, a healthy business relationship with merchants is...

FIPP brochure printing underway at Hammersfahr
Printing of the brochure for the 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress, which demonstrates value added printing got under way last week.