Paper

Global pulp price plummets 20%
Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ) has said that global pulp price fell by around 20% in the second half of last year.
Sihl premieres new canvas
Sihl has launched its Clara Beneficial white 350 matt Canvas in the UK.

DS Smith Packaging fined after HSE investigation
DS Smith Packaging has been fined 50,000 after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into an accident at its Louth facility.

Palm Recycling to handle West Ferry newsprint waste
Newspaper printer West Ferry Printers has appointed Palm Recycling as the preferred supplier of recycling solutions to its new Luton print site.

4SG focuses on productivity
Florida-based wholesale consumables supplier 4S Graphics has said it expects an "optimistic" Graphics of the Americas show and hopes visitors will be focused on new ways to print.
T-Shirts Plus makes GOA debut
Silk screen and embroidery specialist T-Shirts Plus Color (booth 1037) has launched a special price promotion at its first GOA as part of a bid to expand its work with wholesale suppliers.

Printers capsized by an endless sea of paper options
When even the paper merchants admit that choosing a paper for print can be like "walking through treacle" for customers if the right information is not provided in the sales process, it's easy to see...

Antalis adds Kapabright to range
Paper and substrate supplier Antalis McNaughton has added the KAPAbright range produced by 3A Composites to its range.

Paperlinx reports net loss of AUD60.9m in interim results
Paperlinx has reported a pre-tax loss of AUD56.4m (38.3m) and a net loss of AUD60.9m for the six months to 31 December 2011 on sales of AUD2.2bn.

Jane Guildford returns to Arctic Paper as UK business developer
Specialist paper manufacturer Arctic Paper has appointed Jane Guildford as UK business developer.