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Companies in the AIMS group, the independent consortium comprising of 10 independent paper businesses, have become the official UK stockists of the LumiArt and LumiSilk paper brands.

GF Smith has put samples of its entire paper range into one book – The Collection – for the first time.

Scottish paper merchant PG Paper has appointed a team of forensic accountants to look into the books of Tullis Russell Papermakers, following an approach to administrators KPMG.

Korean manufacturer InkTec wants to recruit new resellers following a 15% increase in turnover in 12 months and doubling the size of its UK base.

Antalis has extended its plastic substrates portfolio with the addition of Priplak, a range of strong but flexible polypropylene sheets that can be used for a variety of applications.

Crawley-based web-to-print and cross-media marketing software developer Infigo Software intends to expand in the UK and North America if it wins business funding from Sir Richard Branson.

Bielomatik – which makes Heidelberg’s CutStar among other products – has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to avoid insolvency.

Singlewell Stationery & Print has invested in a Polar ECO 66 guillotine, to replace an older Polar 66 model.

Voting is now open on the Fespa website for the People’s Choice of the Year and Hall of Fame Awards.

Polestar has refinanced with new credit facilities from Barclays and a £90m senior secured loan from Swedish finance house Proventus Capital Partners.

The BPIF has issued a call for views on the calibration of spectrophotometers following a decision to pull back on requirements for BPIF ISO 12647 accreditation.

The domino effect continues to ripple across Paperlinx’s European businesses – the group’s Austrian operation has now followed the UK and Benelux into administration.

De La Rue has finally put a figure on the likely payout to the Bank of India as a result of the paper production issues that have now cost the group more than £40m.

The Scottish Government and Fife Council have set up a joint taskforce to help mitigate the impact of job losses at Tullis Russell Papermakers, which went into administration yesterday, with the loss...

British printers are among 5,025 leaders of SMEs who have signed an open letter in support of the Conservative Party less than two weeks before the General Election.