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Stephen Paul, managing director of Howard Smith Paper (Scotland) has left the company to join rival merchants Map Merchant Group.

Waterite UK is targeting British printers with its new Oasis product, a "non-intrusive" water conditioner that softens water, maintains pH, removes calcium and prevents limescale build-up

Heidelberg chief executive Bernhard Schreier was cautiously optimistic about the future of the industry and the firm as he presented its final figures for the year to 31 March 2004.

Book publisher Pearson and Marks & Spencer are the latest companies to join the WWF-UK Forest and Trade Network (WWF-UK FTN) to work towards sustainable paper procurement.

Richard Spearman has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and ordered to pay 169,000 for his part in an insider dealer ring using information stolen from financial printer Burrups (PrintWeek, 8...

Alito Color is poised to make a massive investment in new sheetfed presses as part of its move to a new East London site.

Ipswich-based B1 printer Excelprint (Suffolk) has been placed into the hands of administrators who are hoping to make a quick sale of the business.

Butler and Tanner (B&T) has brought all its subsidiary companies under one brand and unveiled a new corporate identity.

Workers at Birmingham-based Euro Packaging have won union recognition, following five weeks of industrial action at the plant.

Workers at Birmingham-based Euro Packaging have won union recognition, following five weeks of industrial action at the plant.

A new company, Onform reels, has been established that will combine the reels divisions of paper merchants James McNaughton, Premier Paper and MoDo Merchants.

Presstek has agreed a 7m ($13m) deal to acquire Precision Lithograining, its manufacturing partner for the Anthem, Freedom and Aurora processless printing plates.

Hertfordshire-based printer Abbot (Kings Langley) has become one of the first companies in the UK to use a new company diagnostics tool.

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has hired Adare Halcyon to be the sole supplier of secure PIN mailings to customers.

The forthcoming retirement of Myllykoski Sales UK managing director Ari Antsalo has triggered a merry-go-round of high profile managers in paper.