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Antalis sales slip in H1

Antalis has announced a drop in sales and profits for the first half of the year, with no further news as yet on its search for a new shareholder to take over Sequana’s majority stake in the...

Arjobex bought by French private equity firm

France-based private equity firm Prudentia Capital has acquired the Arjobex group of businesses, which includes UK manufacturing base Arjobex Limited in Clacton-on-Sea.

Arjo UK mills: MBO gains SE support

Negotiations over the sale of the Arjowiggins Fine Papers UK businesses in administration are understood to have reached a critical juncture, with Scottish Enterprise confirming to PrintWeek that it...

Scheufelen boss starts new paper company

The chief executive of failed German paper mill Scheufelen has started a new paper company employing 26 of his previous firm’s 95 staff.

Shipping company fined after driver struck by paper reel

A shipping company must pay nearly £40,000 after a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver was injured when he was struck by a paper reel that was being loaded onto his trailer.

441 companies remove misleading anti-paper messaging

441 companies have now removed or changed their messaging since the inception of pro-paper campaign group Two Sides in 2008.

PG Paper supports growth strategy with top-level hires

Scottish paper merchant PG Paper has appointed its first managing director as well as a sales manager to support growth plans across its international markets.

French Arjo paper mill put up for auction

Auction procedures for one of Arjowiggins’ French sites have begun while the sale of its UK sites remains unconfirmed.

Major print buyer adopts new hybrid gravure paper

A new hybrid paper suitable for gravure or heatset web offset printing is now available thanks to a collaboration between Craft Worldwide, papermaker Leipa and printer Prinovis.

Premier Paper acquired by Japan Pulp & Paper

Paper merchant Premier Paper Group has been acquired by Japan Pulp and Paper Company (JPP).

Former Paperlinx business subsumed into Japanese giant

The renamed former Paperlinx business has been sold to a Japanese paper group.

UPM to shut down PM10 later this month

UPM has concluded the employee consultation process at its Plattling mill in Bavaria and will shut down paper machine 10 (PM10) later this month.