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Abitibibowater's forest management units 27-51 and 24-51 in the Lac Saint-Jean region in Quebec have been certified by the FSC. The certification covers over 6.1m acres of forestlands, making it [...]

Two Sides is running a competition that will give winners the opportunity to visit the forestry and papermaking facilities at one of Europe's leading paper producers. Five winners will win [...]

Elliott Baxter (EBB) has launched Oxygen Laser - the latest edition to its recycled paper portfolio. The paper grade, which is manufactured in Europe, uses 100%-recycled post-consumer waste. According to [...]

Arjowiggins Graphic has boosted its Maine 1 Face range with the launch of Maine 1 Face Green. The paper manufacturer said the product is the only one-sided coated recycled stock [...]

The plantation you source paper from is still an important issue for customers. Globalisation has become a part of modern business life. For large paper buyers, it raises many important [...]

Slovenian paper manufacturer Goricane has said its Sora Matt paper grade is now guaranteed for all types of laser printing. The two-side matt coated paper can be used for book, [...]

Paperlinx merchants PaperCo and Howard Smith have defended their decision to use paper made by controversial manufacturer Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). APP has recently come under fire from conservation [...]

Paper broker Graphic Communications has appointed UPM's former UK sales director for catalogues as vice-president of its international sales. Will Lee left UPM in January as part of the paper [...]

Paper merchant Robert Horne has become the exclusive stockist of manufacturer Arctic Paper's Munken design range of uncoated papers. The range consists of Munken Lynx, Pure and Polar and it [...]

Sappi Fine Paper Europe has expanded its portfolio to include uncoated grades Tauro and Cento, following the paper manufacturer's acquisition of four former M-real mills. Tauro is produced at the [...]

Norske Skog has said it will curtail additional capacity, either temporarily or permanently, after it recorded a net loss of NOK1.1bn (pounds 113.7m) for the first quarter of 2009. Operating [...]

Paper industry trade body CPI has said 2009 will be a very difficult year for the UK recovered paper industry, with the generation of waste paper falling as the recession [...]

PaperCo's 9lives 55 'born again' recycled coated stock has been used to produce the brochures for Brighton Dome's upcoming season after being recommended by printer WSL. The grade is an [...]

Paper producer M-real is now providing carbon footprint calculations for all its products as part of the company's new climate programme. Led by its parent group Metsaliitto, the programme will [...]

Premier Paper Group has challenged the National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM) over its Two Sides campaign, saying the paper industry 'inevitably consumes precious natural resources' and has a 'significant [...]

Arctic Paper has reported a sales increase of uncoated paper, but warned of 'extremely tough' new competition from Asia, the US and Canada. The fine paper manufacturer sold 205,000 tonnes [...]

Fedrigoni UK has implemented a series of developments on its X-PER uncoated paper and board, improving on the coating and finish. The range from the merchant and manufacturer is made [...]

M-real and Stora Enso have announced more paper price increases, with rises of 6-8% planned for magazine papers. M-real chief executive Mikko Helander said there was no doubt Europe urgently [...]

Howard Smith Paper, part of the Howard Smith Paper Group, has launched Think4 Sharp, the latest addition to its Think4 uncoated papers range. The Northampton-based paper merchant said the product [...]

Arctic Paper has launched an upgraded Amber Preprint, with higher whiteness and opacity, to the European market. The firm has upgraded the whiteness of the woodfree, uncoated paper from 160 [...]

M-real Consumer Packaging, the label paper specialist, is launching two new full wet strength label papers aimed at the beer and beverage market. Sales director Eija Weckstrom-Rita said: 'Around 95% [...]

M-real is to increase the price of magazine papers by pounds 40 per tonne, in a move Andrew Gunman, the group's regional director for the UK and Ireland, stated was [...]

Armour Print & Design has upgraded its pre-press department with a raft of new equipment from Heidelberg, including a Suprasetter A52 with single cassette loading. The Reading-based firm, which previously [...]

With long-run price rises predicted, we ask whether other areas are experiencing increases. Commercial Printer John Grogan, managing director, grgprint.com 'The price of print is determined by supply and demand. [...]

Antalis' Magno range of coated paper is now FSC certified and available for next-day delivery. All Magno papers are manufactured at mills certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. The [...]

Following last week's festive poem from Sappi, Jane Cahillane, head of print production at Dewynters, has articulated the trials of the paper buying process in four stanzas. Enjoy. My print [...]

Grycksbo Paper's coated paper grade G-Print has been used by envelope manufacturer Bong to introduce its ProPac Present, a collection of exclusive gift bags that are being launched for retail [...]

Sequana Capital, the owner of Arjowiggins and Antalis, is aiming to strengthen its influence in the eco-friendly coated paper market by buying one of Europe's leading pulp manufacturers. The acquisitive [...]

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CEPI) has developed a carbon footprint framework for paper and board products, in response to industry demand. Paper buyers have requested a statement to reduce [...]

Robert Horne is offering customers the chance to win a plasma TV by placing an order of over 250kgs for any of its Hello coated paper and boards brand, which [...]

Sappi has launched Tempo, a coated wood-free paper that offers printers increased productivity and faster job turnarounds. The paper manufacturer said the product, designed for commercial printers, would reduce ink [...]

James McNaughton has launched Era Gloss, which joins the Era range alongside Era Silk. Era Gloss has 50% recycled fibre and 50% FSC-certified virgin pulp. It comes in sizes between [...]

Arjowiggins is to increase the price of its recycled products as a result of a strong and continuous rise in the cost of recovered fibres. The French papermaker has revealed [...]

Elliott Baxter (Ebb) has launched Satimat Green, a new range of silk coated paper and boards that are 50% recycled and 50% FSC virgin fibre. The paper merchant has also [...]

UK printers will be hit with another round of paper price increases as M-real Publishing announced its intention to raise the price of its coated magazine reels by 5%. Staff [...]

UK paper buyers are set to significantly increase their use of recycled paper, according to Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). More than two-thirds of respondents said they planned to [...]

M-real has launched a new gloss recycled coated paper, Era Gloss, which blends 50% post consumer waste with 50% FSC certified fibre. It is now available nationwide from Antalis and [...]

Fedrigoni has extended its Xeikon range of products with the addition of 300gsm and 340gsm Splendorgel reels. Splendorgel is an FSC-certified range of white, uncoated papers and [...]

Sequana Capital has said that its Arjowiggins unit is in talks to buy Danish recycled paper producer Dalum Papir. It is believed that the producer will be acquired for pounds [...]

Antalis has extended its large-format paper range to include Altitude coated paper and board. Altitude is recyclable, biodegradable and chlorine and acid free. The Leicestershire-based paper merchant has also extended [...]

M-real's Galerie Fine Gloss coated paper has been used by publisher BBC Magazines for its lifestyle titles, which include Gardener's World, Good Food, Good Homes, Top Gear and Olive. The [...]

Fedrigoni UK, the manufacturer of speciality papers and boards, has introduced a new paper range, Splendorlux Colorata. The range contains several 250gsm products. Color is a glossy coated paper with [...]

Tullis Russell, the Scottish papermaker, has had its premium coated paper Trucard used for a set of football Top Trumps cards given away with the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday [...]

Sequana Capital, which owns Arjowiggins, has said that the papermaker owes pounds 33.7m (EUR49.6m) plus interest for its involvement in a cartel in the carbonless paper market between 1992 and [...]

Antalis has created a range of product swatches to assist its screen and display customers when selecting substrates. The range includes Displayline Screen & Print, a range of grey-centred board; [...]

Scandinavian paper manufacturer UPM has failed to raise prices for its magazine papers, blaming the market situation, but has achieved increases in other grades. President and chief executive Jussi Pesonen [...]

Manufacturers claim higher energy, pulp and transport costs are still causing problems. On top of that, in the past two and a half years, the UK papermaking industry has lost [...]

Fedrigoni has announced a new range of uncoated paper and boards The X-Per range is made with ECF pulp and is FSC certified. The paper is available in two shades [...]

Arjowiggins has announced a 5% price increase for its Idem Superior carbonless paper products with effect from 2 April. The paper manufacturer said it had experienced a strong and continuous [...]

Printers are facing another round of paper price increases of up to 8% in the coming weeks as mills attempt to pass on escalating costs in electricity and gas. Merchants [...]