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Lightme Cosmic has been added to Antalis's My 360o creative papers and envelopes. Created to complement the existing metallic papers in the collection, Cosmic is a metallic feltmark range. Red [...]

International Paper has supported drug fighting charity Dare by selling its Duo Office paper at a discounted rate to Phelan Printers, who used it to print the charity's educational booklets. [...]

The printing industry is a rich source of high quality waste paper, yet graphics paper has the lowest recycling rate of all paper grades. If paper is to become truly [...]

The Institute of Paper and the Institute of Publishing are merging to form the Institute of Paper and Publishing International. Institute of Paper chief executive David Pryke and Colin Walsh, [...]

Printers' hands fly to their foreheads at the news of paper prices going up, but is it a problem? Doesn't the customer pay? By Fleur Priestley Talk of paper price [...]

Fortunes could be on the up for print and paper companies according to the Office of National Statistics. Official data shows that output from the pulp, paper, printing and publishing [...]

Simon Pilkington has been promoted to managing director of the PaperCo's Mason's Paper division after four years as managing director of the merchant's North West Paper division. Alistair Gough, PaperCo [...]

Paper merchants, if they are to act as bankers to the printing industry, should demand monthly figures from the printers they supply, according to Henry Cubbon in his inaugural address [...]

Repropoint in Woking has launched its ColourLink paper range, designed to achieve the best results from plan printing machines. A lack of definition caused by poorer quality paper spurred the [...]

Where does the paper going into your press come from? Should you care? The answers according to Greenpeace are a yes to the second and you should know to the [...]

Picon's paper machinery division is adopting the name of the British Paper Machinery Suppliers Association (BPMSA). The rebranding is part of Picon's ongoing strategic development and is intended to provide [...]

There has been a huge improvement in the quality and range of papers for digital presses, but there remain gaps to be filled By Catherine Carter Digital papers have had [...]

Print, paper and publishing led an unexpected slump in UK manufacturing at the end of the summer. New Government figures show industrial output fell at its sharpest pace in five [...]

US mill Eastern Paper is finding a transatlantic demand for its new paper aimed at providing a reliable uncoated grade for users of HP Indigo presses. John MacMahon of the [...]

Publishers and printers are under pressure to use magazine grades with an accredited source, but choosing a grade is not a simple task By Catherine Carter Not so long ago [...]

According to the UK National Statistics Office, Gross Value Added in the paper and printing sector fell by 0.6% from #19.4bn in 2001 to #19.3bn in 2002. Total turnover in [...]

Xplor UK and Ireland are joining with M-real to host a half day seminar on the subject of paper manufacture and related technologies. Attendance will be limited to 35 at [...]

A forum attended by representatives from the paper and print businesses was held by Tullis Russell to discuss the changing demands for uncoated products. It was hosted jointly by the [...]

Handling coated papers can be fraught with problems, so what steps can the printer take to overcome them? By Catherine Carter Ink rub, smudging and cracking are some of the [...]

Harmsworth Quays Printing, the Associated Newspapers printer, has joined a project to approve new ink technology for recycling and printability of newsprint for flexo. It follows concern that flexo inks [...]

* Better the credentials, better the job may be the reason for Alban Denton winning the managing director's job at Curtis Fine Papers. To join CFP Mr Denton is leaving [...]

Tullis Russell spends #2m on stamp paper line Tullis Russell Coatings has commissioned a new, #2m coating, siliconising and laminating production line to support its market position in the supply [...]

The disposal of waste from digital printing systems has to be carried out with great care due to the often highly confidential nature of the contents. This can create a [...]

Smurfit Townsend Hook claimed a UK first for environmentally friendly paper this week. Smurfit claimed that the UK's first consignment of woodfree coated paper to be certified by the Forestry [...]

Printers are racking up their worst ever debts with paper merchants, triggering a clamp down on credit in the sector. The National Association of Paper Merchants has warned that the [...]

As corporates face pressures from shareholders to be more environmentally aware, so recycled coated papers have seen growth By Catherine Carter Wherever you look in the paper sector it is [...]

DCP Systems has launched a new range of inkjet wallcovering paper for wide format inkjet printers. Giclee Wallpaper is a 228gsm latex-based paper, specifically designed for pigmented ink printing on [...]

At the recent Arctic Paper Publishing Forum, BBC Books spoke out against the lack of FSC certified paper and printers By Fleur Priestley Major book publisher BBC Books has thrown [...]

It is difficult to put a finger on the exact size of the digital paper market, but with printers demanding a more diverse selection of papers to match digital press [...]

Esma's Technical Development and Standardisation Committee has published a paper, Possible Test Methods - Drying or Curing of uv Inks. The paper can be downloaded from the Esma website, www.esma.com, [...]

Ensuring coated papers produce the optimum results is not only a primary concern for paper manufacturers. When millions of pounds worth of investment is made on developing fast running, highly [...]

Carrs Products, Solihull, has launched in the UK what it claims is the most environmentally friendly carbonless paper product in the world. Ximage E, which was originally created for the [...]

To demonstrate the tactile and visual qualities of Sirio Pearl Merida - a new generation of felt marked papers - Fedrigoni has created a visual sample book. The book also [...]

Roltech specialist paper rolls are being offered by the newly established Allrol Solutions headed by Mark Savage, ex operations director of Roltech and Sam Burley. The Cambridge firm offers a [...]

Pira's Ink on Paper conference in Ireland is scheduled for September 29- 30 at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin. Pira says the list of speakers from printers, publishers and papermakers guarantees [...]

Pira's second annual Ink on Paper conference takes place on September 29-30 at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin. Conference sessions are arranged in four main themes: print press technology, predicting [...]

Honeywell Process Solutions is planning to focus more attention on the growing Russian pulp and paper sector by setting up a Russian office later in the course of this year. [...]

Eural Pro 100% recycled matt-coated paper has been introduced by the Department for the Environment. Its environmental accreditation includes NAPM, Blue Angel and APUR while the mill producing it has [...]

The revival in uncoated paper is down to its ability to convey a more subtle message and greater tactility. These qualities are making it popular in what has been regarded [...]

* Valiant Paper of Aylesford Kent has got on to something of a sales high as a result of two recent appointments. John Corns, who served his time as an [...]

Howard Smith's Consort Royal Brilliance was chosen by Taylor Bloxham for the latest Metalfx brochure. Metalfx is an award winning ink system where thousands of metallic colours are created by [...]

According to graphic designers surveyed by TrendWatch Graphic Arts in the US, the sales opportunity from creative magazine design has risen from 7% in winter 2000/2001 to 13% in summer [...]

The Chase in Manchester answered Preston Council's brief to produce a mailing that would grab people's attention by designing an A1 newspaper, Think Big. Using anecdotes about life in Preston, [...]

Printers have nothing to lose from the possible privatisation of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's testing business, the QCA says. Press reports have suggested that the QCA wants to outsource [...]

NewspaperDirect, the point-of-sale newspaper provider, has added the Chicago Tribune, Liberation of Paris and Het Nieuwsblad of Antwerp to its 160 titles, such as the Wall Street Journal. The New [...]

A row has broken out in Canada between Quebecor and Groupe Transcontinental, a rival print group, over who gets to distribute free newspapers on the Montreal subway. Transcontinental has just [...]

Paper merchant Robert Horne is set to start selling digital printers. The PaperLinx company has become the first UK paper merchant to supply printing hardware. It has launched Digital Solutions, [...]

Of course recycling is a good idea. But while paper recycling is developing nicely, the recycling of packaging materials faces issues of size By Rod Hayes Paper and carton recycling [...]

* Laird Paper Ltd, York and Ford Paper (Southern) Ltd (formerly 3P Paper Ltd), York and Ford Paper Ltd (formerly Quadstone Ltd) at the Hilton Hotel, East Midlands Airport, Junction [...]

For smaller mills such as James Cropper Speciality Papers (Hall 8-1 Stand E29) and Sunderland Paper Mill an event like Drupa is essential to remind potential customers who they are [...]