CERTIFIED PAPERS GAIN STRENGTH
30/04/2009
UPM is seeing a gradual shift in purchasing towards eco-friendly papers, highlighting the importance of chain-of-custody certification programs for manufacturers

SCA TO CUT JOBS
30/04/2009
SCA is to cut 2,200 job, about 14% of its workforce, in an effort to stem losses

UK PAPER AND BOARD RECOVERY RISES IN 2008
18/04/2009
The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) reports that continued progress has been made in the recovery of uses paper and board

ROTTNEROS TO CLOSE SPANISH PULP MILL
17/04/2009
The Swedish pulp producer has decided to shut down operations at its Miranda pulp mill in Spain permanently

WORLD DEMAND FOR CORRUGATED BOXES TO RISE
15/04/2009
World demand for corrugated boxes is forecast to increase 3.4 percent per year to 213 billion square meters in 2013



VISITOR NUMBERS DOWN AT NORTHPRINT
30/04/2009
Visitor numbers to the biennial Northprint show in Harrogate were well down on the previous shows

LITHO SUPPLIES POSTS FIRST LOSS
30/04/2009
Litho Supplies has posted its first loss in 42 years of trading

SCREENPRINT PLUS GOES INTO ADMINISTRATION
30/04/2009
Screenprint Plus, a division of the SPP Group, has gone into administration threatening 170 jobs

FRANK ROMANO WINS 'CHAMPIONS IN PRINT AWARD'
24/04/2009
Frank Romano, Emeritus Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the USA and author of over 40 books about print and publishing, has become the third Ipex 2010 ‘Champion in Print’.

EPSON WINS THREE TIPA AWARDS
24/04/2009
Epson has been presented with three of Europe's most distinguished photo and imaging accolades at the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) Awards 2009, including 'Best Large Format Printer' for the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000


WATERSTONE'S CUTS THREATEN 650 JOBS
05/05/2009
Waterstone's could lose as many as 650 positions, following its move to a new distribution centre at Burton on Trent and a decision to use more part-time staff throughout the chain

BBC TO CLOSE GOOD HOMES MAGAZINE
30/04/2009
BBC Magazines is poised to close its 11-year-old monthly title Good Homes magazine due to a slump in circulation and ad revenues

SALES SLOW AT AMAZON
29/04/2009
International sales at Amazon.com slowed in the first quarter, according to recent results. Partly due to the impact of exchange rates and a slowing down of sales growth of its core media products

PA REPORT SHOWS TOUGH YEAR IN 2008
29/04/2009
UK trade publishers "took a beating" last year, with 20 of the last 26 weeks of 2008 down on the previous year, according to Pan Macmillan m.d Anthony Forbes Watson

SMITHS NEWS PROFITS DROP
24/04/2009
Smiths News, the UK's second-largest newspaper and magazine distributor, has seen its pre-tax profits drop by a third




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