Print Week articles from March 2002

Print Week archives from March 2002

Polestar is closing the press. (Stop Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Polestar is closing the press hall at Specialist Colour in Dunstable, with the loss of 90 jobs, after IPC decided to move Country Life from sheetfed production to web offset at Chantry.

The Knight Organisation. (Stop Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The Knight Organisation, UK agent for Ryobi DI and offset presses, has appointed John MacFarlane as business development manager. MacFarlane was previously at Indigo and before that with Kodak and Kodak Polychrome Graphics.

CPI UK. (Stop Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... CPI UK has announced the resignation of Harry Elson, sales director for General Books. This follows the recent restructure of the group into the Trade Books and General Books divisions.

Agfa. (Stop Press).(resignation)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Agfa will propose the resignations of chairman Andre Leysen and vice chairman Josef Strenger at its AGM on 30 April.

The Paper Federation. (Stop Press).(reports 2001 drop in industry production)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The Paper Federation says preliminary analysis for 2001 shows that, for the first time in nearly 20 years, the UK paper and board manufacturing industry has experienced a major decline in production.

Warners orders second 16pp M600 web. (News).(Warners Midlands orders Heidelberg M600 web press)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Warners Midlands in Bourne, Lincolnshire has verbally ordered a second 16pp Heidelberg M600 web to meet demand for colour magazine and brochure work. Managing director Philip Warner said: "It's not a pure capacity investment as we will...

BPIF aims to form forum for printing. (News).(British Printing Industries Federation)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... BPIF chief executive Michael Johnson has issued an invitation to print's top groups to establish a DTI-approved Print Industry Forum. Johnson has approached 17 groups, a mix of BPIF members and non-members, to attend a meeting on 16 May,...

Baulch CVA hits envelope firms. (News).(company voluntary arrangement)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Envelope suppliers are among the unsecured creditors of Horsham- based Baulch Mailing Services being asked to accept its proposed company voluntary arrangement (CVA). The CVA offers unsecured creditors 30p in the [pounds sterling]1 and...

Symonds' NMC role increased. (News).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Alice Symonds, group manufacturing director at the National Magazine Company, will extend her role when Andrew Wilson takes redundancy in June. Symonds will add Cosmopolitan Bride, Wedding Organiser and You and Your Wedding to her remit....

Pindar praises group's "fantastic" year. (News).(financial success)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... Pindar chairman Andrew Pindar has praised the Scar-borough-based print group's "fantastic progress" in 2001. It turned a [pounds sterling]3.38m pretax loss for 2000 into a [pounds sterling]2.27m profit for the year to 30 September 2001....

Dudley Office Supplies. (Shorts).(appoints Julian Issberner)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 28, 2002... Dudley Office Supplies has appointed Julian Issberner (pictured) as procurement director. He has worked for the stationery, print and office supplies company for 21 years. Initially, he will develop supplier relations and strengthen supply...

WRH Marketing UK. (Shorts).(receives order for Ferag system from Burton DailyMail)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... WRH Marketing UK has received an order for a Ferag mailroom system from Staffordshire-based Burton DailyMall. WRH business development director Marcus Evans said: "Another regional newspaper group has recognised the added value of investing...

City and West End Solutions in London. (Shorts).(resellers of Epson Stylus Pro printers, England)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... City and West End Solutions in London has become the latest reseller of Epson's Stylus Pro range of ink-jet printers for the photography, pre-press, print-for-pay and fine art markets.

AB Dick. (Shorts).(Fastabs places order with Graphic Systems Div. of A.B. Dick)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... AB Dick has received one of its biggest orders. Leicester-based textile industry suppliers Fastabs, which produces millions of labels a week, has installed a two-colour and a four-colour Hamada press and a DPM 2610 polyester CTP system.

Heanor Gate Printing in Derbyshire. (Shorts).(appoints Sandra Cox, Brian Reeder)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Heanor Gate Printing in Derbyshire has appointed two members of staff to its board of directors. Sandra Cox, who has worked for the company for 23 years, becomes director of human resources and Brian Reeder, who joined six years ago, becomes...

MAN Roland's UK agent, PPS. (Shorts).(to hold presentation on new printer)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... MAN Roland's UK agent, PPS, will hold a special VIP presentation at lpex on Saturday 13 April. The "Roland Club 200", predominantly users of the original R200 printing press, will be guided through the new-style R2o5 product by the MAN Roland...

The Friary Press in Dorchester. (Shorts).(appoints Chris Harcombe, Dawn Ray)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The Friary Press in Dorchester has appointed a new sales executive, Chris Harcombe, previously of The Magazine Printing Company. The sheetfed magazine specialist has also promoted Dawn Ray, who has been with the firm for 12 years, to sales...

Sun Chemical Gibbon. (Shorts).(introduces new colour matching system called Mosaic)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 28, 2002... Sun Chemical Gibbon has released Mosaic, a new screen process colour matching system. It replaces Easy Match, withdrawn because of the inclusion of leaded colours. It includes 10 single-pigment base colours. All colours are Pantone-matched...

Harrison Scott Associates. (Shorts).(launches Web site)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Harrison Scott Associates, the print and packaging recruitment company, has launched its new website. Harrisonscott.net is a resource designed for both companies and candidates. See Insite, p62.

Agfa's board of directors. (Shorts).(AGFA Corp.'s dividends)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... Agfa's board of directors will propose to pay a gross dividend per share of 14P ([euro].23) at the group's AGM on 30 April. This is despite the fact that the imaging company made a net loss in 2001 of [pounds sterling]177m.

Bridge sold to PPL and MBO at Merlin. (News).(Print Productions acquires Bridge Direct)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Print Productions (PPL) has bought the assets and staff of fellow Nottingham-based print management firm Bridge Direct (UK), but several printers are believed to have been hit hard by Bridge's demise. Merlin Colour Printers, the Canvey...

Dorset goes into liquidation. (News).(Dorset Printers)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Glasgow-based Dorset Printers has gone into voluntary liquidation, with the loss of 52 jobs, after directors declared it insolvent. The firm ceased trading on 22 March and Matt Henderson of Grant Thornton was appointed as provisional...

New DTI Bill will help creditors. (News).(Department of Trade and Industry)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Creditors of failed companies could receive an extra [pounds sterling]110m under the new Enterprise Bill, trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt has claimed. The DTI said the Bill would help companies owed money by abolishing the...

HP personalised print deal will be revealed at Ipex. (News).(Hewlett-Packard Co. acquires Indigo UK, receives contract from Toppan Forms Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Hewlett-Packard (HP) will use Ipex to announce details of an "important deal with a major financial company" to print personalised materials, according to Imaging and Printing Systems president Vyomesh Joshi. The news came as HP...

De La Rue is to shut Singapore banknote plant. (News).(will acquire Papelaco)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... De La Rue is reviewing its global banknote printing operations and will close its Singapore facility. Head of corporate affairs Mark Fearon said the capacity from Singapore would be spread across the remaining four sites in the division,...

MPG profits up by 18.5% on last year. (News).(Martins Printing Group)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... MPG (Martins Printing Group) has "turned the corner" and has reported an 18.5% rise in operating profits to [pounds sterling]1.01m for the year ending 31 December 2001. At just over [pounds sterling]19m sales too were up 6.25% on 2000...

Dotcom raises [pounds sterling]750k through sale of shares. (News).(Printing.com)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Printing.com has raised [pounds sterling]750,000 to fund its growth through its 3.75m subscription offer at 20p per share. It now plans to issue a further 2.5m shares at the same offer price to raise [pounds sterling]500,000, and will...

Lowestoft College negligence leads to payout for ex-printer. (News).(John Cowgill receives settlement after being overworked)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... An ex-printer will receive damages from Lowestoft College after a court ruled that his collapse due to stress had been caused by overwork. King's Lynn Crown Court ruled last Monday (18 March) that the Norfolk-based college had been...

Vio secures [pounds sterling]3m equity funds. (News).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Vio has secured [pounds sterling]3m of equity finance from LMS Capital. It will use the cash to fund further development of its guaranteed digital file delivery system and the XML data layer. "AMPS guarantees delivery over the...

Washington Envelopes took a bronze and a silver. (Shorts).(European Flexographic Technical Association awards)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Washington Envelopes took a bronze and a silver at the European Flexographic Technical Association (EFTA) awards. It received the bronze in the Best Print Previously Produced by Another Process category and the silver for Miscellaneous Print....

Web offset figures. (Shorts).(David Searson will retire from Contiweb, be replaced by Gerry de Glopper)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Web offset figures have Led the tributes to David Searson, head of UK sales at Contiweb, who will retire on the Friday of Ipex after 28 years in the sector. Graphoprint managing director Graham Ostler said Searson had "personality, charisma...

The Friends of St Bride Printing Library. (Shorts).(first annual conference)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The Friends of St Bride Printing Library will hold their first annual conference on 24 and 25 September, under the umbrella of Twentieth Century Graphic Communication, Technology, Society and Culture. The conference costs [pounds sterling]95...

Kim Hampson. (Shorts).(joins Applied Optical Technologies)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Kim Hampson has moved from Logistics manager to become supply director at Applied Optical Technologies, the Tyne & Wear-based holography specialist. She will be responsible for purchasing, production planning, customer services, manufacturing...

Italian printing blanket manufacturer Reeves. (Shorts).(new PrintCity member)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Italian printing blanket manufacturer Reeves has become a member of PrintCity and will exhibit at Ipex. The company, a subsidiary of US company Reeves Brothers, is based near Milan and has more than 40 years' experience in the industry.

Newcastle-based printer Keyline. (Shorts).(appoints David Milbourne)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 28, 2002... Newcastle-based printer Keyline has named David Milbourne (left) as sales manager for England and Wales.

Ipex. (Shorts).(Correction Notice)
March 28, 2002... In last week's Ipex pre-press preview we stated Creo was to launch a new platesetter. While Creo is promising a few "hot launches" at the show, including updates of its existing CTP range, it would like to point out that it is not launching a...

Punch, the new owner of Xeikon's colour business. (Shorts).(future plans)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Punch, the new owner of Xeikon's colour business, will reveal its plans for the digital press supplier at a press conference on the first day of Ipex, Tuesday 9 April. See the Print Week Ipex Daily for news.

Child leads an MBO at Clifford Thames. (News).(Clifford Thames Printing Company becomes Montrose Press)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... An MBO team headed by director Rick Child has bought the business and assets of Clifford Thames Printing Company from administrative receiver RSM Robson Rhodes, and has set up a new company, Montrose Press. The Chelmsford printer went...

Dent queries EC waste rethink. (News).(Packaging Federation questions European Commission's Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive proposals)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... Packaging Federation chief executive Ian Dent has questioned the benefits of the European Commission's (EC) proposals to revise the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. He said any changes should be kept to a minimum and that the...

Independent to launch tabloid. (News).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The Independent will launch a tabloid section from 9 April in a bid to boost revenue and add to its colour content. The redesigned newspaper, which will still be produced at Mirror Colour Print's plants in Oldham and Watford, will have...

Sale of Box Room puts Fulmar in red. (News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... Fulmar chief executive Mike Taylor has described the group's 2001 results as "solid" in the face of tough conditions, and believes it is too early to say whether the market is improving or not. "There is always a seasonal upturn at this...

UCLES in search for print chief. (News).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) is looking to hire a group print manager in a new post created to handle the University's growing provision of print. The group's most significant print purchase is for the...

Printers support Skills Council. (News).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Printing employers have given "overwhelming support" to the proposal for a joint print and photo imaging Sector Skills Council. Richard Beamish, chief executive of the Print and Graphic Communication National Training Organisation (PGC...

CIP4 to hold seminars at Ipex on JDF applications. (News Pre-Press).
March 28, 2002... The International Co-operation for the integration of processes in pre-press, press and post-press (CIP4) will hold a series of seminars on the Job Definition Format (JDF) at Ipex on Thursday 11 April. Speakers at the seminars include...

[pounds sterling]200 a month entry-level FTP from WAM!NET. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... WAM!NET, the workflow and communications supplier, will launch an entry-level FTP package in association with 4-Sight at Ipex. The package, which costs [pounds sterling]199 a month, offers firms 5GB of fully-managed and secure server...

Nationals opt for Colorbus proofing. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Colorbus is making significant inroads into the national newspaper advertising page proofing market. Three groups have adopted it while others are very interested. Its Hewlett-Packard wide-format proofing systems are increasingly...

Ipex launch for new BasysPrint UV CTCP system. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... BasysPrint will launch its eight-up UV-Setter 710-f2 computer-to-conventional-plate (CTCP) system at Ipex. The system, which BasysPrint claimed would be "a new milestone in CTCP", will be available in semi- or fully-automatic models and...

Keene boosted by purchase of Anton Graphics. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Keene Group has bolstered its operation in Andover by buying local repro house Anton Graphics. Anton director Brian Verstage was looking to sell the business to retire, which he has now done. The firm's five staff and equipment were...

Automatic 2pp setter from HighWater. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... As many suppliers rush to introduce manually-loaded two-page platesetters to meet the market's demand for affordable 2pp metal plate CTP, High Water, which pioneered the technology nearly three years ago, is bringing out a fully-automatic...

Wgi, a division of Openshaw Group. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Wgi, a division of Openshaw Group, has finalised a joint manufacturing and distribution venture in the US with Michigan-based Photo Systems Inc (PSI). The venture will be called Optima. Wgi is led by Openshaw group director Roger Snowden...

Sign UK 2002. (Shorts).(includes free Adobe workshops)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Sign UK 2002, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from 21-23 May, will feature free Adobe workshops, including demonstration of the latest version of InDesign 2.0. The workshops will also demonstrate Adobe illustrator 10 and Adobe...

Fujfilm Graphic Systems. (Shorts).(adds to printing plate production system)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Fujfilm Graphic Systems has installed a Perfecta 115 UC guillotine at its Bedford plant to meet the increasing demand for its new Brillia CTP plate range. The 115cm guillotine was supplied by GHE, and is fitted with a pile lift and additional...

DATS. (Shorts).(adds new printing equipment)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... DATS has invested [pounds sterling]50,000 in a HighWater Platinum platesetter and Epson proofer from Litho Supplies as part of an investment to increase its [pounds sterling]1.5m annual turnover by 10%. The Northamptonshire-based company has...

X-Rite will use Ipex to launch its ColorMaster. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... X-Rite will use Ipex to launch its ColorMaster software, a new modular software system for quality assurance and ink formulation. At the show, X-Rite will also exhibit its upgraded 500 series of spectrodensitometers, which now have a Pantone...

JDC Consulting. (Shorts).(offers new study: The Lithographic Plate Industry in China and Market Opportunities 2002)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... JDC Consulting has published a new study, The Lithographic Plate Industry in China and Market Opportunities 2002. The report highlights the capabilities and future of the Chinese plate manufacturing industry, and looks at the key factors that...

Freestone Creative Marketing Solutions. (Shorts).(wins Abbey National contract)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Freestone Creative Marketing Solutions has secured a project to supply Abbey National with a web-based digital asset management system. The project uses a Silicon Systems SSL-1225 graphic server equipped with Canto Cumulus software to publish...

Canto and Helios. (Shorts).(integrated network software)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Canto and Hellos have announced closer integration between Helios' Ethershare OPI system and Canto's Cumulus asset management system.

Fuji Photo Film will be giving away a Fujifilm. (Shorts).(camera at trade show)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Fuji Photo Film will be giving away a Fujifilm Fine Pix 6800 Zoom digital camera worth [pounds sterling]549.99 every day at lpex. Visitors must answer three questions correctly on a scratchcard and submit entries at the design/agency area on...

Alwan offerings on show on NCS stand. (News Pre-Press).(NCS Integrated Solutions; Alwan Color Expertise)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... NCS Integrated Solutions, the exclusive UK distributor of Alwan Color Expertise products, is to show three new products from the French colour management firm at Ipex. Alwan Color Expertise managing director Elie Khoury said the need to...

Essex Colour links text to data. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Essex Colour, the Southendbased repro house, claims to have added the "missing link" to its storage systems with the first investment since its MBO from Good-speed (Print Week, 16 November 2001). The firm has bought AO Campaign software,...

Graphics wins car mag repro. (News Pre-Press).(Graphic Facilities)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Graphic Facilities has won the contract to supply reprographic services for Dennis Publishing's Auto Express. Graphic Facilities managing director Les Pipe said: "We are doing our fourth issue for them and are delighted to be doing it."...

Comeleon secures biggest orders so far. (News Digital).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Comeleon, the imaging technology firm, has received its two largest orders to date for mobile phone covers. The orders, from a US-based mobile phone airtime provider and an Italian firm that is one of the largest distributors of mobile...

Sunderland Kall Kwik buys UK's first B&W iR105. (News Digital).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Canon has sold the first imageRunner 105 (iR105) black-and-white digital press in the UK to Kall Kwik in Sunderland. The firm is using the 105ppm press to print training manuals, price lists and catalogues. Digital printing now accounts...

ControlP launches edit2print service. (News Digital).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... ControlP has launched an e-commerce system for the online editing and ordering of print. Edit2print was developed as an evolution of its Templates product after it went "back over the basics of print e-commerce." It is an ASP...

SV.Two boosts turnover with SM 74 DI-6. (News Digital).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... SV.Two has invested more than [pounds sterling]1m in a six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 74 DI-6, which Heidelberg said makes it the second Speedmaster 74 DI user in London. The south-east London printer, which only uses Heidelberg...

Screen installs fourth TruePress 544 at Artworking. (News Digital).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Screen has installed its fourth TruePress 544 in the UK at Wiltshire-based design house Artworking. "Artworking started to look around for a competitively priced print device after they found themselves being offered more and more print...

CeBIT provides good platform for Heidelberg. (News Digital).(trade show )(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Heidelberg has claimed that CeBIT is the most important trade show for the digital printing sector. At the exhibition, which took place in mid-March in Hanover, Germany, the group sold 11 NexPress 2100 presses predominantly within the...

Inca to showcase new foiling at Ipex. (News Digital).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Inca Digital Printers hopes that OEM companies and those wanting to add digital foiling to their portfolio will be queuing to sign up for a new digital foiling process that it will showcase at Ipex. The system, which has been developed in...

Lynx places an order for Xerox DocuPrint unit. (News Digital).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Lynx Offset has signed an order for a Xerox DocuPrint for duplex laser personalisation and has exhibited at the London International Book Fair to promote its new mailing division. The Oxfordshire firm has also invested [pound...

Scitex unveils tiered ink range. (News Digital).(Scitex Vision)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Scitex Vision has released a two-tiered range of inks for its printers, which it claims will help users target the correct ink for the application in hand. VisionInk is available as VisionInk Supreme for long-lasting outdoor applications...

Investment favour returns to Holmen. (News Paper).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Buy Holmen and sell S torn Enso and UPM-Kymmene shares are the investment conclusions in the latest set of reports on the paper and packaging industry from Credit Lyonnais Securities. Holmen's reversal of a long period of relative...

WRAP expands research task. (News Paper).(Waste and Resource Action Programme announces new round of funding for recycling research)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... The Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) has announced its second round of research and development funding, aimed at projects that will increase the use of recycled materials in the UK. WRAP has a [pounds sterling]10m rolling R&D...

Blackford to be CPI's president. (News Paper).(Chris Blackford, Confederation of Paper Industries)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... The Confederation of Paper Industries has appointed Chris Blackford as its new president. Currently chairman of the Corrugated Packaging Association, Blackford takes over from Aylesford Newsprint's chief executive, Alan McKendrick. ...

Galerie Art Silk coated paper from Premier Paper. (Shorts).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Galerie Art Silk coated paper from Premier Paper has been used in the production of the Private View catalogue, showcasing artists and illustrators' work. It was chosen for its high-quality reproduction of images. It has also been used for...

Korber PaperLink. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Korber PaperLink has appointed Uwe Eckert as managing director with responsibility for the paper division. Eckert has also become chairman of ECH Will.

Prudential Securities. (Shorts).(rates securities for International Paper Co.)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Prudential Securities has begun coverage of the paper and forest products sector. International Paper Co was given a "sell" rating on shares for its heavy debt-Load and high valuation. The companies with the "strongest situations" were...

Robert Home Business Papers. (Shorts).(target markets commuters with giveaway promotion)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Robert Home Business Papers has distributed sample packs of its HP Premium Choice paper to commuters travelling first class on Virgin Trains, who were identified as people likely to regularly produce presentations.

Map Merchant Group. (Shorts).(launches newsletter 'Office Paper Network')(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Map Merchant Group, part of M-real, has launched the Office Paper Network newsletter, which will reach almost 1,000 people in 26 merchanting operations across 23 European countries. It is intended to create an "information-sharing medium" to...

Howard Smith Paper. (Shorts).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Howard Smith Paper has produced an A5 brochure, featuring the work of photographer and poet Craig MacKay, printed on a mixture of its Consort Royal papers. For a free copy contact: 0870 6o8 2385.

Zanders. (Shorts).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... Zanders has produced a promotional brochure for its medley range, entitled Together. It shows how its natural uncoated paper medley can be combined effectively with its coated medley plus paper and medley clear, its transparent paper....

The European Commission. (Shorts).(approves acquisition of CartoInvest by SCA)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... The European Commission has approved SCA's acquisition of the Italian tissue producer CartoInvest. SCA will pay [pounds sterling]186m ([euro]301m) for the shares in the company and assume debt of [pound sterling]105.5m.

McNaughton Paper Group. (Shorts).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... McNaughton Paper Group has produced a brochure revealing where designers across Europe find their inspiration. Smart Thinking is printed on HannoArt, a product in its premium range of wood free coated sheets. Vince Gilbert of Perivan Colour...

M-real. (Shorts).(hires Peter Sandberg as head of Home & Office division)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2002... M-real has appointed Peter Sandberg as senior vice-president and general manager of its office paper business area Home & Office.

Stora Enso to sell Molndal mill to Klippan for [pounds sterling]15m. (News Paper).(Molndal, Sweden, paper mill)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 28, 2002... Stora Enso is to sell its Molndal mill in Sweden to Klippan for [pounds sterling]15m ([euro]25m) as part of a restructuring of its fine paper division. "Stora Enso has been looking for a new owner for the mill for some time, and we...