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New survey signals recovery in printing paper, with quality and carbon neutrality becoming more important

During 2020 and early 2021, the pandemic-driven shift to stay-at-home work, where people print less, brought a dip in demand for office paper. Now with workers heading back to the office, a new survey commissioned by Stora Enso indicates an expected recovery for office printing paper.

“This is good news for the industry,” says Stora Enso’s Jonathan Bakewell, VP, Head of Segment Office and Book Papers, “but we also set out to ask some broader questions about printing behaviour and preferences and what going back to the office would really look like for people.”

Paperworld 2022 is and will remain the meeting place and impulse generator for the paper, office supplies, and stationery market

In the coming year, Paperworld will once again be the international trade fair with the world's largest assortment for commercial office supplies (visionary office) and private stationery supplies (stationery trends). This makes Paperworld a source of innovative business ideas for wholesalers and retailers, booksellers, the internet and mail-order trade and commercial consumers in the stationery market.

Jetscript GS 1062 - new inkjet paper for sophisticated, personalized labels

With jetscript® GS 1062, the German specialty paper manufacturer Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is now offering a new coated premium inkjet paper as face-stock material for sophisticated, personalized label applications.

The 95g paper impresses with a particularly homogeneous semi-glossy surface and a high visual gloss. The special coated ink receiving layer not only enables excellent colour reproduction and very good colour brilliance, but also high colour density even with dark shades. Printouts in photorealistic print quality are easily possible with GS 1062.

HEINZEL GROUP develops Laakirchen paper mill into one of the largest production sites for recycled packaging paper in Europe

The supervisory boards of Laakirchen Papier AG and Heinzel Holding GmbH have decided to make extensive investments in the sustainable development of the Austrian paper mill Laakirchen for an environmentally friendly future. As part of an investment program of well over 100 million euros, paper machine 11 (PM11), which today produces supercalendered paper for magazines, catalogs, and advertising, will be converted into a highperformance machine for lightweight containerboard made from recycled paper.

Surface N° 2: putting hyperrealism into the spotlight

Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of images created by an international group of 15 well-esteemed artists and collectives, printed on paper from the Arctic Volume Range.

Arctic Volume is known for its natural feel, distinctive coated surface and exceptional print quality. Surface N° 2 demonstrates how these unique paper attributes can showcase images just as the artist intended.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper comments on the SUPD

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper produces recyclable barrier papers with water-based coatings for food and non-food packaging under the brand name barricote^®. In the EU, the so-called SUPD (Single Use Plastics Directive) has created a great deal of uncertainty for this innovative and sustainable packaging material, on which we would like to take a position, as follows.

Burgo expands EVO highspeed Inkjet range launching two new products with HP ColorPRO Technology

Burgos' range of uncoated woodfree papers for highspeed inkjet printing now includes two products with ColorPRO Technology. EVO bright silk and EVO cosmo, developed in cooperation with HP. EVO highspeed inkjet papers with ColorPRO Technology – ranging from 70 to 90 gsm - are certified for all HP inkjet web presses.

Mayr-Melnhof Group has completed the acquisition of the Kwidzyn mill

The Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) has completed the acquisition of the Kwidzyn mill, Poland, which was agreed in mid-February 2021, after receiving approval from all relevant competition authorities. The acquisition of the Kwidzyn mill forms part of MM's strategy to grow in high quality virgin fiber-based cartonboard (FBB) with innovative, sustainable and cost efficient grades. Furthermore, MM is diversifying its product portfolio through the integration of an attractive pulp and paper production focusing on Uncoated Fine Paper (UWF) and Packaging Kraft Papers.

BillerudKorsnäs aims to divest the Beetham mill

BillerudKorsnäs is in a process with the aim of divesting the paper mill in Beetham, UK. The process is ongoing and no binding agreement to divest the mill has yet been entered into. Since BillerudKorsnäs’ machine glazed (MG) paper business has primarily been focused in Skärblacka, the strategic importance of Beetham to the rest of the group has been reduced.

Secrets of making decorative paper

The history of paper production is many hundreds of years old. According to Chinese chronicles, it was invented around 105 AD. However, its appearance, quality and, of course, production methods have changed significantly since then. We can also distinguish many types and uses of paper. One of the popular forms is decorative paper, which is often used, for example, for wrapping gifts. In this article, we briefly characterise its composition and discuss the production process.