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Paper
Metsä Board to ensure quick supply of white kraftliners
Metsä Board recently announced the launch of a new WKL Common Stock Service to help streamline and enhance the order-delivery processes of white kraftliners in continental Europe.
“As part of the commitment to develop customer focused services, Metsä Board created this new service to improve the availability of white kraftliners and help corrugated converters be more responsive and competitive. The new Common Stock service, which was started in March, provides the converters with easy access and reliable availability to ready-made standard white kraftliner reels from Metsä Board’s warehouse in Lübeck,” stated the company website.
This service enables a genuine just-in-time delivery service based upon improved availability of local stock. It
- Staff Writer, 12 September 2019
Asia Pulp & Paper launches new label paper at Expo Pack, Mexico
The new Acadia 2000 is a premium one-side coated paper claimed to have superior bulk and excellent smoothness. The wet strength label resists disintegration and rupture when exposed to water or other moisture build-up, making it suited to replacing the plastic-type label. The material is aimed at soft drinks, juice, coffee, beer, wine and other cold liquid food packaging, where it can withstand varied temperatures and humidity.
All pulp and fibre used in the making of APP’s paper products are
- Staff Writer, 31 July 2019
Japan pulp and paper company acquires Premier Paper Group
Japan Pulp and Paper (JPP) in the first week of July this year acquired the entire share capital of RADMS Paper Limited, Premier’s holding company.
Turning over $5bn (£4bn), JPP is a global company that employed 3,900 people prior to the acquisition across a raft of sectors, including property, ICT systems, renewable energy, recycling, paper manufacturing – mainly tissue and packaging papers – and paper distribution.
The business has operations in North America, Central America, Asia, the Middle
- Staff Writer, 22 July 2019
Wigston launches its new paper match tool
Wigston Paper in May launched an online paper matching tool to enable designers to identify the closest match for brand identities and corporate colours.
Using the new Paper Lookup Tool, designers and marketers can upload a logo or brand visual identity. The free-to-use software then searches the company’s coloured paper ranges for the closest match against the three dominant colours in the image that has been uploaded.
Designers can either work from the information given or can fill in an
- Staff Writer, 31 July 2019
Fujifilm shows off its Acuity Ultra at Fespa
Fujifilm showcased its upgraded Acuity Ultra at Fespa, with new features including a big speed increase to 400m²/hr.
The new Acuity Ultra 5044 model can be configured with an eight channel, dual-CMYK setup that “boosts productivity, and also offers a choice of one- or two-pass printing, producing almost photographic levels of quality”.
“The 400 metre square per hour speed is 60% faster than the previous model, and users can select a level of speed versus quality via the smoothing function.”
- Staff Writer, 20 June 2019
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