European paper and board associations establish informal coalition called “Fibre Packaging Europe”

Nick Geary, Business Sales Manager at Bobst UK and Ireland, joined the British Sheet Plant Association‘s Committee as Ambassador for Membership at the start of 2023. For many years the SPA Committee has been made up of 5 Members (who hold senior management roles within the sheet plant sector) plus a paid secretariat....

DS Smith has announced plans to close its plant in Aylesford, Kent in the UK and transfer the operations to Ely, Cambridgeshire. According to DS Smith’s website, the Aylesford and Ely production plants produce displays and other POS packaging for retailers. The transfer of operations will be a phased programme between...

The zero-Covid policy pursued by the Chinese government weighed heavily on the country’s paper industry, reported German economic development agency Germany Trade & Invest (Gtai) in late October. The latter was almost exclusively dependent on the domestic market – and this market was flagging, with no improvement in...