Paper

Two Sides North America (TSNA), the only industry organization to directly challenge this greenwashing, has been highly effective in stemming the tide of misleading declarations, persuading 170 major organizations to remove anti-paper environmental claims. However, as rising inflationary pressures drive cost cutting, greenwashing is once again on the rise...

RELYCO, Dover, New Hampshire, recently announced the acquisition of Business Forms Inc. (BFI), Roanoke, Virginia. RELYCO, a specialty paper and AP solutions provider, will begin supplying checks and forms to BFI customers immediately. RELYCO was founded over 30 years ago as a check supplier, and has since expanded into...

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While paper shortages have been challenging commercial printers for months now, the issue is now bubbling to the top of some mainstream media channels. On Tuesday, June 14, CNBC’s Ylan Mui joined Shep Smith to report on a paper shortage around that country that could have a significant impact on the November midterm elections...

It’s become the single most common topic for every printer in the country — paper supply. It doesn’t matter if you are a direct mail printer, a packaging printer, or a general commercial printer, paper is the No.1 challenge across the board. And it’s not just anecdotal. In the most recent...

Back in February, I had the pleasure of speaking with three commercial printing providers to see how they were experiencing, and what they were doing to mitigate the effect of, the ongoing paper shortage. That piece, “Printing Companies Share Their Experiences with Paper Shortages and What They're Doing in Response”, was featured in Printing Impressions...

H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm with over $49 billion of equity under management, has announced that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC. Pixelle is a producer of specialty substrates for label products, food packaging, industrial applications, commercial and digital printing, and...

Paper shortages are the stuff of nightmares: the kind of existential threat to commercial printing companies that keeps owners and managers up at night. A perfect storm: First, shrinkage of the commercial sector over the past decade means, for paper mills...

UPM and the Paperworkers’ Union have agreed on the first-ever business-specific collective labor agreements for five UPM businesses. The strike at UPM mills in Finland will end immediately and employees will return to work...

From safety regulations and supply chain fractures to inflation and staff exoduses, there’s been no shortage of headaches for the print and promotional products industry. But, for printers, the current paper shortage arguably tops the list. Jim Kersten, CEO of Diversified Labeling Solutions, joined the latest edition of The Promo Marketing Podcast to get us caught up and offer advice to distributors...