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Polestar has agreed a £814m restructuring deal with its creditors, in order to secure the future of its printing business. 11-Dec-2006 Antalis, the paper products company, is to relocate its finance department and an undisclosed number of jobs from Basingstoke to its site in Leicestershire by September 2007. 08-Dec-2006 Potts Printers is planning to create 70 jobs at its Northumberland-based carton packaging business over the next two years, following a £4m investment programme. 29-Nov-2006 Corporate Document Services of Leeds has won a print management contract from the Ministry of Defence worth up to £12m a year, which is expected to lead to the expansion of a number of sites. 24-Nov-2006 Alcoa is to close its aluminium cans factory in Swansea in March 2007, with the loss of 298 jobs. 23-Nov-2006 Simpson Group of Tyne & Wear has won a £4m contract to supply point-of-purchase display material for Thomson travel agencies, which will create ten jobs in 2007. 21-Nov-2006 Paragon UK is planning to consolidate its print management operations and 60 staff on a single site in the Lutterworth area next year, following its recent acquisition of Lutterworth-based Aiza. 03-Nov-2006 Janus Technologies, the Manchester-based supplier of printing presses, has ceased trading, having been placed into voluntary liquidation through Poppleton & Appleby. 27-Oct-2006 Pal International of Leicester is to start producing cleaning wipes following the acquisition of the machinery of Kent-based Easiwipes for undisclosed terms. 26-Oct-2006 Littlewoods Shop Direct is to shed 86 jobs at the former Kays business in Worcester in February, in order to relocate its print and mail services to the CDMS site in Whiston on Merseyside. 20-Oct-2006 Pinders has secured planning permission to expand its digital printing business in Sheffield. 20-Oct-2006 M-real is planning to close its paper mill in Sittingbourne, casting doubt on the future of up to 350 jobs. 19-Oct-2006 Stanelco is to raise up to £16m in a share placing to fund the commercial development of its fibre and packaging business. 10-Oct-2006 Pakfin is to create up to 100 new jobs in Colchester, having won a number of new print finishing contracts. 10-Oct-2006 Voith Paper Fabrics is considering plans to shed an unspecified number of the 260 jobs at its factory in Blackburn. 25-Sep-2006 Kimberly Clark is planning to shed about 135 jobs in Brighton, in order to outsource its accounts and finance functions to other countries. 22-Sep-2006 Green Light Products is setting up a new 14,000 sq ft biodegradable packaging factory at the Capital Business Park in Cardiff, where it will employ 30 staff. 18-Sep-2006 DS Smith is planning to shed a further 13 of the 220 jobs at its cardboard packaging factory at Fordham, near Newmarket, by the end of the year. 01-Sep-2006 AGI Media Packaging is planning to shed 21 of the 200 jobs at its factory in Birmingham, in order to improve productivity. 25-Aug-2006 Stanelco is looking at various refinancing options, in order to secure the future of its food packaging business. 21-Aug-2006 The Stationery Office is to be sold off by Apax for an estimated £120m, and bids are being considered from five unnamed private equity and trade buyers. 16-Aug-2006 Wyndeham Press is to shed up to 66 of the 146 jobs at its Impact magazine printing plant in Basingstoke. 15-Aug-2006 The Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland has published the results of a feasibility study that recommends the development of a tissue mill to boost the recycled paper market across Northern Ireland and the Republic. 15-Aug-2006 Bespak is to close its consumer dispensers division in King's Lynn later this year, with the loss of up to 54 jobs. 07-Aug-2006 Smurfit Kappa is to close its Snodland coated paper mill in Kent with the loss of about 150 jobs. 07-Aug-2006 Rexam is looking to sell a thin-wall container packaging factory at Yate near Bristol, as well as sites in Denmark and Sweden. 21-Jul-2006 BGP is to restructure its printing plant in Bicester, with the loss of up to 80 jobs. 21-Jul-2006 Wyndeham Press is to close its Wyndeham Hubbard sheetfed operation near Chesterfield, with the loss of up to 92 jobs. 14-Jul-2006 Alcan is planning to close its packaging plant in Midsomer Norton with the loss of 218 jobs and its hard-alloy extrusion plant in Workington with the loss of 161 jobs. 13-Jul-2006 Carton Craft, the Manchester-based packaging company, has gone into liquidation with the loss of 25 jobs. 07-Jul-2006 Gemini Print Finishing of Nottingham has ceased trading with the loss of 58 jobs. 06-Jul-2006 RPC Group has acquired two of Crown Group's Risdon plastic packaging plants in France and Italy from Crown Group for £4m. 04-Jul-2006 SIG Combibloc is to close its carton packaging factory in Newcastle in October with the loss of up to 175 jobs, in order to transfer production to Germany and Austria. 26-Jun-2006 Marland is looking to expand the 80-strong workforce at its packaging factory in Lincolnshire, having won a number of new contracts. 22-Jun-2006 Hamelin Stationery is to close its factory in Brighouse next month, with the loss of 70 jobs, in order to transfer production to other Groupe Hamelin sites. 20-Jun-2006 Crown Speciality Packaging is planning to shed 110 jobs at its packaging factory in Mansfield later this year. 15-Jun-2006 Tesco is to invest £9m in the installation of 100 recycling centres for its supermarkets by the end of 2007. 15-Jun-2006 Creative Print & Design is to relocate its book manufacturing business to a 55,000 sq ft building in Blaina next year, with the creation of up to 70 jobs, and has just been acquired by Norhaven of Denmark. 09-Jun-2006 Polimoon is to shed up to 60 jobs at its plastic packaging factory near Beccles. 09-Jun-2006 MSO Group has closed its Galloways food and pharmaceuticals packaging factory in Manchester, having transferred the work to its recently-acquired Storey Evans business in Bradford. 08-Jun-2006 Cambrian Printers is investing £5m in the expansion of its Aberystwyth-based printing and publishing business, which will take the workforce to 100 by 2008. 08-Jun-2006 The Packaging & Industrial Films Association is in merger discussions with the Flexible Packaging Association. 29-May-2006 Moorgate Paper is to relocate staff from three branches in Luton, Chelmsford and Stratford to a new £3m site in Enfield, north London, over the next three months. 12-May-2006 Sappi has confirmed plans to close its Nash paper mill near Hemel Hempstead, with the loss of about 150 jobs. 11-May-2006 Communisis is to close its direct mail facility in Altrincham over the next few months, in order to transfer production work to Leeds and sales and customer services to Manchester. 05-May-2006 Berry Plastics has shed 14 of the 64 jobs at its aerosol tops and bottle caps factory in North Walsham. 27-Apr-2006 DS Smith is to shed 50 of the 168 jobs at its Wansborough paper mill in Watchet, Somerset. 19-Apr-2006 Impress Metal Packaging is to shed 55 of the 350 jobs at its metal cans factory in Norwich. 18-Apr-2006 Image Data Group is to set up a 67,000 sq ft digital printing facility at the Ozone business park in East Riding, with the creation of at least 50 jobs. 07-Apr-2006 ID Data Systems is planning to close its printing factory in Corby with the loss of about 60 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Petersfield, Hampshire. 06-Apr-2006 British Polythene Industries is to create up to ten jobs following a £2m investment in the expansion of capacity at its plastics recycling plant in Dumfries. 04-Apr-2006 BSW Timber is to acquire the Arjo Wiggins paper mill at Fort William, and will invest £25m developing a new sawmill at the 67-acre site with the creation of 45 jobs. 28-Mar-2006 Cradley Print is planning to shed an unspecified number of the 230 jobs at its magazine printing business in Cradley Heath over the next six months, due to the introduction of more automation. 27-Mar-2006 LPC is considering plans to close its paper products factory near Redditch with the loss of up to 90 jobs. 24-Mar-2006 Cardinal Packaging has secured a further £1.6m from the Royal Bank of Scotland to fund the expansion of its Ebbw Vale-based plastic bags factory, with the creation of 30 jobs. 16-Mar-2006 John Dickinson is considering plans to close its stationery factory in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, with the loss of up to 210 jobs. 08-Mar-2006 Cooper Clegg is considering plans to shed up to 50 jobs at its printing plant in Tewkesbury. 03-Mar-2006 Quebecor World is to shed 80 of the 430 jobs at its printing plant on the Oakley Hay Industrial Estate in Corby. 28-Feb-2006 Amcor Flexibles is planning to close its Colodense site in Bristol, which prints confectionery packaging, with the loss of up to 175 jobs. 27-Feb-2006 Anglo American is planning to spin off its Mondi paper and packaging division, which is expected to involve an initial public offering of up to 25% of the business in London over the next year. 23-Feb-2006 DS Smith is to close its Sudbrook paper mill in Monmouthshire in May, with the loss of up to 135 jobs. 21-Feb-2006 Antalis is conducting a strategic review of its envelope manufacturing operations in Aberdeen and Dagenham, prompting speculation about the future of 120 jobs in Aberdeen. 20-Feb-2006 Cats Solutions is to open a copy shop in the City of London in April, with the creation of 16 jobs, and is also considering further sites in Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle. 17-Feb-2006 Creasey Flood, the Lowestoft-based commercial printing company, has ceased trading with the loss of 35 jobs. 17-Feb-2006 Sappi is considering plans to sell or close its Nash paper mill in Hemel Hempstead, with the possible loss of up to 160 jobs. 13-Feb-2006 CCA Stationery is to shed 40 of the 250 jobs at its greetings cards business in Preston. 09-Feb-2006 Letts Filofax, the Midlothian-based diary maker with 300 staff and a valuation of £40m, is said to be in takeover negotiations with Phoenix Equity Partners. 08-Feb-2006 New Jarrold Printing has secured outline permission to set up a new 25,000 sq ft printing plant near Beccles, having put on hold plans for a £40m plant at an alternative site in Wymondham. 06-Feb-2006 Field Group is to close the Pazo packaging factory in Oldbury at the end of the month, with the loss of 190 jobs. 01-Feb-2006 TTB Hickeys has shed 39 jobs at its printing business in Tonbridge, Kent. 27-Jan-2006 Alcan Packaging is to shed up to 40 of the 500 jobs at its packaging factory in Workington. 23-Jan-2006 Diamond Corrugated Cases is investing £2m in new printing and diecutting equipment at its packaging factory in Londonderry, with the creation of seven jobs. 20-Jan-2006 Wyndeham Press is to relocate its Wyndeham Blacketts screen printing business from Epping to the site of sister company Wyndeham Westway in Luton. 19-Jan-2006 BGP is to close its printworks in Colchester in April, with the loss of almost 200 jobs, having lost a contract to print BT's phone books. 19-Jan-2006 Redcar & Cleveland Council is to consider plans from Ecco Newsprint for the development of a £275m paper recycling plant at Wilton, which could create up to 170 jobs. 16-Jan-2006 John Dickinson is planning to set up a new stationery distribution centre in Royston in January 2007, with the creation of up to 70 jobs. 16-Jan-2006 Field Boxmore Healthcare is to close its carton packaging factory in Bedford with the loss of up to 87 jobs. 13-Jan-2006 Field Lithoprint is to relocate its labels and commercial printing business to a new two-storey site near its existing Hillington Park factory in Glasgow over the next few months, and the 87-strong workforce will increase by ten. 13-Jan-2006 Smurfit Kappa is to close a number of unprofitable plants across Europe, prompting speculation that 200 jobs are at risk at corrugated packaging mills in Nelson and Chelmsford. 13-Jan-2006 Bridgewater Paper is planning to shed up to 64 jobs at its paper plant in Ellesmere Port, having closed one of its three paper machines. 13-Jan-2006 Bath Press is planning to shed 40 of the 300 jobs at its book printing business in Bath. 12-Jan-2006
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