B2B office supplies will no longer be part of the Ambiente trade fair in Frankfurt. In a press release, Messe Frankfurt announced that, going forward, its commercial office products offering would be focused on the Paperworld Middle East event in Dubai. “Current market developments, structural shifts and the transformations in the world of work –
Eight resellers, including four small businesses, have been awarded places on the UK government’s new Office Solutions framework. The Office Solutions contract (RM2699) was put out to tender last year. At the time, it was valued at £400 million ($500 million) over a three-year period. Originally to be split into three lots, the new framework
Writing and Commercial were two of Newell’s three business units that returned to core growth in the first quarter of 2024. Following steep top-line declines at Newell in the past few quarters, total company sales in the first three months of 2024 were $1.65 billion. This was a reported decrease of 8.4%, adjusted to -4.7%
Tim Kirchen has been promoted to EVP of label materials supplier UPM Raflatac. Kirchen is currently the company’s SVP of Americas, a role he has been in since 2018, when he joined UPM. The Germany national will officially start his new position on 1 August, relocating to Helsinki in the process. He will become a
Packaging Corporation of America’s (PCA) Boise paper business had a resilient first quarter, with earnings relatively stable compared with last year. 12 months ago, Boise’s Q1 2023 results were described as “outstanding” by PCA Mark Kowlzan as the business benefited from higher pricing. In the latest quarter, sales increased by 2% year on year to