Billerud Appoints New President for North America

Mohawk introduced the thirteenth issue of its celebrated Mohawk Maker Quarterly at AIGA’s annual Design Conference in Minneapolis. Each issue of the Mohawk Maker Quarterly relies on a single word for its creative framework. In issue thirteen, that word is disruption. Consistent with the ongoing strategy behind the publication, issue thirteen seeks to provide thought-provoking inspiration for graphic designers around the world through engaging content and well-considered design on paper. Issue thirteen may have been the most challenging issue to date. That’s because the term “disruption” is so commonly used that it’s lost its meaning. Bandied about business culture as the term-du-jour, disruption has earned more than a few eye rolls and for good reason. Despite this troublesome ubiquity, disruption’s essence of exploration, discovery and revolution are successfully recaptured in issue thirteen. To do this, the team at Hybrid Design went looking for thinkers and doers who are upending the world as we know it. These iconoclasts are reframing the way we consider such basic concepts as time, ownership and success. They’re redefining images, spaces and perceptions in radical ways. Click Read More below for additional information.

Lecta expands its line of Termax thermal products and launches its two new high-quality grades of Termax top-coated thermal paper on the market, Termax TC20X and Termax TC20XB, for a wide variety of self-adhesive labels. The two new grades of paper in this product line are made to be used as adhesive facestock for food and industrial label applications in which there may be adverse conditions such as moisture, grease or solvents. Both products are highly resistant to grease, water, solvents, scratching and plasticizers, and are therefore an excellent solution to these problems. In addition to excellent chemical and environmental resistance, Termax TC20X and TC20XB papers provide high image resolution, good temperature resistance, high sensitivity, and both are phenol-free. The TC20XB also has a protective layer on the back to protect the label when used with more demanding adhesives.

Norske Skog has received a well-developed recapitalization proposal from a substantial number of the secured holders of the SSN (EUR 290m, 2019) bond and the NSF (EUR 100m, 2020) loan, as detailed in the 28 July 2017 stock exchange release. Certain unsecured bondholders have further provided an alternative proposal. To further secure the financial situation of the operating business, Norske Skog is in the process of receiving a commitment letter for a EUR 16 million liquidity facility from a substantial number of the holders of the SSN and NSF. "We are very pleased that key stakeholders are willing to support the business operations of Norske Skog through liquidity facilities like the offered loans. Our paper mills are highly competitive business units with a prosperous future irrespective of the final solution to the group's capital structure. We have now secured the operating business by both relief on interest payments and this new financing, and there should be no reason to question the stability of our operating business through the refinancing" said Lars P.S. Sperre, President and CEO of Norske Skog. Click Read More below for additional detail.