Former paper mill building at Oakenholt to be demolished

18 Dec. 2025: A planning application had been submitted to Flintshire Council to demolish the former Oakenholt paper mill, located at the Essity site off Chester Road.

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12.5 MW contract with Octopus Energy Generation with KC

18 Ddc. 2025: ITM Power have signed a contract with a project managed by Octopus Energy Generation to deploy its NEPTUNE V systems at Kimberly-Clark’s Northfleet manufacturing plant in Gravesend.

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DS Smith vows to keep innovating in 2026

18 Dec. 2025: As 2025 draws to a close, Ashwin Moorthy, head of design & innovation at DS Smith, tells Packaging Scotland about the key trends, challenges and opportunities to watch out for in 2026.

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James Cropper “enters new phase of growth”

16 Dec. 2025: James Cropper Paper & Packaging has announced the appointment of Mike Gibson as its new head of business development, as the company aims to accelerate its expansion into new markets and product opportunities.

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EnviroSystems Celebrates Dual Award Win for Sustainability and Business Leadership

18 Dec. 2025: EnviroSystems UK Ltd, the leading specialist in using renewables to convert “paper crumb” from UK paper mills into EnviroBed cattle bedding, won Business of the Year and The Green Award at two prestigious ceremonies (held on 6 and 9 May 2025, respectively).

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Nfinite secures funding to scale up breakthrough paper packaging solution

18 Dec. 2025: Nfinite, an advanced materials company commercializing a breakthrough open-air roll-to-roll process for depositing ultra-thin highly conformal coatings, known as atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition (AP-SALD), today announced that it is receiving advisory services and funding of up to $3,874,516 CAD from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).

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