industry NEWS 

• Confident optimism forges successful business relationships
• Stora Enso signed agreement with startup company Sulapac
• Smurfit Kappa to acquire Parenco
• Germany's Varel suspends paper production due to RCP fire
• Feldmuehle Uetersen sold
• Britain will leave customs union, May says, to offer Ireland backstop
• Digital Skills: Mind the gap
• GDPR: Why Marketers Should Love It
• Effective Direct Mail Designs Must Follow Best Practices
• Packaging industry calls for policy reform to boost plastics recycling
• Postal operator CEOs expect consumers will demand much faster delivery in five years’ time
• Facing the future
• Events calendar