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NEWS GLOBAL

IN BRIEF Fujifilm opens UK
Stora Enso has announced
its intention to sell its con-
sumer board production headquarters
site in Beihai, China. The
group’s planned divest-
ment would include its
70,000 hectare forestry Fujifilm officially opened protect the planet.
operation in the sur- its new UK headquarters, “Our new UK headquar-
rounding region, which supplies raw materials to the Beihai ‘Fujifilm House’, in Bedford ters further demonstrates
site. In a statement, the company said: “The sales process in October, a short distance Fujifilm’s commitment to
supports Stora Enso’s strategy to focus on long-term profit- from its old location. The
able growth within the areas of renewable packaging, new headquarters, which sustainability across our busi-
building solutions and biomaterials innovations.” The ness, and we look forward to
divestment, it continued, will help Stora Enso to build on its covers more than 2,780sqm developing our approach and
market position by focusing on its profitable packaging of floorspace, has been built Fujifilm House opened in Bedford innovating for a sustainable
sites, such as its paper mill at Oulu, Finland, which the with sustainability as a core future from Fujifilm House.”
company announced in October would be fully converted to part of its construction, and of CO2 annually - and can
produce consumer board by 2025. Stora Enso’s ¤1bn (£882m) has won an ‘excellent’ sustain its own operations on Fujifilm also worked with
Oulu investment came on top of the firm’s pending pur- BREEAM environmental a sunny day. the Wildlife Trust for
chase of the De Jong Packaging Group - itself a ¤1bn-plus accreditation for the site. Andy Kent, Fujifilm Bedfordshire,
deal. Cambridgeshire and
The site has 80 rooftop Graphic Communications
Rocket Graphics installed solar panels and is capable of UK’s divisional manager, Northamptonshire to keep
an EFI Vutek 5r+ roll-to- said: “It’s important for us all the environment around its
roll printer at the start of generating up to 63,000kW
December to back up a of electricity per year - an – at an individual and corpo- UK HQ site as habitable as
record year for the firm. effective saving of 29 tonnes rate level – to take steps to possible.
The Watford-based large-
format and signage firm’s Baker Labels gains accreditation
new 5m-wide press,
bought from CMYUK, has allowed the firm to expand its
capacity for eco-friendly products significantly. “It’s not Baker Labels has been Businesses are normally est assets,” said Steve Baker,
just a super productive print machine,” said Rocket’s sales awarded Essex Working expected to reach Level managing director.
director, Antony Rider. “Its green credentials sit perfectly Well’s Level Three accredi- Three in their second or third The decision to obtain for-
with our full company sustainability initiative. We are clos- tation after building and year of working within mal accreditation came after
ing the loop of ‘first use’ eco materials through recycling
print media and to further enhance this, we need the maintaining a strong wellbe- EWW’s programme. the family-run business had
greenest machines available. “We all need to reduce our ing strategy for its employ- Baker Labels’ quick pro- grown in recent years to
carbon footprint and minimise any negative eco impacts. ees.The Brentwood-based gress has been down to a con- more than 100 employees,
Having equipment that enables the use of planet friendly label printer gained the sistent employee-first and realised it needed a more
inks and substrates that requires less energy doing it, is part accreditation on 9 December approach, which has seen the structured approach to
of that process.” Rocket employs 55 people at its 2,320sqm after just one year working company win accolades like employee wellbeing. The
site. with Essex Working Well 2020 Essex Employer of the programme requires compa-
A management buyout (EWW), an organisation that Year and 2021 Brentwood nies to build a wellbeing
(MBO) deal has been suc- provides free health and well- Employer of the Year. “It may strategy, and show evidence
cessfully completed at
fleet vehicle graphics spe- being advice to businesses in sound like a cliché, but our of ongoing activities to fulfil
cialist OPG. Allan Hamilton the county. staff genuinely are our great- it.
has been appointed as
managing director of the
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire- DS Smith gets new finance director
based business, taking the reins from Owen Pilling who
formed the company in 1995 along with his wife Janet. The DS Smith has appointed a executive officer Miles
deal was completed on 1 December and was funded with a
“six-figure” package from UKSE, alongside input from pri- new group finance director Roberts said: “We are
vate investors. The new management team, which brings and executive director to its delighted that Richard is
60 years of industry experience combined, has acquired the board, with effect from
complete company, with Pilling remaining within OPG in a incumbent Adrian Marsh’s joining us at a very exciting
consultancy capacity. retirement next summer. time for DS Smith. Richard
Daniel Erni has been appointed as the new CEO of Swiss Richard Pike’s final has an excellent track record
paper processing specialist Hunkeler. As of 1 January 2023, as a CFO in manufacturing
current CEO Michel Hunkeler will hand over his position to appointment date will be Richard Pike joins DS Smith
Erni. As delegate of the board of directors, Michel Hunkeler confirmed and his election businesses and great experi-
will continue to be involved in the strategic direction of the put to the September 2023 Biffa for the last four years ence in the recycling and sus-
business and will work closely with the executive board. and his career in finance has
Erni has been with Hunkeler since 2016. As chief sales offic- AGM for approval. tainability sectors. He will
er and member of the executive board he has been a major Pike has been chief finan- included a decade of leader- play a central role in the next
force in the company’s ability to increase sales, earnings, cial officer of UK sustainable ship roles in manufacturing. chapter of growth for the
and market share in recent years.
waste management business DS Smith group chief company.”
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