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       IN BRIEF                                    Suzano invests in AI

       Wine Box Company (WBC),
       a subsidiary of Premier
       Paper Group, has acquired
       speciality packaging busi-                  land use start-up
       ness Sarcina Packaging.
       Established in 2014, West
       Sussex-based Sarcina pro-                    Pulp and paper manufac-                    partnership with Marvin has
       vides custom made prod-                     turer Suzano has partnered
       ucts for a wide range of                                                                been an enriching journey of
       sectors including bakery, pet food, pharmaceutical, health   with AI-powered land use   learning and innovation,”
       and beauty, farming, e-commerce, automotive, and food   and supply chain manage-
       and beverage retail brands. Premier said the acquisition by   ment  start-up,  Marvin,  to   said Yhasmin Paiva Rody,
       WBC, completed yesterday (30 June), is complementary to   better manage its yields,     Suzano’s research and devel-
       the group’s existing business and further expands its
       expertise and capacity across the packaging division.   water use, carbon measure-  Suzano’s forestry operations  opment manager.
       Michael Beever, CEO of Premier Paper, said: “We are delight-  ment and forest certification.   Part of Suzano’s $70m
       ed to welcome Sarcina into the group and are excited to be   The multi-year contract   models, and run through an
       supporting them in the next phase of their development.                                 (£57.4m) strategic invest-
       “Sarcina will be a valuable addition to the WBC business,   follows a successful valida-  AI-based program: the model
       which we acquired in 2022, and is another step in our strat-  tion of Marvin’s AI models   then provides information on   ment programme into sus-
       egy to expand our packaging offering across the group.  through extensive trials on   potential areas of risk and   tainable forestry, packaging
       UK-based logistics plat-                    Suzano’s 2.7m hectare of   opportunity, allowing firms   and novel pulp uses, the part-
       form Shift and Corja                        farms and native forests,   to better manage their com-  nership has seen Suzano
       Holdings – an associated                    largely in Brazil.    pliance, resource efficiency
       entity wholly owned by                       Marvin’s analytics are   and sustainability, and   increase its equity holding in
       Shift CEO Jacob Corlett –                                                               Marvin after an initial invest-
       have confirmed that the                     powered by geospatial and   increase their resilience to
       High Court has set an                       satellite data, environmental   changes in climate. “Our   ment in October 2023.
       expedited hearing for the
       trial of their warrant claim
       that would determine the ownership of Yodel Delivery   John Watson awarded CBE
       Network. Liverpool-headquartered delivery company Yodel
       was acquired by InPost Group in April in a £106m deal. In a   John Watson OBE, indus-  lowing the model of his   of Glasgow awarded him an
       statement released on Thursday (26 June), Shift and Corja
       – among other parties – assert that they hold warrants that   try philanthropist and for-  hero, Scottish-American   honorary doctorate for his
       collectively assert rights to over 75% of Yodel’s share capital,   mer Glasgow label printer,   industrialist and philanthro-  charitable work and entre-
       a stake that equates to majority ownership of Yodel. Shift   has been awarded a CBE in   pist Andrew Carnegie.This   preneurial business achieve-
       and Corja said that despite having formally notified InPost   the King’s Birthday Honours   latest honour was awarded
       of their position, InPost announced the acquisition of                                  ments.
       95.5% of the share capital of Judge Logistics Ltd, the parent   List. Known for his Watson  for his role as a   His notable gifts in recent
       company of Yodel, on 17 April.  However the judge declined   Foundation and leadership   ‘Businessman and
       to grant interim relief.                    of the John Watson &   Philanthropist for Services   years have included sizeable
                                                                                               financial donations to the
       Shetland’s only local                       Company  label  printing   to Education and to Charity’.  homelessness charity Social
       newspaper  has  been                        firm, one of Scotland’s larg-  Since retirement Watson   Bite, run by Josh Littlejohn
       saved from closure after                    est at the time of its multi-  has focused largely on phil-
       being purchased by a                        million pound sale to US   anthropic endeavour and   MBE, and the ongoing drive
       Scottish publishing com-                    firm MCC in 2013, Watson   charitable work and this   to restore the iconic River
       pany. Highland News and                     has since dedicated his time   honour comes only seven  Clyde pleasure steamer TS
       Media, which publishes                      and resources to charity, fol-  months after the University
       The Inverness Courier and                                                               Queen Mary.
       The Northern Times, has bought The Shetland Times - the
       Shetland. It follows a period of uncertainty when the paper  Woodmansterne unveils new press
       only weekly newspaper covering the Scottish islands of
       was put up for sale in April and faced imminent closure if a   Woodmansterne has offi-  our plus coater machine
       buyer couldn’t be found. The sale ends 131 years of family   cially unveiled its new press
       ownership and passes from long-term owners Robert and                                   replaced a five-colour B2
       June Wishart. Director Robert Wishart said the purchase will   at its Magna Park supersite in   Heidelberg Speedmaster 74
       offer the paper “a new lease of life” after fears that “the   Milton Keynes.At an event   that the company had run for
       newspaper itself was finished”. Going forward, the new   held on 27 June, the greet-
       paper will be printed in Dundee by DC Thomson, after the   ings cards specialist invited   many years at its Watford site
       decision to end printing locally at its offices in Gremista. It   152 guests, including staff   The Croxley Press  but that has now been sold.
       will go to print on Wednesday afternoon and the newspa-
       pers will be flown to Shetland on Thursdays. For parts of the   and suppliers, for the naming   which was funded with sup-  While Woodmansterne
       island the paper will now be on sale a day earlier, Thursday,   of its new Komori Lithrone   port from the company’s  still owns the Watford site,
       while more remote retails will have it by Friday, given no   GX40RP advance, the instal-
       flight issues. The new edition will be a more compact,            bank NatWest, the two-sided   which houses its finance, IT,
       standard size, like that of The Inverness Courier. It will also   lation of which began in   B1 offset press has now been
       be in colour throughout, at roughly 40 pages. There will be   February.  in full production for around   and creative departments, it
       a transition period for the next four editions using the same   Representing an invest-  six weeks.  began operations at the
       content management system as before.
                                                   ment of around £3.5m,   The one-back-five six-col-  Milton Keynes site in 2022.
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