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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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