Archant to use Palm

Archant has signed a contract with Palm Paper, which means that all 30,000 tonnes of newsprint the publisher uses in a year will come from just 50 miles down the road in Norfolk, rather than from Russia, North America and Scandinavia.

Not only is the deal good for Archant and for Palm Paper, but it is also good for the environment as the paper is made from 100% recycled paper fibre and it only has to travel a very short distance from the new paper plant in King’s Lynn to the printing presses in Norwich. The delivery lorries will even return with a full load of waste paper from Archant and others for recycling at Palm Paper, saving even more tonnes of carbon.

Palm Paper finished building the biggest newsprint machine in the world in King’s Lynn last year in a £400m investment.

Archant Print, based at Thorpe near Norwich, was the very first customer of the new plant in a deal signed by Archant chief executive, Adrian Jeakings, and Palm Paper CEO, Dr Wolfgang Palm, in Norwich (pictured above).

Palm Paper will now be used to produce all Archant’s four daily and 60 weekly newspaper titles across the country, which are printed in Norwich.

Adrian Jeakings said: “We are developing a strong relationship with another local company which we hope will prosper in the future. It represents a huge vote of confidence in the local economy. The cultures of the two companies are very closely aligned as both are independent family-owned businesses.

“The deal is also good news for the environment and is part of a wider programme of sustainability within Archant.”