Independent Paper Show 2025

Fenner Paper is cordially inviting you to the second Independent Paper Show to be held in London and if you have received one of these amazing invitations, you'll appreciate just how special they are!

The Independent
 Paper Show is coming to London again. The second London edition of the IPS will be presented in the Crypt on the Green and all are welcome (whether you received this amazing invitation or not!)

The invitation is contained in this beautifully finished box, which is 245 x 190 x 17mm.

There is a 6pp concertina invitation 195 x 150mm with multiple finishing effects, too numerous to list here...

The Independent Paper Show is presented by three Swiss companies who founded the original Swiss  show: Bubu, Lorenz Boegli and Sonderegger, and the London show has been brought to the UK in partnership with Foilco. There will be lots of other paper companies there too (it's not just us!)

The event is on Wednesday, June 12th 1pm until 8pm and Thursday, June 13th 10am until 5pm at the Crypt on the Green
 St. James’s Church,
 Clerkenwell
 London EC1R 0EA . 

You can read more about it on their website.. To attend, you just need to register on the event website: https://papershow.co.uk/

We hope to see you there - where you will be able to see a copy of this amazing invitation.

Posted by Justin Hobson 29.05.2025

Another paper mill closes...

Kabel Premium Pulp & Paper based in Dortmund, is closing down after nearly 130 years of papermaking.

Read the full story here: https://www.printweek.com/content/news/end-of-the-line-for-kabel-mill

Posted by Justin Hobson 28.05.2025

 

Save the date!

The Independent
 Paper Show is coming to town! Yes, this June in Clerkenwell, the second London edition of the IPS will be presented in the Crypt on the Green and all are welcome.

Presented by three Swiss companies who founded the original show: Bubu, Lorenz Boegli and Sonderegger, the London show has been brought to the UK in partnership with Foilco.

These superb 'Save the Date' cards have been sent out in the post and you may have received one already!

The event is on Wednesday, June 11th 2pm until 8pm and Thursday, June 12th 12pm until 5pm at the Crypt on the Green
 St. James’s Church,
 Clerkenwell
 London EC1R 0EA . You can read more about it on their website.

To attend, you just need to register on the website: https://papershow.co.uk/

We hope to see you there!

Posted by Justin Hobson 28.04.2025

10 years on...

Many of you reading this blog may never have even heard of the companies in this article - Robert Horne, Howard Smith Paper, PaperCo, which were all laterly under the Paperlinx banner.

It was exactly ten years ago today that the Paperlinx group companies were placed in administration and I wrote about it on this blog HERE 

It was a sad day for our industry and for the near one thousand staff working in the UK for the group. Although this may have been a chronically mismanaged company, it highlighted the direction of travel for the paper and printing industry...

Paperlinx was an Australian company which bought up three very sucessful and profitable companies and ran the whole thing into the ground.

You can read more about the history on the Printweek website:
http://www.printweek.com/print-week/news/1150685/breaking-deloitte-appointed-at-paperlinx-uk-most-branches-closed

Regular readers of this blog may well remember that I had a bit of a 'run in' with Paperlinx and their solicitors after posting a hyperlink (with allegedly defamatory remarks) when I wrote about Toby Marchant's 'golden goodbye' departure:
http://justinsamazingworldatfennerpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/toby-marchant-exits-paperlinx.html
Sadly, Graham Critchley, who ran the website exposing the shananagins at Paperlinx (and who's blog I linked to) passed away in January 2014. The financial troubles at Paperlinx continued to persist.

More history here:
http://www.printweek.com/print-week/news/1150698/merchants-move-to-plug-paperlinx-gap https://www.printweek.com/content/news/paperlinx-debts-revealed/

https://www.printweek.com/content/news/former-paperlinx-business-subsumed-into-japanese-giant/

Posted by Justin Hobson 01.04.2025

VIP Preview

This is the beautifully produced invitation for the VIP preview of  thePaddington Square development in west London held at the Chiltern Firehouse.

Size of the invitation is 215mm square and looks stunning.

The square on the front of the invitation is hot foil blocked in Rainbow SHLR from Foilco and the type printed in "Just Black 700" which is one of Foilco’s most popular pigment foils and has a Gloss finish.

The invitation is printed on SUMO, which is our a heavyweight, thick board manufactured by FAVINI in Italy. It is available in black and white and the consists of 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm up to a whopping 3mm thick ...seriously chunky! Last year, the range was extended to include a small range of colours - five new shades all available in 1mm thick.

This invitation is produced on Sumo, White 2mm thick, which is really substantial and the result is absolutely dead FLAT - unlike the risky business with duplexing boards together which can result in a warped finish...

The hot foil stamping looks superb, sinking into the thick board and giving a wonderful, tactile, quality. 

Design is by property marketing specialists Wordsearch. Designer on the project is Ana Iugulescu and the artworker is Alex Shannon. Printing is by Trident Printing in London.

https://paddingtonsquare.co.uk/

https://www.wordsearch.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 23.12.2024

Fenner Paper Diary 2025

If you are a user of the Fenner Paper ranges and therefore one of our wonderful customers, you may well have already received one of our wonderful new 2025 diaries... 

The cover has been designed by Carol Kemp using drawn lettering and brush calligraphy. In a career of over 30 years, Carol has produced lettering for over 800 books and logos for numerous brands worldwide

The 4pp cover is printed on our Creative Print, Diamond 270gsm using an HP Indigo digital press. The 40pp text is printed in one colour, on our lovely Offenbach Bible 60gsm, which has a superb opacity and a good writing surface making this an ideal paper for a diary or notebook.

The diary has been put together by long term collaborator and friend David Coates using typefaces from Buy Fonts Save Lives that raises money to support Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support.

As in previous years, the diary is 230x162mm, portrait and retains the popular 'month to view' format.

Buy Fonts Save Lives sells typefaces to raise money to support Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support. 100% of the proceeds go to the charities and to date, over £150,000 has been raised!

Founded by Paul Harpin in memory of his niece Laura who sadly died from cancer, aged just 26. We’re delighted to support and help promote the initiative with our diaries. Any purchases of the fonts help to raise vital funds that literally save lives.

If you are one of our worthy clients (!), you should be receiving one of our diaries in the post. If you want to make sure you are in our address book, drop me an email: justin@fennerpaper.co.uk. For people who aren't customers, they are available to buy through the St Bride Foundation here:

https://stbridelibrary.bigcartel.com/product/fenner-paper-diary-2025

Posted by Justin Hobson 13.12.2024

Garden Scenes from James Ellis

 Here are two beautiful new notecards published by James Ellis in a handy wallet pack containing eight cards.

Garden Bird House by Matt Johnson

The notecard designs are titled 'Garden Fork' and 'Garden Bird House' illustrated by Matt Johnson who lives and works in Cornwall. 

Garden Fork by Matt Johnson

Full images of the notecards are also displayed when the wallet is opened, along with information about the artist. The wallet measures 134 x 134 x 16mm. The cards are 120mm square, and the envelopes are 130mm square. 

The two designs are printed on the front and back of the wallet and each wallet contains four of each notecard together with envelopes.

The cards and the wallets are both printed on our Starfine, Natural 300gsm, which is an natural white, uncoated board with a lovely feel and great surface for printing. It is FSC accredited and also free from OBA's (optical brightening agents). The cards and wallets are printed offset litho by Alpha Colour in Gloucester.

The whole package is plastic free and 100% recyclable, which you can see from the handy information illustration on their website.

https://www.jamesellis.com/collections/notecard-wallets/products/garden-scenes-wallet-of-eight-notecards-by-james-ellis

https://www.jamesellis.com/ 

https://mattillustration.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 09.12.2024