Nov 25, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Paperlinx UK has merged its Europoint and Robert Horne Sign & Display businesses to form what it said will be the UK's largest supplier in the sign and display market. The business will operate under Paperlinx's Northampton-based paper merchant, Robert Horne Group, as Printweek reported. A spokeswoman for Paperlinx said some redundancies have been made in roles that have been duplicated, leading to a reduction of 6% of the workforce. She said: "The company is in a consultation process and obviously wants to be able to redeploy the affected individuals within the Paperlinx Group if possible. "At this stage we cannot comment on the actual number of redundancies." However, she said that no sites have been closed, although there has been consolidation of offices in the same location. Paul French, Robert Horne's managing director, will continue as divisional director until a replacement is found. He said: "One trading division for sign and display will allow us to provide a better level of service and product choice for our customers, while improving our efficiency and operating capabilities." Paperlinx already has three regional packaging businesses in the UK: 1st Class Packaging, Donnington, and Parkside. Purple Packaging will provide bespoke or ready-to-order packaging products and will be based in Coventry. The packaging division will be headed up by Marc Jacobs, who was formerly the packaging sales director at merchant Antalis. He will join Paperlinx in February as managing director.