Business
UPM strike to hit 100th day
The strike at UPM will pass the 100-day mark this weekend, with no official update given on the situation since last week.
Kodak and GDM in tech partnership
Kodak and GDM have entered into a partnership to integrate Kodak’s high-speed inkjet technology into GDM’s disposable hygiene production lines.
YRG Group acquires Spera to drive growth
Packaging and design specialist YRG Group has acquired Spera and Spera Global to accelerate its growth.
IGS launches automatic digital cutter-creaser
International Graphic Supplies (IGS) has launched a new digital cutter-creaser to target the short-run packaging and prototype market.
Apprintable continues kit investment drive
London-based print and design specialist Apprintable has added a Morgana laminator 450 Pro to bring laminating in-house and expand capabilities.
Antalis acquires German packaging group
Antalis has signed an agreement to acquire BB Pack Group in Germany, a packaging distributor specialised in the e-commerce sector.
Edale acquired by Canon
Packaging converting equipment manufacturer Edale has been acquired by Canon.
The surprisingly easy path towards print shop digitisation
For print shops, digitisation can bring major efficiency gains. Done right, it can counteract the increasingly tilted ratio of preparation versus production in print jobs. In procurement, there already...
Smurfit Kappa to exit Russia
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has decided to exit the Russian market.
March headlines overtaken by YM and paper woes
One topic unsurprisingly dominates March’s round-up of the most-read articles on printweek.com: the lead up to and subsequent administration of YM Group’s web division businesses. A month of bad news...