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Ink manufacturers have rolled out the latest round of price increases citing “unprecedented trends” in the access to raw materials, with warnings that more increases could be on the way.

Aslan has introduced a new laminating film in matt and gloss especially for the protection of UV-curable inks.

Sun Chemical has increased the prices of all UV and electron beam (EB) inks in Europe by 4% to 6%.

Apex Digital Graphics has transferred its two exclusive UK agencies, Cron CTP kit and plates and Ryobi RMGT litho presses, to new companies as its joint owners look to retire and wind down the...

Distributor ArtSystems has introduced a new wallpaper to its Xativa range of wide-format media.

Fujifilm UK has launched a new litho plate management business model that it said will allow printers to cost-effectively manage or outsource their plate production.

Fujifilm Europe has revealed it is to launch a new food-safe ink for its Jet Press 720S that it claims will make the machine the first B2 digital printer approved for primary food packaging...

Kodak is set to raise the price of its offset printing plates by up to 9% after the escalating cost of aluminium became "too great to bear".

Earlier this month PrintWeek reported on the ‘perfect storm’ of global events that have tightened the supply of graphical papers and resulted in paper mills resorting to allocation for the first time...

A quarter century has passed since serious proposals were first made for six- and seven-colour process sets to replace the need for spot colour inks.