Print buying

Sappi and EBB roll out Magno brand
Sappi is harmonising the worldwide branding on its flagship coated woodfree paper range, which means GalerieArt becomes Sappi Magno in the UK and Ireland.

YM fallout continues to dominate headlines in May
Unsurprisingly, this month’s ranking of most read articles was heavily dominated by the fallout from the collapse of the various YM Group companies. And while there was some good news, for example in...

Offer for buildings results in Nationwide Print closure
Nationwide Print will be shut down in an orderly fashion next month, after owner Julian Hocking received “an offer he couldn’t refuse” for the Cornish company’s buildings.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper increases prices
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe is increasing prices for all of its speciality papers next month due to continued increases in costs, particularly in the areas of pulp, chemicals and freight.

Platinum Jubilee boost to print
Printers across the country have benefited from a plethora of Platinum Jubilee printing related to local celebrations, and the event has also resulted in some genuinely huge additional print jobs.

SMP hails extension of Royal Mail incentives
Trade body the Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP), which represents mailing and printing houses across the UK, has welcomed the extension of well received Royal Mail initiatives until June 2022.

Agfa to up aluminium offset plate prices
Agfa is set to increase its offset plate prices worldwide, effective from 1 July.

Creditors owed millions by failed YM firms
YM Group owed Pricoa £51m when its three web offset businesses collapsed into administration in March, and while YM’s directors are yet to provide a statement of affairs the initial estimates from...

Dropbox slammed for 'misleading claims' about paper
Dropbox has caused industry outrage after it sent out a greenwashing promo email encouraging people to use its services and stating, misleadingly, that “Less paper = more trees”.

Unburnable book set to be auctioned
Penguin Random House has created a one-off ‘unburnable’ edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale that will be auctioned for charity.