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A drone shot of the Wilkins Group site

Wilkins Group gears up for growth

Wilkins Group is making a major investment in expanding its site and facilities.

Strike action at UPM "having a potentially cumulative and large effect"

Paper shortages now on mainstream news agenda

The issues around paper and label shortages have now reached the national news with the BBC picking up on the potential ramifications of the current supply squeeze.

UPM: orders postponed, and new orders can't be confirmed during the strike

UPM crisis deepens, manufacturer cites force majeure

UPM is citing ‘force majeure’ for its inability to fulfil customer orders due to the strike action crippling its Finnish mills, but unions have rejected this assertion, describing the situation as “a...

Jarrold: "November was the strongest month since the start of Covid"

Cost pressures and supply shortages hamper industry growth

The UK printing and printed packaging industry continued its recovery in Q4 but threats to future recovery and growth remain prominent, particularly from increased Covid disruption and the spiralling...

The surcharge will be applied across the CPW division's entire publication ink portfolio

Flint Group CPW division to implement surcharge

Flint Group’s Commercial Publication Web (CPW) division will implement a surcharge for all of its publication products effective for deliveries from 1 March 2022.

The increase is effective for all dispatches from 1 March onwards

Navigator to increase UWF prices again

The Navigator Company will increase uncoated woodfree (UWF) paper prices in Europe by 8-15% from next month.

NEC Graph-Fix: Covid hit cashflow at Walsall firm. Image: Google Maps

NEC Graph-Fix in administration

NEC Graph-Fix has gone into administration, with the firm’s business and certain assets sold to connected company TNJ Holdings.

The business has invested in layflat book production

WTTB adds layflat books alongside Book Super Centre launch

WTTB has unveiled its new Book Super Centre, which will offer a raft of new book production capabilities including layflat books following investment in new kit.

The UV curing process is instantaneous

The future for sheetfed offset?

GEW's Jamie Neill gets under the hood of UV LED curing technology and looks at its place in sheetfed offset printing and its relevance to today’s commercial printer looking to streamline production...

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UPM: Union "seems to be playing for time" at the expense of their members and UPM’s businesses

BPIF joins calls to urge swift end to paper shortage

The BPIF has joined forces with Intergraf and Finat to urge the end of strike action at UPM's Finnish paper mills.