Print buying
![UPM: orders postponed, and new orders can't be confirmed during the strike](/media/qwrpkrjn/upm-communication-papers-rauma-pm4-1.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e73421874890)
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...
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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](/media/jhuhwuk3/flint-group-sheetfed-inks.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e7341acf01f0)
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](/media/unhdo3ap/paper-in-line.jpeg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e7341dee9170)
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](/media/eznk4v31/nec-graph-fix-walsall-image-google-maps.png?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e7341ea4c210)
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.
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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.
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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...
![UPM: Union "seems to be playing for time" at the expense of their members and UPM’s businesses](/media/i0gly4xt/upm-kymi-reels.jpg?width=525&height=525&bgcolor=White&v=1d9e733f75bb0b0)
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.
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Frogmore updates after fire
Frogmore Paper Mill has confirmed that a “significant amount” of irreplaceable artefacts were lost in last month’s fire – although its historic paper machines survived the worst of the blaze.
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Balcony Shirts turns spoof design into charity gain
Balcony Shirts has raised more than £800 for homeless charity Shelter after producing a one-off t-shirt inspired by the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal.