Print buying
FINAT appeals for European approach to supply chain issues
Label industry body FINAT has sent a letter to the Belgian cabinet taskforce on Agrofood Supply to appeal for a European approach to the current supply chain distortions, in particular the paper...
No word yet from Pricoa on YM web debacle
YM Group backer Pricoa is yet to comment on the collapse of the group's three web offset sites, which were placed into administration yesterday.
Strategic Mailing Partnership appoints new chair
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP), the body that represents mailing and printing houses across the UK, has appointed a new chairperson.
Administrators take charge at YM web plants
YM Group’s plans to be a dominant player in UK web offset have collapsed into chaos, with FRP Advisory appointed as the administrator of the group's three web division businesses, and staff left...
UPM strike extended again
Strike action at UPM will run for an unprecedented four months, after the Paperworkers’ Union announced a further extension until 30 April.
Bridgepoint returns as latest ITG backer
Bridgepoint Capital has returned for another bite of the Inspired Thinking Group cherry, taking a majority stake in the marketing services business for a second time.
CPI urges government to act on energy crisis
The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has published a position paper urging the government to act to support the UK’s paper-based industries during the current crisis of energy cost inflation.
Anxious YM workers demand clarity
Nervous workers at YM’s three up-for-sale web plants are awaiting clarity from the group’s bosses about the future for the sites, after Walstead apparently withdrew its interest in a possible rescue...
REGISTER NOW Printweek webinar on the future of commercial printing
Printweek is to host a live webinar tomorrow ambitiously titled ‘The future of sheetfed printing’ which, with an expert panel of print leaders, will discuss the largely untapped opportunity UV LED...
Unions ask UPM shareholders to act over strike
A trio of global trade unions has written to UPM’s major shareholders warning that the group’s “anti-union stance is an investment risk”.