Consumables

Hubergroup: prices need to reflect significantly increased procurement costs

Hubergroup announces global price rise

Hubergroup has announced a worldwide price increase on its products citing a “massive rise” in raw material and transport costs.

Ipagsa will be wound down over next six months

Agfa's offset wing back in the black, Ipagsa to shut

Agfa’s Offset Solutions business is back in the black in Q2, with sales up 20% and a near-€11m (£9.4m) improvement in EBITDA compared to last year – but a fresh restructure will involve the closure of...

Price rises for sheetfed, heatset and coldset web blankets

Day International: prices have to go up

Printing blankets are the latest industry consumable going up in price due to soaring input costs and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

RAFNXT+ is classified as FSC Mixed Credit

Antalis launches first Carbon Trust verified label material

A self-adhesive range of sheets from UPM Raflatac that is the world’s first label material to be verified by the Carbon Trust has been launched exclusively in the UK by Antalis.

Nettl branch speeds young racer into pole position

Still only 15, Max Dodds started out racing karts at the age of four and this summer marked his first season in the Ginetta Junior Championship, a proven feeder series for GT, Touring Cars, Formula 1,...

PureFX Soft Touch is designed for flexo presses and overprinting

Pulse unveils soft-touch UV varnish for labels

Pulse Roll Label Products has launched a new UV soft-touch varnish for labels that is food packaging compliant.

B-Flex manufactures around 250 heat transfer vinyl films

Papergraphics takes on B-Flex range

Wide-format specialist Papergraphics has secured an exclusive deal with Italian heat transfer vinyl films manufacturer B-Flex to supply its media range to the UK.

Flint Group: no evidence that the situation will stabilise any time soon

Flint: supply chain issues could last all year

Flint Group has warned that the global supply chain issues are continuing to have “a direct impact” on supplies to Europe and North America, with further price increases likely as a result.

Kodak: focus on "growth engines" including Sonora

Kodak Sonora plate volumes up 84% in Q2

Kodak has reported “an improved performance in all businesses” in its Q2 results.

The 566 Series inks perform equivalent to the original OEM inkset

Nazdar rolls out new inks

Nazdar Ink Technologies has launched the 566 Series of digital imaging inks to the UK/EMEA markets.