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PPE: vital items needed for frontline workers  Image: Unite

Unions and federations call for 'manufacturing army' to fight Covid-19

Unite the union has joined forces with the unions representing doctors and nurses to call for a nationwide effort to produce the PPE equipment currently needed by millions of frontline workers.

Unusual anniversary

It turns out to be a significant date for Jo Francis.

iX-series: first beta machine set for an EMEA customer

Canon unveils 'no compromise' sheetfed inkjet

Canon has launched a new generation of B3 sheetfed inkjet press which it claims offers a “no compromise” approach that will enable users to say “yes” to virtually all types of jobs, from commercial...

Pandemic has resulted in hazardous conditions for many SMEs

Warning over future for SMEs amid virus crisis

A nationwide network of accountancy firms has warned that nearly one in five SMEs will not survive the next month due to the Covid-19 situation unless more effective rescue packages are put in place.

BrewBoard's Pugh (left) with Tonejet customer operations specialist Lukas Littva

Tonejet Cyclone used by craft brewer for short run production

Independent craft brewer BrewBoard has expanded its offering of exclusive and original craft beer can designs with Tonejet Cyclone direct-to-can digital printing technology.

Royal Mail said it is “working hard to deliver the UK's mail”

Postal union sets out coronavirus proposals

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has written to Royal Mail and Prime Minister Boris Johnson to set out its proposals on how it believes the postal provider should be dealing with the coronavirus...

HSE fined Boxes and Packaging (Oxford) for £10,000 plus £2,560 legal costs

Boxes and Packaging fined for forklift incident

Boxes and Packaging (Oxford) has been fined more than £12,000 after an employee was struck by a reversing forklift truck.

The patents were used in the formulation of Fujifilm's Uvijet inks

Fuji wins infringement claim against Nazdar over ink patents

Fujifilm’s claim that Nazdar infringed its patents in the creation of the 702 and 703 UV inkjet inks has been confirmed after an appeal was rejected.

Each business mail item is interacted with 4.64 times

Opportunities for DM exist amid coronavirus outbreak

A raft of direct mail printers and experts have told Printweek that the sector could prove to be one of the industry's more resilient areas during the coronavirus pandemic.

The 3DGD-1800 can produce objects up to 1.8m tall in seven hours

Mimaki introduces large-scale 3D printer

Mimaki has launched a new large-scale 3D printer targeted at 3D sign and display applications.