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Dave Riddell (Centre): "We could see the productivity gains the Kongsberg table offered"

Fastsigns Gloucester brings work in-house with Kongsberg install

Fastsigns Gloucester has installed a Kongsberg X20 Edge to enable it to bring most of its work in-house while also offering access to new markets and revenue streams.

West: DigiFold Pro XL is a real time saver

ColourCo upgrades creasing with Morgana buy

Colour Company (ColourCo) has upgraded its creasing and folding capability by installing a Morgana DigiFold Pro XL.

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...

Some solvent-based inkjet inks contain the controlled substances

Drugs regs hit inkjet inks

Industry bodies have warned that the government’s reclassification of a substance used in some inkjet inks under the Misuse of Drugs regulations could have damaging knock-on effects if printing...

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.

Sherman: a long-standing member of the Screen family

Screen's Mark Sherman mourned

Colleagues and industry associates are mourning long-standing Screen area director Mark Sherman, who has died aged 61.

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.