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Mitsubishi HiTec Paper increases prices
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe is increasing prices for all of its speciality papers next month due to continued increases in costs, particularly in the areas of pulp, chemicals and freight.
Mercian Labels in Screen UK first
Mercian Labels has become the first company in the UK to purchase a Screen L350 SAI E UV inkjet label printer.
Platinum Jubilee boost to print
Printers across the country have benefited from a plethora of Platinum Jubilee printing related to local celebrations, and the event has also resulted in some genuinely huge additional print jobs.
Agfa now officially the owner of Inca
Agfa’s acquisition of the UK’s Inca Digital Printers has completed, as scheduled.
Kongsberg outlines Fespa plans
Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS) has shown off its products’ modular flexibility at 2022’s Fespa show in Berlin.
Fespa opens its doors in Berlin
The doors to Fespa Global Print Expo and the co-located European Sign Expo 2022 opened this morning to large crowds at Messe Berlin, Germany.
SMP hails extension of Royal Mail incentives
Trade body the Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP), which represents mailing and printing houses across the UK, has welcomed the extension of well received Royal Mail initiatives until June 2022.
Delta secures double first in £3m-plus inkjet spend
Delta Group has signed for Europe’s first EFI Nozomi 18000+ LED single-pass printer for point of sale and display graphics in a circa £3m-plus investment in single-pass technology.
3 Sixty in UK EFI first
3 Sixty has become the first UK business to install the EFI Vutek FabriVu 340i+.
Agfa to up aluminium offset plate prices
Agfa is set to increase its offset plate prices worldwide, effective from 1 July.
Creditors owed millions by failed YM firms
YM Group owed Pricoa £51m when its three web offset businesses collapsed into administration in March, and while YM’s directors are yet to provide a statement of affairs the initial estimates from...
Soyang Europe acquires Josero
Digitally printable media manufacturer Soyang Europe has expanded its offering after acquiring wide-format equipment dealer Josero.
Huge investment planned for Shotton
Shotton Paper Mill’s new owners are investing £600m to transform the site into “one of the world’s most technologically advanced paper mills”.
Hollywood Monster supports demand with EFI install
Hollywood Monster has installed an EFI Vutek Q5r from CMYUK to help it cope with increasing demand and a buoyant order book.
Unite members to strike at SunChem plants
Unite the Union is poised to begin industrial action across Sun Chemical’s UK ink plants in a row over pay that the union said could affect major packaging and newspaper groups.