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Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe is a German subsidiary of Japanese company Mitsubishi Paper Mills

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.

Steele: "We’ve been monitoring the improvements in UV inkjet technology for some time"

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.

An illustration from the children's commemorative book

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.

Inca Onset with automation

Agfa now officially the owner of Inca

Agfa’s acquisition of the UK’s Inca Digital Printers has completed, as scheduled.

The Kongsberg C24 will be on display, cutting at speeds of up to 100m/min

Kongsberg outlines Fespa plans

Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS) has shown off its products’ modular flexibility at 2022’s Fespa show in Berlin.

The show opened at 10am today 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.

A number of Royal Mail initiatives have been extended

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.

Shipp (left) and Hammond: better, faster, cheaper mentality is key

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.

(L-R) 3 Sixty's Ben Newton and Richard Inkin

3 Sixty in UK EFI first

3 Sixty has become the first UK business to install the EFI Vutek FabriVu 340i+.

Agfa has been implementing quarterly price increases and surcharges since Q2 last year

Agfa to up aluminium offset plate prices

Agfa is set to increase its offset plate prices worldwide, effective from 1 July.

YM Group's accounts should be filed tomorrow

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...

The deal was completed on 27 May

Soyang Europe acquires Josero

Digitally printable media manufacturer Soyang Europe has expanded its offering after acquiring wide-format equipment dealer Josero.

The Shotton site is set to be transformed

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”.

(L-R) Simon McKenzie with CMYUK group commercial director Robin East and Hollywood Monster director Andrew McKenzie

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: Sun Chemical members are right to strike over "insulting" 3% offer

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.