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Printers and print buyers have been rocked by a new wave of paper price rises and surcharges, amid speculation that one paper maker could be considering a surcharge as high as £170/tonne.

Konica Minolta has asked for “understanding and support” as it works to resume toner production, and has pushed back the expected re-start date for its crucial Tatsuno plant by more than a week.

Walstead Group has reported pandemic-impacted results that knocked nearly a third off its UK sales, with chairman Mark Scanlon stating that the overall business is now “leaner and more adaptable” as a...

Pureprint Group has become the first UK printer to install two HP Indigo 100K digital presses.

Fespa’s returning Global Print Expo has been hailed a success by exhibitors, many of which found the Amsterdam event to be busier and more successful than expected.

The Stationers’ Company has opened applications for its 2022 Warrants scheme, which is intended to recognise and acknowledge excellence within the communication and content industries.

A packaging specialist has been fined £60,000 after a worker suffered serious crush injuries in a rotary die-cutter.

Agfa has announced its third plate price surcharge in ten months amid concerns that aluminium supplies for next year will be squeezed, with Kodak also understood to have notified customers of a...

Kelly O’Sullivan is returning to her roots with a new senior role at Webmart – more than twenty years after she first worked at the business during its formative years.

Two beta customers will take delivery of Koenig & Bauer Durst’s B1 inkjet press early next year, with commercial shipments slated for the second half of 2022.

Arjowiggins is now making its Digipeel transfer paper in the UK, with the substrate billed as a sustainable alternative to plastic films for printing onto a wide range of textile products.

It could be next year before some Konica Minolta customers in the UK have toner supplies restored, and the manufacturer is now losing sales of new equipment because of the crisis.

Horizon’s annual Smart Factory event, which launched in October 2019, is set to be streamed from the post-press manufacturer’s new Horizon Innovation Park (HIP) in Japan, next week.

A third pulp manufacturer has confirmed that it has been subject to an unannounced inspection by the European Commission.

James Cropper CEO Phil Wild appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning speaking about the energy price crisis afflicting UK paper makers and other energy-intensive manufacturers.