Lecta has confirmed a €150 (£126) per tonne energy surcharge across all of its grades, while French manufacturer Guyenne has also brought in an unspecified freight surcharge.

Hybrid Software Group has acquired the business and assets related to iC3D from Creative Edge Software.

Formara is supporting its hometown Southend-on-Sea with a rebrand following its elevation to city status.

Xerox, Fujifilm and HP are the latest industry manufacturers to take action over Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Navigator Company will bring in a fresh €105 (£88) per tonne surcharge from 1 April due to the steep increase in energy costs, made worse by the war in Ukraine.

Service Offset Supplies (SOS) has been appointed sole UK reseller of GMG Color’s colour management software.

Delga Group and HP held a joint two-day event earlier this week for customers and prospects of both businesses.

Media group Reach has warned that “print driven cost inflation” will hit its 2022 profits, and it could increase cover prices or look at product changes to mitigate the impact.

Tharstern has partnered with CarbonQuota to enable users of its eponymous MIS to instantly estimate a job’s carbon footprint on live quotes.

Paper makers are implementing a further swathe of surcharges and at least one continental mill has been temporarily shut down after spiralling energy costs made its operation uneconomical.

UPM has continued to meet with union representatives on a daily basis this week, but despite some progress the union has described negotiations as “not yet well advanced”.

MIS and ERP specialist eProductivity Software will exhibit in Europe for the first time as a standalone entity at the upcoming CCE International corrugated show in Germany.