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...
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...
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...
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.
Screen's Mark Sherman mourned
Colleagues and industry associates are mourning long-standing Screen area director Mark Sherman, who has died aged 61.
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 in administration
NEC Graph-Fix has gone into administration, with the firm’s business and certain assets sold to connected company TNJ Holdings.
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.
Cestrian produces sustainable film and TV sets
Cestrian has pivoted into the film and TV industry with a recent job that has seen it produce sustainable film sets made from cardboard.
The future for sheetfed offset?
GEW's Jamie Neill gets under the hood of UV LED curing technology and looks at its place in sheetfed offset printing and its relevance to today’s commercial printer looking to streamline production...
Park expands into B2 digital with new HP Indigo
Park Communications has taken delivery of its first B2 digital press, an HP Indigo.
Sadness as Evoteam is shuttered
Evoteam has ceased trading after a pandemic-induced reduction in work made the business unsustainable.