February’s headlines dominated by UPM crisis

With its vast implications across the industry, it’s no surprise that the ongoing strike action at UPM’s Finnish mills dominates February’s round-up of the most-read articles on printweek.com,...

Stora Enso has three corrugated packaging plants and two wood products sawmills in Russia

Stora Enso stops production and sales in Russia

Stora Enso is stopping all production and sales in Russia until further notice due to the ongoing invasion in Ukraine.

Lores: Q1 performance particularly strong across our key growth areas

Overall sales up but print down at HP

HP Inc has reported overall revenue and profit growth, driven by its personal systems division, with revenue and profit in its printing segment both on the slide.

Mondi's share price is down nearly 20% since Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Mondi updates on Ukraine, Russia

Mondi has suspended production at its plant in Ukraine, while its Russian pulp and paper facilities remains operational.

Ford: "We find the AccurioLabel 230 very simple to operate"

Arc Labels in Konica Minolta install

Arc Labels has taken on a Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 230 digital press to expand its offering.

Best of British: A focus on building business intelligence

Lancashire’s finest and, as far as we know, only print MIS developer, Tharstern, has been around since the 1980s and continues to adapt and innovate as print changes into ever more automated...

Star product: Mutoh XpertJet Pro series

Manufacturer’s upgraded inkjets offer both speed and quality boosts.

Poland: “It’s been a blinding machine and a good addition to our range of equipment"

Me & My: Vivid Laminating Technologies VeloBlade Volta 69+

Brighton-based One Digital had always outsourced die-cutting jobs. It had a sizeable array of equipment in its factory that allowed it to take on all manner of digital and litho work, including a...

Overmatter: Check your cheques

Cheques are just so last century, aren’t they? But not for Overmatter, oh no. So it was exciting to see a cheque doing a very 21st-century social media thing – going viral – thanks to a data file...

Martin: loves a machine with a ladder

Q&A: Neil Martin, print post and paper procurement manager, Tesco 

Neil is “a young at heart, sixty-something singleton” who started his print career in 1977. He enjoys eating out, going on the occasional holiday, and spending his time with his daughter.

"I’m a big fan of looking at improvements within my work"

Rising star: Josh Phizacklea Procurement assistant, James Cropper

Josh is 26 and has been working in the industry – in his case papermaking at Cumbrian manufacturer James Cropper – since 2014.

The UK’s most northerly printing company? 

60 seconds with Maskot

Is this the UK’s most northerly printing company? Established in 2015, Maskot started as a small graphic design company providing brand identity and development services.