Consumables

Two more suppliers of key industry consumable products have been forced to announce price surcharges because of spiralling raw material and shipping costs.

HP has chosen distributor ArtSystems to bring its growing range of wide-format media with ColorPro technology into the UK and Ireland.

Spandex has increased its self-adhesive coloured vinyls portfolio with the addition of a new range of ImagePerfect products optimised for indoor and outdoor promotional applications.

UK cold foiling specialist Scienta Systems has used the pandemic restrictions to further develop its foil indexing system, which can deliver dramatic savings in foil costs to end users.

Fujifilm is to revamp its business organisation with a new structure that brings together its Graphics Systems division with the former Fuji Xerox organisation.

Equipment distributor and pressroom products specialist Mayday Graphic Products has been taken over by one of its biggest suppliers.

Paper manufacturer Fedrigoni has launched a new global brand identity that streamlines the different brands within the Fedrigoni Group.

SwissQprint has launched a range of new products, including the speed version of its Karibu UV roll-to-roll printer.

UPDATED: Agfa has announced a big increase in plate prices worldwide in response to “soaring input costs”, which its European wing choosing to implement a surcharge instead of a price rise.

Fujifilm is making a multi-million dollar investment in the manufacturing of inkjet colorants for water-based inks.