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Sun Chemical to increase prices
Sun Chemical is increasing prices across its entire portfolio of packaging, commercial sheetfed, and screen inks, coatings, consumables, and adhesives in the EMEA region, effective immediately or as...
UPM earnings back to pre-pandemic levels
Sales at UPM were up 14% to nearly €10bn (£8.33bn) last year in what CEO Jussi Pesonen described as a “strong year” for the overall group, although its Communication Papers business remained...
Kellmatt upgrades folding with Morgana
Kellmatt has upgraded its folding by investing in a Morgana DigiFold Pro XL.
IG Design Group shares halve after further profit warning
IG Design Group has issued a profit warning and will not pay a final dividend after supply chain issues resulted in extra costs fulfilling Christmas orders. It is also reviewing costs at its US...
Opus Trust to exit Nottingham operation
Omnichannel communications specialist Opus Trust Communications is set to exit its Nottingham site by the end of December 2022, with a number of jobs at risk of redundancy.
Fujifilm bolsters digital ambitions with big hire
Fujifilm has hired an industry big hitter to spearhead its attack on the cutsheet toner market after its split from Xerox.
DCS London wins global Xerox award
DCS London has scooped first place in its category in the 2021 global Xerox Best of the Best Awards.
Directors fined over asbestos removal
Two directors of a now-defunct specialist printing business have been fined over safety breaches related to asbestos removal.
Intergraf: Spiralling paper prices and shortages damaging print
Rising paper prices and lack of availability is stymying the print industry’s pandemic bounce back and is likely to cause permanent damage according to Intergraf, which has issued a plea for the paper...
Flint Group to implement more price rises
Flint Group’s Offset Packaging Solutions (OPS) and Commercial Publication Web (CPW) divisions are set to announce further price increases.
Royal Mail to cut 700 managers
Royal Mail is expecting to reduce its management headcount by around 700 and has reported bumper recent absences caused by the Omicron Covid wave that has led to delivery delays.
Historic paper mill hit by fire
Historic Frogmore Paper Mill was damaged by a large fire over the weekend, with a teenager subsequently arrested on suspicion of arson.
De La Rue shares tank on profit warning
De La Rue’s share price crashed to a 52-week low after the PLC issued a profit warning that could wipe £10m off its anticipated profits this year, with the group also having to push back the timeline...
Shuttered London printer’s kit goes up for auction
Equipment and other assets belonging to a London-based print company that is set to go into members’ voluntary liquidation has gone up for auction.
Paper and coatings going up again
Three more industry suppliers have announced that further price increases are on the way.