Printweek Daily Bulletin - Print-Leeds launches new biz; SCA pulls publication paper; Macfarlane's resilient results; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 25 February 2021 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Print-Leeds launches new division with £1m investment]( [Print-Leeds launches new division with £1m investment]( Print-Leeds has branched into self-adhesive label production after investing just over £1m in a new press, finishing kit and MIS and creating a new specialist division. [Macfarlane reports ‘resilient’ results ahead of expectations]( [Macfarlane reports ‘resilient’ results ahead of expectations]( Macfarlane Group achieved both sales and pre-tax profit growth in 2020, with its results ahead of its previous expectations, despite the challenging market conditions due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. [End of the line for SCA publication paper]( [End of the line for SCA publication paper]( SCA will make its last reel of publication paper today as the group shuts down the last remaining paper machine at its Ortviken mill. [Quadient targets ecomms with fit-to-size packaging]( Quadient is anticipating booming demand for its fit-to-size packaging solutions as ecommerce sales continue to grow, while at the same time consumers rail against the use of oversized packaging. [Powering out of 2020]( Ordinarily, the final issue of the year is dominated by the Printweek Power 100. However, as we all know far too well, 2020 has proven to be anything but an ordinary 12 months, so we thought in light of the events in this extraordinary year we would rest our annual ranking of the industry’s most influential figures. [Sponsored content] [Working your workflow the easy way]( [Working your workflow the easy way]( Innovative printers share how straightforward workflow automation benefited their businesses and can do the same for yours with six simple steps. [Say goodbye to complexity. Say hello to profitability]( [Say goodbye to complexity. Say hello to profitability]( Discover how unleashing multi-vendor partnerships can put workflow automation at your fingertips and prepare and futureproof your operation for the post-covid business landscape. [Yesterday's most read] [Roadmap out of lockdown: industry reacts]( [Paragon CC invests £6m-plus in finishing]( [Richline upgrades with XL 75]( [Blogs] [Printer's devil: it's in the detail]( Contributing editor Jo Francis muses on the latest goings on in the print industry. [In this issue] [Straddling December 2020 and January 2021, the latest Printweek is out now. Our '2020 vision’ issue is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...]( [Forward to a friend](mailto:?subject=Print%20industry%20news%20...&body=I%20thought%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20newsletter%20from%20PrintWeek:%20%20 [Got some news? Email the PrintWeek newsdesk here](mailto:printweek.newsdesk@markallengroup.com) [PrintWeek jobs] [Heidelberg Platen Operator]( [Account Manager]( [Manager- Sales/Business Development for UK/Scotland/Ireland Region]( [Sales and Marketing Manager – Digital Print Division]( [Customer Service / Account Handler]( [More jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [There is no Plan B]( [There is no Plan B]( While some decry the concept of climate change, the reality – no matter what is happening – is that there is but one Earth and we have a duty to protect it as best as we can. There is, very simply, no Plan B. [Managing perfection]( [Managing perfection]( So much has been written about the art of management that an individual looking to improve their knowledge with a purchase from Amazon had better become a speed reader or know how to narrow a search down. With more 90,000 books on the topic it’s clear that some think they have knowledge to impart. [Product portfolio] [Me & my: Xerox Baltoro]( Nottingham-based direct mail (DM) specialist Eight Days a Week Print Solutions has a long-standing relationship with Xerox. [Star product: Actega Metal Print EcoLeaf]( A low-waste way of achieving high-end metallic effects on print. [Star product: Zaikio Print Connectivity Platform]( Now backed up by Heidelberg’s considerable clout, this connectivity platform is intended to deliver where JDF has failed and enable plug-and-play communication between any print-related device. © MA Business Limited 2021. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Printweek Daily News emails, please click [here](. To understand how we process, use & safeguard your data, please read our [Privacy Policy](. If you would like to update your marketing contact preferences, then please [click here](.