Printweek Daily Bulletin: 'Super Thursday' print boost; Halstan in multimillion strategic spend; Clays starts succession and investment; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 06 May 2021 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] ['Super Thursday' ballot box boost to print]( ['Super Thursday' ballot box boost to print]( Specialist print suppliers have pulled out all the stops for today’s ‘Super Thursday’ elections, although things did not run entirely smoothly for one supplier. [Halstan in multimillion strategic spend for book growth]( [Halstan in multimillion strategic spend for book growth]( Halstan has upgraded its production firepower with a circa £2.5m spend to be "best in class”, with a new sheetfed inkjet press and automated book line taking centre stage in its diversification strategy. [Clays announces succession plan and fresh investment drive]( [Clays announces succession plan and fresh investment drive]( Clays has announced a major expansion including new kit and a substantial number of new roles, along with a succession plan that will see CEO Paul Hulley step back next year. [CreaseStream and ProCut unveil FoldStream]( Tech-ni-Fold has expanded the portfolio of its CreaseStream business with the addition of a new multi-finishing plough-fold machine targeted at greetings card production. [GEW achieves installation milestone]( GEW is celebrating a landmark after achieving 20,000 UV curing system installations worldwide. [Yesterday's most read] [Ricoh: new B2 press is an inkjet first]( [EDWPS under new ownership]( [Pyramid to revamp B1 offering]( [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] [Our April and May 21 ‘jabs, jobs and inkjet' issue is out now and as usual it’s stuffed 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] [Printers & Finishers]( [Studio Manager]( [Prepress Operator]( [Machine Operatives for Printing]( [Business Development Managers]( [More jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [No jab, no job?]( [No jab, no job?]( Just over a year ago, Covid-19 developed from a localised outbreak in a Chinese province to a global pandemic. [Reputation rescue]( [Reputation rescue]( Reputations, like trust, are hard to earn and easy to lose. Threats to a reputation come in many forms – rivals making underhand allegations, activity by state-run organs and malevolence in elements of the press. [Product portfolio] [Me & My: Duplo PFi Blade]( BCA Group in Enfield is a long-established family printing business that’s managed to adapt to changing times and fortunes for more than four decades. First set up in 1980 by Brian Cottee, it’s currently a two-person company owned and run by his son Mark who joined the business in 1984. [Star product: Hohner HSB 13.000 saddle-stitcher]( This high-speed saddle-stitcher was revamped in 2020 and now boasts some smart features for remote diagnostics alongside a huge variety of options, making it a very versatile performer. © 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](.