Printweek Daily Bulletin - Warning on paper strike pressures; K&B consolidates press plants; Tributes paid to Williams; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 03 February 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Finat warns on paper strike pressures on supply chain]( [Finat warns on paper strike pressures on supply chain]( Finat has warned that the continued union strike “in some Nordic paper mills” is posing severe lead time problems for European label converters. [Koenig & Bauer consolidates press assembly at Würzburg]( [Koenig & Bauer consolidates press assembly at Würzburg]( Koenig & Bauer is moving Flexotecnica assembly operations from Italy to its main Würzburg plant in Germany as part of its P24x efficiency programme. [Tributes paid to Dave Williams]( [Tributes paid to Dave Williams]( Industry associates have paid tribute to former Pindar technical director Dave Williams, who has died aged 71. [Fespa confirms major exhibitors for 2022 event]( Fespa has revealed the major exhibitors that will be in attendance at its 2022 Global Print Expo, which will take place at Messe Berlin, Germany from 31 May to 3 June. [Brightside adds finishing to support growth]( Brightside Print & Design has upgraded its finishing capabilities by investing in a Morgana System AF2000S bookletmaker and a DigiFold Pro. [Sponsored content] [Customer satisfaction is the goal for 2022]( [Customer satisfaction is the goal for 2022]( Ricoh UK’s Simon Isaacs believes every business is on a journey and has customers that it needs to better understand, if it is to have any hope of providing satisfaction and retaining their trade. [Yesterday's most read] [RRD mystery buyer withdraws offer, group suffers cyber attack]( [Precision Proco in Cliftons acquisition and HP Indigo 100K install]( [Paragon acquires digital agency]( [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 Christmas gift to you, your December & January issue, may have made its way down the chimney a little ahead of Santa's schedule, but as usual it is jam-packed with business and technology long reads and snappy news roundups...]( [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] [Production Workshop Engineer - Electro Mechanical.]( [Account Director | Print Management | Nottinghamshire]( [Product Marketing Manager: Inkjet Printers]( [Export Sales Executive - Paper and Board Products.]( [Paper Bag Machine Operator - In-Line Printing]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Having flexible friends]( [Having flexible friends]( There’s no question that Covid has altered society. It’s trampled on civil liberties, seen vaccines rolled out in double-quick time, spurred on the deployment of information technologies, and it’s reshaped economic landscapes, too. [Growing a new business]( [Growing a new business]( In his own words, Tom Willday has been part of his fourth-generation, family-owned printing business since he was in a pram. As a toddler he would regularly sit at the front desk of the Leicester-based SME, eventually helping out around the business as age and understanding allowed. [Product portfolio] [Me & My: Bobst Visionfoil 104]( Herbert Walkers’ fourth Bobst hot foiling machine has doubled productivity of embellishment for packaging, its fastest growing sector. [Star Product: Cron CTP 46 H+]( A low-cost platesetter from an established Chinese manufacturer. © MA Business Limited 2022. [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](.