Printweek Daily Bulletin: Micropress expands with acquisition; Heidelberg share price jumps on Q3 results; Flint to increase packaging prices; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Wednesday 09 February 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Micropress expands with acquisition]( [Micropress expands with acquisition]( Micropress has added a print management wing with the acquisition of Callimedia. [Heidelberg share price jumps on Q3 results]( [Heidelberg share price jumps on Q3 results]( Heidelberg’s Q3 results have been boosted by the €26m (£21.9m) sale of its UK site in Brentford, with the business on track to make full year sales of at least €2.1bn with EBITDA of 7%-7.5% after orders “recovered further still”. [Flint Group to increase packaging prices]( [Flint Group to increase packaging prices]( Flint Group Packaging is set to increase the prices of all the packaging products sold by its Flexible Packaging, Paper and Board, and Narrow Web business units. [Reports: UPM Pulp negotiations underway]( UPDATED: UPM’s negotiations with the Finnish Paperworkers’ Union (Paperiliitto) are now underway for UPM Pulp, with the other UPM businesses expected to follow, according to media reports from Finland. [BPIF advises on Plastic Packaging Tax introduction]( The BPIF has shared information and advice about the impending introduction of the new Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), which will impact some print and packaging companies. [Yesterday's most read] [Edwardthompson to close after 155 years]( [Despair as UPM strike extended for third time]( [Husband and wife directors barred]( [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] [Signs & Graphics Installer / Allrounder]( [Business Development Manager - Direct Mail]( [Senior Key Account Manager]( [Large Format Printer]( [Large Format Print & Signage Technician]( [More 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](.