Printweek Daily Bulletin: Russia situation casts shadow over Mondi results; De La Rue revises pension scheme actuarial valuation; Xaar acquires Megnajet and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 03 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Russia situation casts shadow over Mondi results]( [Russia situation casts shadow over Mondi results]( Growing demand for sustainable packaging has boosted Mondi’s annual results, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused city jitters over the group’s substantial presence in Russia. [De La Rue reduces pension scheme deficit with new valuation]( [De La Rue reduces pension scheme deficit with new valuation]( De La Rue has agreed with its pension fund, De La Rue Pension Trustee, to bring forward an actuarial valuation of its pension scheme as at 5 April 2021, rather than the originally scheduled 31 December 2022. [Xaar acquires Megnajet to accelerate growth]( [Xaar acquires Megnajet to accelerate growth]( Xaar has acquired Megnajet and Technomation, whose businesses trade together under the name Megnajet and manufacture industrial ink management and supply systems for digital inkjet. [Highcon raises $18.5m to continue growth]( Highcon Systems has raised $18.5m (£13.8m) by means of a private share placement. [Pepper Communications ups capacity with Bowe buy]( Pepper Communications has invested in a Bowe Systec Fusion Lite inserter to increase its productivity and capacity. [Yesterday's most read] [Stora Enso stops production and sales in Russia]( [Labelexpo Europe cancelled, postponed to 2023]( [Mondi updates on Ukraine, Russia]( [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] [Digital Print Operator]( [Account Manager | Commercial Print | Northamptonshire]( [Corrugator Operator | Corrugated | South Yorkshire]( [Studio Manager]( [General Operative - Large Format / Graphics]( [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](.