Printweek Daily Bulletin: Energy crisis adds to paper woes; Tharstern claims carbon first; War pressures UPM; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 11 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [More paper surcharges, mill halts production due to energy crisis]( [More paper surcharges, mill halts production due to energy crisis]( Paper makers are implementing a further swathe of surcharges and at least one continental mill has been temporarily shut down after spiralling energy costs made its operation uneconomical. [Tharstern claims carbon world first]( [Tharstern claims carbon world first]( Tharstern has partnered with CarbonQuota to enable users of its eponymous MIS to instantly estimate a job’s carbon footprint on live quotes. [War in Ukraine puts further pressure on UPM to resolve strike]( [War in Ukraine puts further pressure on UPM to resolve strike]( UPM has continued to meet with union representatives on a daily basis this week, but despite some progress the union has described negotiations as “not yet well advanced”. [Delga throws doors open at two-day event]( Delga Group and HP held a joint two-day event earlier this week for customers and prospects of both businesses. [Mondi could separate Russian ops]( Mondi Group has said it is “assessing all options” for its Russian business, which is starting to be impacted by sanctions affecting the country following the invasion of Ukraine. [Yesterday's most read] [FSC and PEFC ban Russian and Belarusian wood]( [Venn consolidates after Culverlands buy]( [Mondi could separate Russian ops]( [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] [While the Printweek Awards finalists deservedly took centre stage in our February & March ‘Shortlist issue’, the issue was crammed as ever with a smorgasbord of insightful 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] [Account Manager - Print]( [Flexographic Print Operator]( [Experienced Folding Operators]( [Machine Setter - West Midlands]( [Shift Supervisor]( [More jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [SDUK makes a brilliant return to show business]( [SDUK makes a brilliant return to show business]( After a near three-year-long hiatus, the expo that bills itself as the UK’s longest running event for the visual communications sector is set to take place in March. [An international affair]( [An international affair]( Margins in print can be slender. Looking at the most recent Printweek Top 500 report, compiled in association with business advisory and accountancy firm Grant Thornton, the average industry operating profit margin across the 500 companies that made the cut was 3.23%, while the average pre-tax profit margin was 2.74%. [Product portfolio] [Star product: Mutoh XpertJet Pro series]( Manufacturer’s upgraded inkjets offer both speed and quality boosts. [Me & My: Vivid Laminating Technologies VeloBlade Volta 69+]( Brighton-based One Digital had always outsourced die-cutting jobs. It had a sizeable array of equipment in its factory that allowed it to take on all manner of digital and litho work, including a vinyl Summa machine, so it was used to setting up dies and cutting guides, but die-cutting was something it had never really considered bringing in-house. © 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](.