Printweek Daily Bulletin: Four-day week firms named; Linney's tree planting drive; Morgana adds B3 die-cutter; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 18 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Companies on four-day working week pilot named]( [Companies on four-day working week pilot named]( The four-day working week pilot programme has been inundated with expressions of interest and the names of some of the companies that will participate in the six-month trial have now been revealed. [Linney latest to embark on tree planting drive]( [Linney latest to embark on tree planting drive]( Linney has launched an initiative to plant 25,000 trees in its home county while other industry firms also do their bit to support local and national tree planting schemes. [Morgana expands portfolio with B3 die-cutter]( [Morgana expands portfolio with B3 die-cutter]( Morgana has added a conventional B3 die-cutter to its range of post-press kit with a new sub-£40k Uchida device that it said opens up the added value process to a wider range of users. [Avery Dennison acquires linerless labels IP from Catchpoint]( Avery Dennison has acquired Yorkshire company Catchpoint's IP for the dispensing of linerless labels. [Q&A: Neil Martin, print post and paper procurement manager, TescoÂ]( Neil is “a young at heart, sixty-something singleton” who started his print career in 1977. He enjoys eating out, going on the occasional holiday, and spending his time with his daughter. [Yesterday's most read] [UPM strike extended for fifth time]( [More paper price increases flagged up]( [Finishline Print Finishers ups automation with Moll buy]( [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] [Business Development Manager - B2 / Digital Print]( [2D Graphic Designer / Artworker - Large Format Displays]( [Sales / Client Support - Large Format / Display]( [Business Development Manager - Postal Logistics / E Commerce]( [DM Account Manager (Print Management)]( [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](.