Printweek Daily Bulletin: Stora to sell four mills; Xaar back on front foot; Unions in UPM shareholder plea; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Tuesday 29 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Stora Enso to sell four of its five paper sites]( [Stora Enso to sell four of its five paper sites]( Stora Enso has initiated a sales process for a possible divestment of four of its five paper mills. [Xaar back on front foot, readies new aqueous head ]( [Xaar back on front foot, readies new aqueous head]( Xaar has reported a substantial turnaround in its 2021 results, and has announced plans to enter new markets such as textiles, wide-format and packaging with an aqueous printhead in the works that it believes will be “transformational”. [Unions ask UPM shareholders to act over strike]( [Unions ask UPM shareholders to act over strike]( A trio of global trade unions has written to UPM’s major shareholders warning that the group’s “anti-union stance is an investment risk”. [Roland DG introduces third generation TrueVis]( Roland DG has launched the third generation of its TrueVis printer/cutter machines. [REGISTER NOW Printweek webinar on the future of commercial printing]( Printweek is to host a live webinar tomorrow ambitiously titled ‘The future of sheetfed printing’ which, with an expert panel of print leaders, will discuss the largely untapped opportunity UV LED offers commercial printers. [Yesterday's most read] [Crunch time at YM Group as sites put up for sale]( [YM employees 'will be paid']( [Fespa updates on 2022 Expo and unveils new features]( [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] [1x Press Assistant / 1x Perfect Binder / 1x Stitcher Operator]( [CAD Draughtsman - Signage]( [Account Manager - all rounder]( [Warehouse Operator]( [Zund Operator & Laminator Operator - Large Format / Signage]( [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](.