Printweek Daily Bulletin: Admins take charge at YM; UPM strike extended again; Xeikon's new toner tech; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 31 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Administrators take charge at YM web plants]( [Administrators take charge at YM web plants]( YM Group’s plans to be a dominant player in UK web offset have collapsed into chaos, with FRP Advisory appointed as the administrator of the group's three web division businesses, and staff left unpaid. [UPM strike extended again]( [UPM strike extended again]( Strike action at UPM will run for an unprecedented four months, after the Paperworkers’ Union announced a further extension until 30 April. [Xeikon launches Titon technology]( [Xeikon launches Titon technology]( Xeikon has launched Titon technology, a new toner formulation that it said offers the benefits of UV inks without the drawbacks. [Koenig & Bauer improves results in 2021]( Koenig & Bauer Group (K&B) reported a positive set of results for 2021, despite the difficult backdrop, but said the forecast for 2022 remains challenging. [Print Shop Express marks 10 years in business]( Weymouth, Dorset-based design, print and signmaking studio Print Shop Express is celebrating 10 years in business. [Yesterday's most read] [Anxious YM workers demand clarity]( [Creditor takes direct action at York Mailing]( [Administrators take charge at YM web plants]( [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] [Print & Digital Account Manager]( [Account Manager]( [Print Technician - Digital Printed Promotional Items]( [Senior Account Executive - POS and Print]( [CNC Operator]( [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](.