Printweek Daily Bulletin: No word yet from Pricoa on YM; FINAT open letter on supply chain issues; Heidelberg adopts 'Power of Color' theme; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 01 April 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [No word yet from Pricoa on YM web debacle]( [No word yet from Pricoa on YM web debacle]( YM Group backer Pricoa is yet to comment on the collapse of the group's three web offset sites, which were placed into administration yesterday. [FINAT appeals for European approach to supply chain issues]( [FINAT appeals for European approach to supply chain issues]( Label industry body FINAT has sent a letter to the Belgian cabinet taskforce on Agrofood Supply to appeal for a European approach to the current supply chain distortions, in particular the paper shortage. [Heidelberg adopts 'Power of Color' theme as new CEO takes over]( [Heidelberg adopts 'Power of Color' theme as new CEO takes over]( Heidelberg has kicked off its new financial year with a new CEO and a new slogan: “The Power of Color”. [March headlines overtaken by YM and paper woes]( One topic unsurprisingly dominates March’s round-up of the most-read articles on printweek.com: the lead up to and subsequent administration of YM Group’s web division businesses. A month of bad news from across the paper industry also makes its presence felt, while Printweek's uplifting Award winners provided a bright spot. [Sun Chemical and HP collaborate on sustainable flexible packaging]( Sun Chemical has collaborated with HP to launch sustainable flexible packaging produced with HP's Indigo digital printing system and Sun Chemical’s new solventless lamination product SunLam. [Yesterday's most read] [Administrators take charge at YM web plants]( [Anxious YM workers demand clarity]( [UPM strike extended again]( [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 - Homebased]( [Print & Digital Account Manager]( [Account Manager]( [Print Technician - Digital Printed Promotional Items]( [Senior Account Executive - POS and Print]( [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](.