Printweek Daily Bulletin - Paragon buys Williams Lea wing; Canon acquires Edale; Support on hand for YM staff; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Tuesday 05 April 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Paragon buys Williams Lea CCM wing]( [Paragon buys Williams Lea CCM wing]( Paragon Customer Communications has further expanded its offering after snapping up Williams Lea’s three CCM sites in the UK. [Edale acquired by Canon]( [Edale acquired by Canon]( Packaging converting equipment manufacturer Edale has been acquired by Canon. [YM workers urged to take up Printing Charity support]( [YM workers urged to take up Printing Charity support]( The Printing Charity has urged workers left out of pocket by the sudden administration of YM Group’s web division sites to use its support mechanisms as needed. [Heidelberg plans to grow digital label printing offering]( Heidelberg has sold the Swiss site of label wing Gallus but will continue to operate from the location, where it will focus on digital label printing alongside a new customer demo centre. [Antalis acquires German packaging group]( Antalis has signed an agreement to acquire BB Pack Group in Germany, a packaging distributor specialised in the e-commerce sector. [Sponsored content] [The surprisingly easy path towards print shop digitisation]( [The surprisingly easy path towards print shop digitisation]( For print shops, digitisation can bring major efficiency gains. Done right, it can counteract the increasingly tilted ratio of preparation versus production in print jobs. In procurement, there already is a solution that's ready for prime time. [Kornit opens a world of possibilities]( [Kornit opens a world of possibilities]( More than 3D, Kornit’s XDi technology takes creativity, simplicity and business to a new dimension and opens a world of possibilities for print firms. [Yesterday's most read] [EDWPS gears up for expansion with new hires]( [No word yet from Pricoa on YM web debacle]( [DMG brings Weekend in-house]( [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] [Regional Sales Manager: Print Equipment - South.]( [Field Service Engineer - Finishing Equipment.]( [Production Workshop Engineer - Electro Mechanical.]( [Print Account Manager]( [Dispatch & Warehouse Manager - Any Background Considered]( [See the latest 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](.