UPM strike talks fail; Energy crisis bites; Mail revamps Weekend; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 14 April 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [UPM strike: despair as union rejects proposals]( [UPM strike: despair as union rejects proposals]( Printers and print buyers are in despair after the Finnish Paperworkers' Union rejected the four UPM strike settlement proposals on the table –  apparently due to the impasse at Communication Papers where talks had stalled. The strike has been extended yet again as a result. [Industry reacts to energy crisis]( [Industry reacts to energy crisis]( Soaring energy prices have seen yet another increase in overhead costs for printers, but for those whose contracts are coming to an end, the leap in prices has been enormous. [Daily Mail revamps Weekend]( [Daily Mail revamps Weekend]( DMG Media will ‘relaunch’ the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine this Saturday. [Fastsigns launches Northampton franchise]( Signage and display company Fastsigns opened its 25th UK franchise last week. [Solent Design Studio diversifies with Duplo installs]( Investment in Duplo’s PFi Blade B2+ digital cutting table and DC-618 slitter/cutter/creaser has helped Solent Design Studio break into new markets. [Sponsored content] [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. [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. [Yesterday's most read] [YM web and bindery kit up for sale]( [Shop stewards demand action at UPM Communication Papers]( [Deadline looms for YM web sales]( [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] [Head Of Sales - Market disrupting 'Cold' Corrugating Machinery.]( [Sign & Graphics Technician]( [Business Development Manager]( [Digital Finishing Operator]( [Inserting Machine Operator]( [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](.