YM Group info gap; Queen’s Awards winners; Propack adds Canon inkjet; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 21 April 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Kodak] [Today's top stories] [Information gap over what's next for YM Group]( [Information gap over what's next for YM Group]( Three weeks on from the abrupt administration of YM Group’s web offset sites, major backer Pricoa is yet to comment on the situation – which left hundreds of employees unpaid – or on its future plans for YM’s remaining businesses. [Print and packaging names among Queen’s Awards winners]( [Print and packaging names among Queen’s Awards winners]( Several print related businesses and packaging companies have been honoured in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. [Propack tops mega investment drive with Canon inkjet]( [Propack tops mega investment drive with Canon inkjet]( Direct mail specialist Propack has topped off investment of over £2.7m into new technology and equipment for its West Yorkshire site with its biggest purchase yet, a Canon VarioPrint iX3200 cutsheet inkjet printer. [Agfa: Inca deal gives us 'best and most advanced solutions']( Agfa boss Pascal Juéry believes the group’s acquisition of Inca will allow it to speedily enter new high-growth inkjet markets and dramatically increase ink sales. [Screen: deal with Agfa should complete by end of May]( Screen has confirmed that the deal with Agfa to acquire its two inkjet subsidiaries based in the UK is expected to complete by the end of May. [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] [Agfa to acquire Inca]( [Olympus Print Group acquired by German group]( [UPM strike: despair as union rejects proposals]( [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] [Large Format Printer / Finisher]( [Procurement Manager]( [Inside Sales Representative - WFH part week]( [Account Manager - POS & Print]( [Purchasing Manager - B1 & B2 Litho / Digital Print]( [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](.