Fresh hope over UPM strike; YM: what went wrong?; Healeys claims SBT first; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 22 April 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Kodak] [Today's top stories] [Fresh proposals submitted over UPM strike]( [Fresh proposals submitted over UPM strike]( There’s a glimmer of hope that agreement could be reached in the long-running strike action that has shuttered UPM’s Finnish paper mills. [YM Group: what went wrong?]( [YM Group: what went wrong?]( There are lots of odd things about the current situation at YM Group, where more than 500 people are out of work after the sudden fall into administration of its three web offset sites. [Healeys claims first with SBT]( [Healeys claims first with SBT]( Healeys Print Group has chosen Earth Day 2022 to announce that it has become the first SME printer in the UK to gain approval for its Science Based Targets (SBT) to reduce emissions. [Flint to close UK ink factory due to newspaper decline]( Flint Group is likely to close its UK newspaper ink plant due to falling demand caused by the ongoing decline in newspaper circulations. [Xerox profits impacted by rising costs]( Xerox said its revenue was in line with expectations in Q1, “despite an increasingly volatile operating environment” but the company posted operating and pre-tax losses for the period, resulting in a sharp drop in its share price. [Yesterday's most read] [Information gap over what's next for YM Group]( [Fresh proposals submitted over UPM strike]( [Propack tops mega investment drive with Canon inkjet]( [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] [Finisher / Zund Operator - Large Format Print]( [New Business Executive - Office Based]( [Digital Inkjet Printer - Labels]( [Large Format Printer / Finisher]( [Procurement Manager]( [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](.