Admins take charge at Arjo; MetroMail's cost-of-living support; Awesome strives to regain trust; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 23 September 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Kodak] [Today's top stories] [Administrators take charge at historic Arjo mills]( [Administrators take charge at historic Arjo mills]( UK paper making has been dealt a further blow after Arjowiggins Group’s UK operations – including the historic mills at Stoneywood and Chartham – were placed into administration after the business became unsustainable in the face of spiralling costs for energy and raw materials. [MetroMail hands cost-of-living support package to staff]( [MetroMail hands cost-of-living support package to staff]( Mailing house MetroMail will roll-out a bumper cost-of-living package to its staff to support them through the current period of high inflation, compounded by soaring prices for raw materials and energy. [Awesome Merchandise strives to regain customer trust]( [Awesome Merchandise strives to regain customer trust]( Awesome Merchandise’s Texas operation has been shut down as the firm strives to rebuild its reputation following last month’s pre-pack sale to its co-founder, while funding platform Crowdcube is in talks about the possibility of shares in the newco being issued to more than one thousand original investors who were wiped out. [Retooled London Packaging Week hailed a success]( London Packaging Week, which made its debut this week as a new major event in the capital for the packaging industry, has proven successful based on early feedback. [Fujifilm readies digital printing showcase]( Fujifilm will demo its new Jet Press FP790 water-based inkjet flexible packaging press via a live link to Japan at its upcoming Peak Performance Print Experience event. [Sponsored content] [Controlling the controllables to challenge the challenges]( [Controlling the controllables to challenge the challenges]( There’s not much you can do about spiralling energy or paper costs, but where you do have control is in internal processes and physical and digital workflows. Ricoh’s Tim Carter suggests a fresh focus here can accrue benefits today and tomorrow. [How Fujifilm Samba JPC can enable your UV application]( [How Fujifilm Samba JPC can enable your UV application]( UV-curable inks are the most popular formulation for industrial inkjet applications but require know-how to meet demanding quality standards. Inkjet expert Mark Bale explores how these challenges can be addressed. 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[Power gets personal once more]( [Power gets personal once more]( Now in its 12th year, the event, organised by Two Sides and the BPIF in partnership with Canon and Fedrigoni, is intended to reinforce an understanding of the relevance and future of print among business leaders. It attracts 200 leaders from the print, paper, publishing, packaging and media industries. [Product portfolio] [Me & my: Titanium 2516]( Mike Beese is constantly on the lookout for new opportunities. The managing director of Pontypridd-based DecTek thinks that for companies to survive and indeed thrive in the cutthroat world of commercial printing they have to innovate, evolve and diversify their offer to retain existing customers and win new ones. [Star product: Canon imagePress V1000]( A do-it-all ‘Swiss Army knife’ toner press with Canon’s next-generation technology. © MA Business Limited 2022. 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