Fire at specialist printer; SMP hails Royal Mail scheme; Landmark year for KM; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 05 January 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Fire at specialist printer]( [Fire at specialist printer]( One of the UK’s leading fabric printers suffered a fire on the first day back of the new year. [SMP launches RM Wholesale incentive scheme to boost Programmatic Mail ]( [SMP launches RM Wholesale incentive scheme to boost Programmatic MailÂ]( The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has launched a new Royal Mail Wholesale incentive programme that will help the body to assist businesses in harnessing the power of Programmatic Mail as a new conversion channel. [Landmark year for Konica Minolta ]( [Landmark year for Konica Minolta]( Konica Minolta celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, with CEO Toshimitsu Taiko aiming for the business to “once again soar as a growth company”. [Aztec Label switches to LED]( Aztec Label has converted five of its seven label production lines to UV LED curing, with its last two lines due for conversion by the end of January. [Killer App: No room for Scilly errors]( As the year draws to a close, most people will just now start thinking about replacing the calendar that by this point hangs on the wall from a precarious single page. Robert Sanger, however, has been thinking about calendars for the best part of the past year. [Yesterday's most read] [Director banned for false Covid support claims]( [Tall Group acquired by Parseq]( [Industry names recognised in New Year’s Honours]( [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] [The December 2022 and January 2023 issue of Printweek is out now. Our 'Recession Proof issue’ is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...]( [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] [Flexo Printer - Flexible Packaging]( [Estimator | Cartons | North West]( [Print Account Manager]( [No 1 Machine Minder, Heidelberg XL75 5 col + coater + InPress control]( [Large Format Printer / Finisher X 3]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Protect yourself in tough times]( [Protect yourself in tough times]( The world is in trouble. Interest rates are rising, demand is down, energy is viciously expensive and there’s war in Ukraine. [Business inspection: Thriving and surviving]( [Business inspection: Thriving and surviving]( Planning the launch of a new business is challenging in any market at any time, but doing it while also coping with serious mental and physical illness takes it to another level. [Ensure your suppliers' eco credentials measure up]( [Ensure your suppliers' eco credentials measure up]( With sustainability back on the agenda and brands found to be greenwashing called out all over social media, being able to prove your eco claims is essential. [Product portfolio] [Star product Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark V]( Horizon’s solution for high-throughput, high-quality booklets upgraded with iCE LiNK workflow management capability plus the ability to handle continuous-fed rolls. [Me & My: Agfa Jeti Tauro H3300]( Iain Clasper-Cotte, managing director of Northern Flags and its wide-format display specialist sister company FaberExposize UK, loves Agfa machines. He’s assembled such an impressive array of Agfa devices at the company’s factory in Leeds that some local printers jokingly refer to Northern Flags as the “Agfa showroom of the north”. © MA Business Limited 2023. [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](.