Landmark year for KM; Partners host automation event; K&B expands UK team; Sappi; Fujifilm; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 06 January 2023 [Product portfolio bulletin] [Top product news] [Landmark year for Konica Minolta ]( [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”. [New PACE event for print automation at Xerox ]( [New PACE event for print automation at Xerox ]( [New PACE event for print automation at Xerox]( A number of companies have banded together to host a new event focused on automating print and minimising the industry’s carbon footprint. [Koenig & Bauer expands UK team]( [Koenig & Bauer expands UK team]( [Koenig & Bauer expands UK team]( Koenig & Bauer is beefing up its UK service and project management team as it prepares for a busy period of complex press installations. [More product news] [Fujifilm opens UK headquarters]( Fujifilm officially opened its new UK headquarters, ‘Fujifilm House’, in Bedford in October, a short distance from its old location. [Stora Enso completes Nymölla divestment]( Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its Nymölla paper production site in Sweden, and all related assets, to Sylvamo. [Haybrooke continues PaaS expansion with new reseller service]( Print procurement specialist Haybrooke is launching a new sub-service of its 'printing as a service' (PaaS) procurement model aimed at general resellers in the office sector. [CMC launches new website in rebrand]( CMC Machinery has rebranded as CMC Packaging Automation. [Stora Enso seeks buyer for Chinese board production site]( Stora Enso has announced its intention to sell its consumer board production site in Beihai, China. [Picon appoints Greg Bird to its council]( Kolbus UK managing director Greg Bird has been elected onto the Picon council, the body which determines the strategy and direction of the trade organisation. [Change at the top of Hunkeler]( Daniel Erni has been appointed as the new CEO of Swiss paper processing specialist Hunkeler. [Knowledge Bank] [New cures for rocketing energy costs]( [New cures for rocketing energy costs]( Rocketing global energy prices are throwing up changes of behaviour across most domestic and industrial activities, with printing being no exception. [Best of British: A Christmas compendium]( [Best of British: A Christmas compendium]( Grace’s Guide is an online, free-access treasure trove of British industrial history. [Picking up the pieces]( [Picking up the pieces]( It’s sad when any business fails for there are countless personal stories entwinned with the corporate’s demise. But the failure of Arjowiggins, a firm that can trace its history back to 1761 and the Buckland Mill in Kent, seems especially painful. [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] [Client Services Manager | Self Adhesive Labels | Dublin]( [Estimator]( [Flexo Printer - Flexible Packaging]( [Business Development Manager | Print | North West]( [Estimator | Cartons | North West]( [See the latest jobs]( [Who bought what] [Ciconi in UK first Riso install]( [Ciconi in UK first Riso install]( Ciconi has become the first company in the UK to install the Riso Valezus T1200. [GEW supports Ukrainian printer with free press upgrade]( [GEW supports Ukrainian printer with free press upgrade]( GEW has provided a commercial printer in Ukraine with a complete UV and LED curing system for the company’s Komori L640+C offset press, free of charge. [Aztec Label switches to LED]( [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. [Standard 8 invests in Kongsberg X24 Edge]( [Standard 8 invests in Kongsberg X24 Edge]( Standard 8 has installed a Konsberg X24 cutting table to handle growing demand for acrylic work. [Sirane ups capacity with new Bobst]( [Sirane ups capacity with new Bobst]( Flexible pouch manufacturer Sirane Group is set to install the first Bobst Vision CI flexo press in the UK. [Rocket Graphics secures trajectory with Vutek install]( [Rocket Graphics secures trajectory with Vutek install]( Rocket Graphics installed an EFI Vutek 5r+ roll-to-roll printer at the start of December to back up a record year for the firm. [Product reviews] [Me & My: Agfa Jeti Tauro H3300]( [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”. [Star product Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark V]( [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. [Star product: Esko software release 22.11Â]( [Star product: Esko software release 22.11 ]( The latest version of Esko’s powerful modular tool set for packaging and label production. © MA Business Limited 2023. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Product Portfolio bulletin 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](.