Violet CTP endgame nears; HP's corrugated PageWide; Horizon new booklet system; Crown Van Gelder; Sappi/EBB; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 17 February 2023 [Product portfolio bulletin] [Top product news] [Endgame approaches for commercial Violet CTP ]( [Endgame approaches for commercial Violet CTP ]( [Endgame approaches for commercial Violet CTP]( Commercial printers still using violet CTP will soon be down to a sole supplier of suitable plates for their systems. [HP introduces new PageWide for corrugated]( [HP introduces new PageWide for corrugated]( [HP introduces new PageWide for corrugated]( HP has launched a new high-speed, post-print digital corrugated press designed to help converters optimise manufacturing costs and improve operational efficiency for the production of corrugated packaging. [Horizon launches new booklet system]( [Horizon launches new booklet system]( [Horizon launches new booklet system]( Horizon has launched the new iCE StitchLiner Mark IV system for the high speed production of high quality sheetfed booklets. [More product news] [Crown Van Gelder rescued after 'stunning' support]( Crown Van Gelder has been rescued and will restart production imminently, on the back of a substantial eight-figure fresh investment. [Sappi chooses Elliott Baxter to stock new Raw paper]( Elliott Baxter & Company (EBB) has become the exclusive UK stockist for Sappi’s latest paper innovation, Raw, a coated paper that mimics the look and feel of uncoated stocks. [Premier opens new Wellingborough facility]( Paper and materials merchant Premier has opened a new stock holding branch in Wellingborough. [Mimaki teases new printer launch for online event]( Mimaki Europe will officially launch a new printer at the fourth running of its Global Innovation Days online event later this month. [Screen Europe adds Konica Minolta colour sensing to digital presses]( Inkjet press manufacturer Screen Europe will add colour management systems to all of its digital printers in coming years, starting with its Truepress Jet 520HD series presses. [Vpress unveils new digital business cards]( Vpress has unveiled its new digital business card product, called Vdocs, which share contact details quickly through QR codes on clients’ smartphones. [New owner for ICP Industrial Solutions Group]( Dutch coatings specialist Stahl is to acquire ICP Industrial Solutions Group (ISG). [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? 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[Print-2-Media riding easy after SwissQ install]( [Print-2-Media riding easy after SwissQ install]( Cornish signage and fine art printer Print-2-Media has found its production process smoother and faster since installing a SwissQprint Nyala 4 UV-LED flatbed press. [Cepac in UK Koenig & Bauer cutter first]( [Cepac in UK Koenig & Bauer cutter first]( Cepac is set to start production this summer on the first Koenig & Bauer ChromaCUT X Pro to be sold to the British market. [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](.