Packaging show draws crowds; Webmart appoints CEO; More mail strikes loom; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 17 February 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Visitors flock back to bigger Packaging Innovations]( [Visitors flock back to bigger Packaging Innovations]( Packaging Innovations returned this week and both exhibitor and visitor numbers were up, with packaging producers keen to get their ducks in a row ahead of a series of legislative changes. [Boon appointed new Webmart CEO]( [Boon appointed new Webmart CEO]( Webmart has appointed Richard Boon as its new CEO and strengthened its leadership team with a series of promotions. [Postal workers deliver historic national strike vote]( [Postal workers deliver historic national strike vote]( The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the Royal Mail Group workers that it represents voted by 95.9% on a 77.3% turnout to take further strike action. [EDWPS adds to digital firepower]( Eight Days a Week Print Solutions has boosted its digital printing capacity with a new Konica Minolta Device. [New book charts evolution of print and paper unions]( A new book charts the fascinating history or printing industry guilds and associations that developed into modern-day trade unions over the course of hundreds of years. [Yesterday's most read] [New CEO takes over at CPI]( [Complete Business Solutions creditors owed huge sums]( [CellMark acquires Lenvale Group]( [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] [Vehicle Wrapper - Signs and Graphics]( [Pre Production Executive / Account Manager - POS]( [Business Development Manager - Signs and Graphics]( [Business Development Manager X2 - Signage]( [Print Finisher]( [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](.