Macfarlane buys Suttons; PPG start-up targets influencers; Propack unveils green cards arm; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Monday 06 March 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Macfarlane Group acquires Suttons]( [Macfarlane Group acquires Suttons]( Macfarlane Group has acquired specialist protective packaging manufacturing business A.E. Sutton, which trades as Suttons Performance Packaging. [Precision Proco targets social media stars with book publishing arm]( [Precision Proco targets social media stars with book publishing arm]( Precision Proco Group has launched its new end-to-end book publishing service Found.us, aimed at helping social media influencers publish their own books. [Propack launches sustainable greetings cards business]( [Propack launches sustainable greetings cards business]( Propack has launched its own online sustainable greetings cards retail business, Planet Bee Cards. [Helloprint adds API for multi-site businesses]( Helloprint has launched a new API targeted at large enterprises and franchises, while highlighting the potential carbon footprint benefits to users. [Royal Mail hikes stamp prices, agrees new talks with CWU]( Royal Mail has announced an inflation-busting near-16% increase in the price of First Class stamps, which will breach the £1 mark for the first time. [Symbiosis embraces life with new Kongsberg]( Exhibition stand designer-builder Symbiosis has brought a significant amount of work in-house and expanded its repertoire with the installation of a Kongsberg C60 digital cutting table. [Yesterday's most read] [2023 Printweek Awards winners revealed]( [Busy and successful Hunkeler Innovationdays highlights sector advances]( [Manroland Sheetfed streamlines after losses]( [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 February and March issue is out now. Our ‘2023 Shortlist issue’ is jam-packed with the best the UK print industry has to offer as well as all the usual thought-provoking insights and the latest news and views...]( [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] [Commercial Manager - Corrugated Packaging]( [Sales Support Estimator]( [Lithographic Print Assistant]( [Structural Packaging Designer]( [Production Performance & Process Lead – Finishing]( [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](.