Royal Mail and CWU talks extended; DS Smith orders second Nozomi; KEP in Indigo install; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Tuesday 14 March 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Royal Mail and CWU talks extended]( [Royal Mail and CWU talks extended]( Crunch talks between Royal Mail and the CWU have been extended, with “progress made in some areas”. [DS Smith becomes landmark Nozomi sale for EFI]( [DS Smith becomes landmark Nozomi sale for EFI]( DS Smith has ordered a second EFI Nozomi single-pass inkjet – with EFI racking up its 50th Nozomi sale in the process – and the new device will be installed at its UK operation. [KEP Print Group ups capabilities with Indigo 12000]( [KEP Print Group ups capabilities with Indigo 12000]( KEP Print Group has invested in an HP Indigo 12000 to boost its print capabilities and give it a more competitive edge in B2 production. [Mail open, read, and retention rates improve in Q4]( JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q4 2022, which revealed that more mail was opened, read, and retained over the Christmas trading season than at any other point during 2022. [Plastribution acquires Eagle Plastics]( UK plastics raw materials distributor Plastribution Group has acquired Leicester-based thermoplastics sheet supplier Eagle Plastics. [Epson adds new models to SureColor SC-T range]( Epson has extended its SureColor SC-T range of technical and poster single-function printers. [Yesterday's most read] [Adare SEC wins N Brown contract renewal]( [Screaming Colour bids revealed]( [Graham & Brown doubles up on Durst digital devices]( [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] [Operations Director - On Demand Printing]( [Sign Maker / All Rounder]( [Sign Installer]( [Sign Installer - Signage]( [Transactional / Hybrid Mailing Sales Executive]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [VMC - back with a bang for the 10th anniversary]( [VMC - back with a bang for the 10th anniversary]( The BPIF’s Visual Media Conference (VMC) event returns to Leeds’ Rose Bowl on 4 April 2023, for the first time in three years. [The protection racket]( [The protection racket]( Data protection issues are rarely far from the news. And as the recent ransomeware attack on Royal Mail in January illustrated, not only are they publicly embarrassing, they can be commercially disastrous both for the attacked organisation and its customers. [Is the decline in skilled print workers a cause for concern?]( [Is the decline in skilled print workers a cause for concern?]( On the face of it, statistics released recently that revealed the number of skilled tradespeople working in the print sector fell by 73% between 2006 and 2021 seem alarming. [Product portfolio] [Star product: Serif Affinity Version 2]( A fully featured yet very low-cost challenger to Adobe’s Creative Suite – with Pantone swatch libraries. What’s not to like? [Me & My: SwissQprint Nyala 4]( A grant of £54,200 from New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Growing Business Fund helped to fund a new 3.2x2m flatbed/roll printer at CIM Signs & Graphics, a sign printing and installation specialist based just to the north of Norwich. © 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](.