Fungal infection closes mill; Mail dispute update looms; Liquidators in at Ashgate; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 14 April 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Billerud mill hit by fungal infection]( [Billerud mill hit by fungal infection]( Paper and packaging group Billerud is dealing with an unusual situation at one of its mills involving a rare fungal infection, and which has now resulted in a temporary shutdown of the operation. [Update awaited in Royal Mail dispute]( [Update awaited in Royal Mail dispute]( An imminent update is expected from the CWU today as negotiations with Royal Mail over the long-running dispute continue to drag on. [Liquidators take charge at Ashgate]( [Liquidators take charge at Ashgate]( Ashgate Automation has officially been placed in liquidation. [More European paper job losses announced]( Independent Swedish pulp producer Rottneros has given 24 staff at its Vallvik Mill notice of redundancy due to increasing costs, falling pulp prices, and a weaker USD in the long-term. [IPIA Spring Networking Lunch details revealed]( The IPIA will host its first physical event of the year, the Spring Networking Lunch, at sky restaurant Orelle in Birmingham on 14 June. [Richfield unlocks capacity with Morgana upgrade]( Richfield Print Management has installed a new Morgana BM4035 bookletmaker with FM module and hand-feed delivery tray. [Sponsored content] [Leading Indian board mill sets sights on UK growth with AM partnership]( [Leading Indian board mill sets sights on UK growth with AM partnership]( AM Trading UK has been appointed exclusive official UK partner for all Emami coated board products, as it targets expanding the options for UK packaging converters. [Yesterday's most read] [Deadline set for Deanprint bids]( [Firm fined after forklift incident]( [Production strike at Saica’s Manchester paper mill]( [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] [Managing Director | Labels & Flexible Packaging | Germany | Stuttgart]( [Bid Manager | Print Management – Promotional Products – European Contracts | UK based – Hybrid Worki]( [No2 Minder - Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102-6]( [Client Services Executive]( [Sales Marketing Manager]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Offering a helping hand]( [Offering a helping hand]( Not for decades have we all been under so much pressure financially. Rising energy bills, relatively high mortgage rates, food prices on the increase, and to cap it all, a tax burden that is at a 70-year peak – there is real pain being felt. [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](.