James Cropper cuts paper production; Death linked to Billerud mill outbreak; Cullen makes strategic appointment; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Wednesday 19 April 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Jobs to go as James Cropper cuts paper production]( [Jobs to go as James Cropper cuts paper production]( A revamp at James Cropper aimed at accelerating growth at the business will also involve a significant scaling back of production at its Paper wing as the group focuses on value rather than volume. [Death linked to mill outbreak]( [Death linked to mill outbreak]( A person has died following the fungal infection outbreak that has shuttered Billerud’s Escanaba paper mill. [Cullen makes strategic senior appointment]( [Cullen makes strategic senior appointment]( Sustainable packaging specialist Cullen Eco Packaging has made a new strategic senior appointment to help it meet rapidly growing demand for its moulded fibre packaging. [MAMS backs growth with Moll install]( Mailing and Marketing Solutions (MAMS) has backed a strong increase in its turnover by purchasing a Moll Vantage folder-gluer. [London Packaging Week details outlined]( London Packaging Week will return in September at its new home – the Excel exhibition centre in East London. [DS Smith schedules upgrade to Viana mill]( DS Smith has revealed that it will be investing €145m (£128m) in an upgrade programme for its kraft paper mill near Viana, Portugal. [Yesterday's most read] [Hopes for agreement between CWU and Royal Mail]( [Supply chain expert is new Paragon CEO]( [HMRC launches £140m comms tender]( [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] [Digital Printer / Designer - Signs and Graphics]( [Shop Floor Manager - Large Format/Graphics]( [Senior Business Development Manager – Labeling Software]( [Sales Executive. - Production Digital Printers and Workflows]( [Pre Production Coordinator]( [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](.