Call for EPR rethink; AD3 caps off investment; Inkcups claims world first; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Monday 24 April 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Retailers call for EPR rethink]( [Retailers call for EPR rethink]( Major retailers have called on the government to rethink the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging waste scheme, describing the current plans as “fundamentally flawed” and lacking ambition. [AD3 Envelopes caps off year-long investment round]( [AD3 Envelopes caps off year-long investment round]( AD3 Envelopes has finished a year-long capital expenditure investment round with the installation of a Winkler & Dunnebier (W+D) 224 four-colour envelope overprinting press. [Inkcups claims world first with new printer launch]( [Inkcups claims world first with new printer launch]( Inkcups has bolstered its product range with the launch of what it claims is the world’s first benchtop direct-to-object cylinder printer. [Print4UK gets a faster finish with Duplo install]( London commercial printer Print4UK has reduced its finishing times significantly after installing a Duplo DBM-600 digital bookletmaker. [Antalis to acquire Integart Group]( Antalis has signed a binding offer to acquire the Integart Group, to expand its footprint in the visual communication market. [Yesterday's most read] [Royal Mail agreement now needs postie approval]( [Transcend secures £8m investment from Japan]( [News UK seals supplement deal with Walstead]( [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] [Sign Installer X2 (85% Night Working)]( [2D Graphic Designer - Retail Displays]( [Senior Account Manager]( [Account / Project Manager - Large Format Digital & Graphics]( [Business Development- Existing Accounts - Large Format]( [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](.