Industry News

A new, Norwegian print chain has been estabilshed. Trykkeri.no is a new Norwegian print chain, established by Skipnes Kommunikasjon in Trondheim. Grafkom has been talking to CEO Geir Hagen of Skipnes Kommunikasjon, who confirms that…

There is no improvement in sight when it comes to the shortage of paper: The strike at UPM in Finland is prolonged again, this time with a new deadline of April 16. Furthermore, Norske Skog has temporary closed down parts of its news and…

Written by Lasse Krogell, Nopa. During the last months we have been in a situation never seen before and even hardly ever thought of being possible. There is a really strong shortage of paper and the paper prices have skyrocketed. The…

Swedish-based supplier Marabu will be selling the large format print brand Vanguard in Sweden and Norway. Antalis will be selling Vanguard in Denmark and Finland. Vanguard, which was acquired by Durst last year, has over the last years…

Commentary written by Lasse Krogell What effect has the pandemic and the shortage of paper had on the structure of the workload of a commercial printer? Smithers, earlier for the printing industry known as Pira, is a well renowned…

Intergraf – the European federation for print and digital communication – has sent a letter to the EU Commission urging them to remove the anti-dumping rates on Chinese paper. The reason behind this move is of course the paper shortage in…

The consolidation in the Norwegian print industry continues. Ålgård Offset/Printagon acquires Oslo-based Artko by taking over 100 per cent of Artko's shares from February 2022. Including Artko, the new group will have a turnover of…

Swedish firms Danagårdlitho and Göteborgstryckeriet are creating a new joint group named DG Print Group. The new group will have a turnover of up to 300 million SEK, and plans to invest in new equipment to meet the market's growing demand…

Grafkom has made a deal with Swedish publisher Bookmark Förlag concerning carbon offseting of more than 700,000 books in 2022. The carbon offsetting is carried out through the Carbon Balanced Paper project, which is handled by Grafkom in…

Norwegian firm 07 Media and its subsidiary 07 Sør have been taken over by two of Norway's largest graphical companies. The owners of Bodoni and Lundeby GF are buying 07 Media and are setting up a new print group, where Bodoni AS, Lundeby…