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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…

Book printers Scandbook in Sweden/Lithuania and Livonia Print in Latvia are taking its sustainability focus to the next level by compensating for the companies' emissions. The two companies report this in separate press releases.…

Parts of the paper production in Finland is currently at a stand still after a strike started at the turn of the year. Employees at UPM proposed a solution on January 5th, but this proposal was rejected by the company. This was reported by…

The Indian-based supplier Autoprint is looking for a foothold in the Nordic market with its portfolio of production machines. The company already has representation in Norway through the company Europrint. Grafkom has been talking to the…

Grafkom launched Carbon Balanced Paper in the Nordics and Baltics earlier in 2021. World-wide 2021 was a record-breaking year for the carbon programme. From now on more rain forest projects are included in the project. Registrations of…