9 November 2016
Print battles to defy the pessimistic forecast for Q3
The UK printing industry has not sunk to the pessimistic forecasts that were feared for Q3 – performance was still subdued but some degree of Q4 boost is expected to kick-in. The latest Printing Outlook survey reveals that almost two-fifths of printers (38%) maintained output levels in the third quarter of 2016, 30% experienced a fall in output and 32% were able to increase output. The resulting balance (the difference between the ups and the downs) was +2; marginally down from +3 in Q2 but some way above the forecasted balance of -14. However, this is the lowest Q3 balance for four years.
Download the press release below.
Also in Printing Outlook this quarter:
- Costs – paper & board, ink, labour and energy.
- Pay Reviews – activity and average % changes.
- Investment – tracking intentions for plant & machinery, training & retraining, product & process innovation and buildings.
- Data on capacity, productivity, margins, access to finance, late payment and more.
- Consumables – paper consumption data and printing ink volumes and values.
Printing Outlook is available (free to BPIF members and £40 to non-members) from the BPIF website using the link below.
Intergraf Economic News (Paper Prices) - March 2024
18 March 2024
Access the latest edition of the Economic Newsletter for the European Printing Industry for data on paper consumption, and pricing data for pulp, paper and recovered paper. Data for packaging papers and board is also available with this edition.
STUDY EXPOSES HIGH COST OF PHARMACIES PRINTING MEDICAL INFORMATION LEAFLETS
7 March 2024
Intergraf welcomes the release of a study by our partner MLPS (Medical Leaflet = Patient Safety), a subgroup of the European Carton Manufacturers Association (ECMA) shedding light on the potential economic costs associated with the proposed use of Print on Demand (PoD) leaflets in the pharmaceutical legislation revision.
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