Business Management - Finance/Financial

After a highly disruptive 2020, markets have recovered across 2021, according to a new Smithers report. It is anticipated that new demand in packaging and labels and in Asian growth economies will fuel a moderate increase through to 2026.

RRD stockholders will receive $8.52 per share in cash for each share of RRD common stock. But competing bidder Chatham still looms.

President Biden published a revised framework of the Build Back Better plan, his administration’s signature legislation focused on “human infrastructure” (aka social/domestic policy spending).

Despite global supply chain conditions and ongoing COVID-related factors, Xerox reported Q3 revenue remained flat year-over-year. However, an unprecedented level of disruption has led to shortages and transportation delays of Xerox products and third-party IT hardware.

The headlines coming out of the President's address on his Administration’s efforts to find a path out of the pandemic focused on the mandate for COVID-19 vaccines for certain employers. Action item No. 5 of the Path Out of the Pandemic plan garnered less attention, but is still worthy of review by printing companies.

This is the sixth in a series of COVID-19 Print Business Indicators Research reports that examines the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the printing industry, how printers are responding to the crisis, and how they can create a path forward.

Heidelberg is confident of returning to profitable growth in financial year 2021/2022.

In light of numerous market changes affecting costs for materials, components, chemicals, global freight, and logistics, EFI will be implementing price increases for its inkjet inks, parts and supplies.

The Postal Regulatory Commission released its examination of the U.S. Postal Service’s financial results and 10-K Statements for Fiscal Year 2020. Despite an increase in Competitive products revenue, the Commission’s overall analysis supports the conclusion that the USPS is on a highly unstable financial path.

Due to rising demand particularly in China, parts of Europe and, in the final quarter, also in the U.S., incoming orders rose to a high level of around $2.42 billion by the end of the financial year.