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Where the print industry is heading, in plain language

Practical analysis for print businesses and buyers: the regulations reshaping demand, the economics behind a production decision, and the technology that answers both. Written by people who install, service and now build wide-format machines.

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Outdoor billboard advertising printed on paper media
Market & RegulationJune 2026 · 6 min read

The quiet shift away from PVC, and what it means for your production floor

European regulation isn't banning your billboards overnight. It's doing something slower and more certain: making PVC-free the safe choice for buyers, tender by tender. Here's the real state of the rules, and the production decision it points to.

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Articles that answer what buyers actually search

Not company news nobody looks for, but the questions a print business types into Google before it buys. Each one is built to rank, to inform, and to lead back to a real production answer. Here's what's in preparation.

Market & Regulation

The quiet shift away from PVC, and what it means for your production floor

The honest state of European plastic regulation and why PVC-free is becoming the default specification.

Retail & OOH

Why retail and OOH are returning to paper, and what it asks of your press

The point of sale never lost its power to sell. What changed is the material it's allowed to be made of.

Economics

What a square metre really costs: reading a wide-format TCO honestly

Ink, media, energy, labour and downtime. How to compare two machines without being fooled by the sticker price.

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Technology

Latex, eco-solvent or water-based pigment: choosing ink chemistry for paper

A buyer's guide to the trade-offs that actually matter when your substrate is uncoated paper.

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Applications

PVC-free wallcoverings: a new margin line for commercial print shops

Why hospitality and retail interiors are specifying non-woven, and how to add the capability.

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Production

Running long: keeping a press in registration through hour six

What separates a machine that quotes a speed from one that holds it across a full campaign run.

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Business

Decarbonisation grants for print: turning compliance into CAPEX help

How low-energy, low-emission equipment can qualify for public funding across several EU markets.

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