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A winter (and all year round) wonderland thanks to Arctic Paper
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​​The iconic 2026 Munken Agenda embraces the idea of circularity – breaking away from a linear perception of time and transforming it into a circle that opens space for reflection and creativity.
As always, this is much more than just a calendar. It is an object that combines planning with creativity – its double sided format lets you choose between a classic weekly planner (‘Calendar Side’) and a colourful space filled with games, prompts and blank pages (‘Creativity Side’).
The visual identity is inspired by the Aurora Borealis, a tribute to Arctic Paper’s Nordic heritage, and the concept was developed by Elienai Barboza, Emma Mapelli, Blu Rigassi and Nour Tabka – students of IED Milan.
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Question: Who are the two ‘stars’ who guide users through the Munken Agenda?​
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A copy of the new Munken Agenda 2026
Merry and bright thanks to Antalis
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Keaykolour, part of Antalis’ Creative Papers collection, is a premium range of uncoated coloured papers and boards renowned for its refined palette of 45 shades and luxurious tactile feel. Designed for creative print, packaging and brand communications, it combines aesthetic versatility with technical performance, offering weights from 120 to 450 g/m2 and compatibility with a wide range of print and finishing techniques such as embossing, foil blocking and die cutting. Sustainably produced, FSC certified, and carbon balanced as standard via World Land Trust, Keaykolour’s balanced colour families allow seamless coordination across projects, making it a favourite among designers seeking to add depth, texture, and sophistication to everything from stationery and invitations to high end packaging and promotional materials.
Question: In Antalis’ Keaykolour range of 45 harmonised shades, how many colour names begin with the letter ‘B’?
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An Amazon £25 gift voucher.
Warmest holiday wishes – and a successful new year, thanks to Compass Business Finance
Are you planning for 2026 yet? Great ideas start with great conversations – and sometimes, a great cup of coffee.
Compass Business Finance is here to help you make your ambitions a reality. Whether you are investing in new equipment, exploring finance options, or simply looking for ways to grow, the Compass team is ready to talk through your plans and provide the best funding solutions for your goals.
The great thing is, the team of specialists at Compass have a wealth of industry experience from working with print and packaging companies over many years, enabling a quick understanding of your requirements and the specific needs of the industry.
And, as Compass is as passionate about the success of your business as you are, the team knows that your time is finite, so makes the process as easy and straightforward as possible by removing all unnecessary complexities.
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Question: In which year was
Compass Business Finance established?​
Win
A Nespresso Vertuo Pop Coffee Pod Machine Barista Bundle by De’Longhi.
You can win: A bottle of Leventhorpe Brut
Question: What is the CyanX philosophy?
Find the answer at: www.linkedin.com/company/cyanx-ltd
‘Tis the season to sparkle, thanks to CyanX
​CyanX has a long standing relationship with leading manufacturers and suppliers in the industry to help its customers add value, be more creative, efficient and productive. One such partner is Breit Technologies, the mastermind behind the Cast and Cure technology, which can be used to produce a range of holographic and other finishes on a wide variety of printed substrates. This also includes the ability to add security features. In addition, the textured effects add
an extra dimensional tactile element to the finish, which means an additional interest for customers who pick up the printed product.
Breit Technologies offers a full suite of specialised in line, near line, and off line casting and curing equipment for any print environment.
CyanX’s systems cover a wide range of printing processes including narrow web flexographic, sheetfed and digital printing procedures.
Question: Name three types of material suitable for the Cast
and Cure process?
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Win
Some Whitby Gin - The Demeter Edition
All I want for Christmas…thanks to Dantex
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Building on the 10 year legacy of the original press, Dantex Group relaunched its highly popular, small footprint PicoColour, now equipped with today’s advanced technology. The result is a futureproof solution for label converters seeking high performance at an affordable entry point.
PicoColour is both compact and incredibly user friendly. It offers customers a fully functional printing press with features from the flagship PicoJet, including an expanded colour gamut, superwhite, supertext and supertact.
By prioritising efficiency, service and cost effectiveness, Dantex has optimised maintenance to reduce running costs. Developed as part of the Pico range, it provides a unified technology platform, simplifying training and support for customers managing multiple presses .
Dantex has carefully considered customer feedback, refining the design of PicoColour to print 254 mm wide.
It now has a fully integrated finishing system that includes shuttle based die cutting, lamination, matrix removal, and edge trimming, all while maintaining its footprint.
Question: How fast can the newly relaunched PicoColour print?​​​
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A lovely hamper.
A Christmas cracker, thanks to Enfocus
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PitStop’s 25.11 update makes the PDF proofing software even more powerful thanks to a number of new features. Notably, the update marks the launch of the beta version of Enfocus Botus, an AI powered chatbot to support users in making the most out of PitStop’s many useful features.
In addition, the update brings macOS 26 (Tahoe) compatibility, a new Layer panel, enabling more efficient layer editing by offering an overview of all layers and their properties, the ability to select unnecessary clipping objects, improved detection of thin objects, a host of bug fixes, and much more.
Loïc Aigon, product manager, said: ‘With Botus, we want to help our users to extract the maximum value out of PitStop, enabling them to chat and request assistance to find solutions to their issues much more quickly. Botus is still in beta, so we are looking forward to collaborating with our community to ensure it can get even better with feedback.'
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Question: What are the five reasons print professionals choose PitStop Pro?​​​​​
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A year’s free license for Enfocus’ PitStop and Griffin.
All sparkling and bright, thanks to Foilco
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The Foilco team understands the importance of design in the graphic arts – to complement the product by adding value and creating a real ‘wow’ moment, whilst remaining sustainable.
To answer the needs of specifiers, and to allow them to see just what can be achieved with foil, the company launched its now iconic Index, which was the first fully customisable foil swatch book for the design and print industry, and it has become an essential tool for design.
Presented in a loose leaf format in a ring binder, and grouped in tonal colours, with over 200 hot stamping foil shades and finishes, the cards are fully recyclable, and highlight the full range of Foilco foils. This format allows users to easily add new cards or to rearrange colours and textures as they wish.
Graham Wood is a distinguished British graphic designer and creative with decades of experience. A limited edition poster was born out of
a photograph from the back of a taxi in New York. Graham asked Foilco if there was anything that could be done to enhance it. The company used its 6110MN Ghost Silver Satin foil, and teamed up with Dreyer Kliche, which created a large scale etched die, and Fedrigoni for Sirio paper. The result is a beautiful one of a kind moon illustration – and now it can be yours!
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Question: What appears in the front of the Index collection binder?​​​​​
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A limited edition Graham Wood framed poster and a Foilco Index foil guide
CHRISTMAS CRACKER
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Why don't penguins fly?
Because they are not tall enough to be pilots!
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The stars are brightly shining, thanks to Formara
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For nearly 55 years, environmentally friendly print company Formara’s warm, friendly approach to the way it conducts business has been welcomed by customers large and small. This caring culture has underpinned its success and helped build an enviable reputation as a business that people love working for, and people love working with, both as suppliers and customers.
Continued investment has helped Formara stay ahead of the game. This philosophy continued in 2025, with the installation of a new Canon imagePress V1350. Combined with its other digital presses, the investment enables Formara to achieve an overall digital print capacity of approximately 4.53 million impressions per month across two shifts – a figure that does not include the company’s litho production capacity.
Formara’s ability to adapt and rise to any challenge has given it a competitive advantage and it continues to provide a wide range of services to a client base that spans many different sectors.
Question: In September, Formara won a gold award for mail performance at the SMP Awards. With which organisation did Formara work for its multichannel ‘Welcome Day’ campaign entry?​​​​​​​​
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A Luxury Wellbox Hamper plus £100 Formara voucher for new customers
Have a jolly, holly holiday, thanks to Heidelberg
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A true success story, Heidelberg’s Speedmaster CX104 has more than 6100 units installed worldwide.
The flexible CX104 comes in a wide variety of configurations to suit the needs of your business, and to help customers to get exactly the right fit, Heidelberg has now launched an online configurator. This allows you, in a few clicks, to determine the right press for you.
The CX104 is configurable with up to 20 printing and coating units, and customisable automation including AutoPlate Pro, AutoProtect, CutStar, Prinect Inpress Control, and Prinect Inspection Control
Inline finishing with coating unit or FoilStar for metallic effects.
It also benefits from Intelligent operation with Prinect Press Center XL 3 and innovative assistance systems.
From thin paper to cardboard, the press offers minimal makeready – only 55 sheets with optimal production preparation, so no matter if you are producing commercial print or packaging, there is a Speedmaster CX104 just for you.
Question: How many units does the longest Speedmaster CX104 to date have?​
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Three chances to win a large wicker hamper filled with goodies
Evergreen and full of festive delight, thanks to Parkside
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Recoflex is Parkside’s award winning range of fully recyclable flexible materials, designed to support a circular economy. This is an innovation platform built around both paper based and recycle ready monopolymer. The idea is simple: give brands an alternative to conventional materials without compromising on product protection, print quality or sustainability.
In the Recoflex paper range, for example, FSC certified fibre meets proprietary water based barrier coatings to offer moisture, grease, and oxygen resistance that rivals plastic, but in a fully kerbside recyclable pack.
The paper configurations offering high barrier protection, freezer performance, reclosability, and metallisation. Recoflex solutions are used across varied sectors such as frozen seafood, premium confectionery, produce, and coffee.
Parkside remains fully committed to creating innovative packaging solutions that make a real difference and reduce negative impacts on the environment.
Question:
Name three different types of material in the Recoflex range.​​
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A luxury food hamper
Happy holidays and warm wishes, thanks to Plockmatic
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This year, Plockmatic Group announced new technology, the latest of which is the new Plockmatic SC7800 Pro XL digital die cutter.
The SC7800 Pro XL, available early in 2026, has a dual cutter/creaser and incorporates a revolutionary tangential creasing tool, with male (convex) and female (concave) elements, delivering sharper, more defined creases, for the effortless completion of high quality folds. Notably, the new system handles B2 sized sheets up to 450 microns and a wide range of media including synthetics.The new digital system eliminates the need for costly dies.
The company is also seeing success with its DigiFold Ultra. This is a creasing/folding machine with full bleed trim capabilities. It can slit, cut, crease, perforate, and fold in one pass.
DigiFold Ultra’s long sheet trimming is a complement to the latest printing presses which now offer duplex printing on longer sheets. Rather than adding a free standing guillotine for the trimming of 560 mm long sheets, the Ultra allows customers to leverage the capabilities of new presses, with its ability to trim sheets up to 1300 mm.
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Question: The SC7800 Pro XL employs two modes for cutting files. What are they?
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A magnum of champagne
Eat, drink and be merry, with Premier
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Premier is now offering the new Performa Nova, a next generation folding boxboard (FBB) from Stora Enso that combines high yield with exceptional performance. The new board is designed to meet the growing demand for renewable, recyclable, and efficient packaging solutions in segments such as dry, frozen, and chilled food, chocolate,
and confectionery.
Performa Nova is produced using FiberLight Tec, which is tested and proven proprietary technology that enables the creation of strong yet lightweight board. The result is higher material efficiency, which allows for more packages to be produced with less raw material – without sacrificing packaging strength or visual appearance.
Both Stora Enso and Premier are committed to delivering high quality and sustainable packaging materials. The manufacturer recently expanded its consumer board production capacity at Oulu, Finland, where the board is produced.
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Question: The CO2 emissions from Performa Nova can be mitigated through Premier’s Carbon Capture programme. What organisation’s work will this support?​
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A bottle of champagne
The most wonderful time – all of the year, thanks to Route 1 Print
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Operating from a 147,000 square foot factory in Rotherham, Route 1 Print is the UK’s largest trade printer, and what a year 2025 it has been for the company and its customers!
With over £8 million invested in the last 12 months alone, much of it focused on boosting its large format capabilities, Route 1 Print is pushing boundaries like never before.
As well as investment in print production, and with increasing pressure across the industry to deliver eco conscious solutions, Route 1 Print has invested in infrastructure that allows resellers to offer print with greener credentials.
With a newly installed bank of solar panels in 2025, the company has added an extra 1765 panels to those already installed, expected to generate an additional 839.6 MWh (839,626 kWh) per year.
Route 1 Print’s sustainability efforts don’t stop at solar. Alongside this latest investment, the company continues to implement efficiency improvements, reduce or eliminate the carbon associated with its operations, and explore further opportunities for onsite generation, all with the goal of bringing even more value to its resellers.
Question: Which furry friend features on the artwork for a standard
cafe barrier on the Route 1 Print website?
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A Dolce Gusto De’Longhi Piccolo XS coffee machine
Festive offer from Tradeprint
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​Tradeprint Pro is the most established trade loyalty scheme in the UK print sector, designed exclusively to reward print protessionals. To date, the company has rewarded members with over £1.5 million back in credits.
Tradeprint offers more than 500 products online including small format, signs, displays, banners, labels, packaging and branded merchandise. Bespoke quotes are available o n request.
Pro customers also benefit from access to personalised business oriented support, including account managers. For this Printmas, the company is offering free three month's Tradeprint Pro VIP membership giving you the joy of instant discounts and credit rewards. This allows you t o broaden your print catalogue overnight by using Tradeprint's white label shipping t o delight your customers.
Quote: 'BIGPRINTMAS
Sign up to unwrap your VIP membership o r existing Pro members can upgrade to VIP.
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VIP Tradeprint Pro Membership for 3 months
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL
NEW YEAR TO ALL READERS
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