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RNB Group makes double Konica investment to manage growing demand

Increasing demand for daily output has prompted RNB Group to ramp up digital output by spending around £300,000 on two Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1100 colour digital production presses.

Multi Signs boosts efficiency with Roland install

Family business Multi Signs is this week installing a new Roland DG VersaExpress RF-640 to roll out banners, vehicle graphics and sign boards.

Killer app: Timely PressOn installation wins over Limited Space

Wide-format specialist PressOn has recently printed an award-winning shopping centre campaign for long-term client Limited Space Media Group, which saw it produce a range of print for a Citizen...

Automation can’t replace autonomy

Picture the scene: a dystopian future where printshops across the land are devoid of humans, with the press halls and binderies run by an army of robots and computers.

Tangled web sector signals crunch time for buyers

The web offset sector has experienced another turbulent year, with further closures, lay-offs and major capacity loss all hitting the industry.

How the humble mobile phone will conquer W2P

On Valentines Day this year, a landmark moment in retail was reached: according to the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, the proportion of online retail traffic coming from mobile devices broke the 50%...

Digital production puts John Good at top of the bill

John Good, one of the UK’s largest and longest-running publishers of theatre programmes and brochures, was keen to work on its performance techniques.

The rise of the robots needn’t be an apocalypse for printers

Potential future uses for robots in the workplace hit the headlines recently as the result of a major BBC series, Intelligent Machines, looking at advances in artificial intelligence and robots.

The theories that could give you a very practical edge

The printing industry has never been more competitive than it is today. Advances in technology have increasingly taken the guesswork – and to some extent the skill – out of producing high-quality...

Pitney Bowes secures long-term Communisis contract

Communisis has appointed Pitney Bowes as a long-term transactional mail hardware and software supplier in a move it said will drive productivity and continuous improvement initiatives.