Disciplines

Me & my: Xeikon ThermoflexX 30

When Mission Labels made the great leap from film to CTP it made a bigger jump into the unknown. “Changing from analogue film setting to CTP for digital flexo plates is one of the most daunting moves...

Star product: Ibis Smart-binder SB3 Plus HS

This British-built binder offers clever features and unique technology.

Stronger teams build stronger businesses

Lindsey Halewood was scared of heights until she went on a staff engagement exercise for Prinovis, where she works in the press room.

Print brings brands closer to customers

Would you pay more than £10 for a personalised tube of muesli? Some of German retailer MyMuesli’s customers are willing to, which is why it invested in a Heidelberg Omnifire direct-to-shape 4D inkjet...

Ensure you keep your staff out of the danger zone

On the whole, print has a reasonably good safety record. According to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) annual statistics, the printing sector has a lower accident rate than associated...

60 seconds with Lollipop Print

Lollipop’s roots can be traced back almost 25 years under the name of Document Options, which was started in a boarding house in Brighton. As the business evolved, new premises were acquired and the...

Overmatter: star turn

What better way to celebrate the installation of the UK’s first Fujifilm Jet Press 720S B2 sheetfed inkjet press than by having a legendary rugby player pop in to cut the ribbon?

Q&A: Ben Manning, production director, Rapidity

Ben is slightly older than London-based Rapidity, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. Unsurprisingly given his family connections to the industry, he has also been “working in the print”...

PressOn cultivates giant blooming living painting

Having wrapped an entire ex-Royal Navy warship, the ‘Dazzle Ship’, and received a 2015 Fespa Gold Award for its troubles, PressOn was sought out by the Flower Council of Holland to produce an...

Education boosts perception of print

The paper industry is out to bust a myth: that it is imperilling the environment by destroying forests in order to boost profits.