Disciplines

A facelift can be more than just skin deep
When Scott Pearce and business partner Mark Gamble bought what was then called Datumpress in an MBO in 2008, due to the retirement of boss and company founder Alan Willis, it had a relatively small...

Monitor vital signs to stay fighting fit
Picture the scene. Mrs Print Boss has just opened her copy of PrintWeek’s annual Top 500 survey. She notes her own company’s performance with quiet satisfaction, then realises that a peer and – worse...

60 seconds with: Print Me It
Print Me It started trading in 2008 as an online print company. It initially outsourced to trade printers, but over the past five years has brought digital printing and wide-format printing in-house.

Q&A: Nick Davies Business development manager, Reflex Printed Plastics
Nick has spent 20 years in print, and has a familial connection to the industry. He loves all sport, particularly football and horse racing.

'I just enjoy working in the industry too much. I still do’
After he received his 50th or so rejection letter, Tony Hards could have been forgiven for thinking that perhaps finding a position as an apprentice compositor just wasn’t his destiny.

Invest in prevention, protection and a plan for a rainy day
Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude and Henry. They sound like a group of friendly pensioners you might meet down the pub or in a tea room, rather than a series of devastating storms that caused the worst...

Packaging Innovations 2016 preview
Packaging Innovations organiser Easyfairs is once again expecting record visitor numbers at the show later this month, after recording its biggest ever footfall on its 10th anniversary last year.

James Cropper to recycle up to 100m McDonald's cups
James Cropper could soon be transforming up to 100 million used McDonald's coffee cups a year into paper after the two companies signed a landmark deal.

Paragon makes big investment in Service Point
Paragon Group has made a major £3m investment in new digital printing equipment for its Service Point network, including the UK's largest order for Xerox Versant printers.

Manroland Sheetfed now "efficient business" as improved fortunes continue
Manroland Sheetfed has seen improved results for the fourth consecutive year after owner Langley Holdings transformed it from a “lumbering leviathan” into an “efficient business”.