Disciplines

Star product: Xerox iGen5

Xerox's high-throughput workhorse gets a five-colour upgrade.

Me & my: Ryobi 924 LED-UV

There was a definite moment at Ipex last year that swung it for Mike Greene. The ABC Print Group managing director was looking at stepping up formats from B3 to B2 when he rolled up at the show and...

Sloppy security is making printing companies targets for cyber criminals

At first glance commercial printers might think that the prospect of cyber criminals or hackers attempting to access their IT system is fairly remote. After all, hackers typically seem to go after...

DTS paints picture of the shape of things to come

A new dimension is opening up for digital printing. The third dimension. We’re at the start of an exciting new phase in the adoption of digital printing that will see it applying images...

‘We don’t need to panic, we just need to follow the plan’

When Mark Cornford led a £12.8m MBO at Communisis’s business forms operation in 2008, it’s fair to say that a few people thought the proud Welshman was perhaps a little bit mad.

Why waste is a wasted opportunity

In recent years waste management has become a multibillion-pound industry. And print businesses like those in every other industry, perhaps more so than many others with its inks, chemicals, metals...

Polestar calls time on Stones site

Polestar is proposing to close its Polestar Stones sheetfed site, after nearly two centuries in business, as the company’s chief financial officer departs for pastures new.

Drytac launches new film for personalised dry-erase graphics

Self-adhesive materials manufacturer Drytac Europe has launched WipeOut, a new clear gloss polyester film for personalised dry-erase graphics applications.

Barclay’s upgrades Linoprint technology

Four years after buying its first digital press from Heidelberg, Barclay’s Print has returned for a Linoprint CP, the high-speed 130ppm model.

Drupa unveils new area in its Innovation Park

A new area devoted to innovation in business strategy and marketing will form part of the Drupa Innovation Park at next year’s show.