Disciplines

Simple four-step system to help you break bad habits

Plan Do Check Act’ (PDCA) may sound a bit like a governmental directive or a health and safety missive, but this little known business methodology – which is also known as ‘Plan Do Check Adjust’ – is...

‘My aim is always to find the next scalable business’

Tony Rafferty is chief executive of the rarest of beasts: a print PLC. However, while those three letters usually denote a faceless corporate behemoth, Grafenia is far from any of those things.

To the victors (and also to the runners up) go the spoils

Each year, the select few printers that win – and indeed even those who are shortlisted for – a PrintWeek Award have a similar story to tell: that any effort or expense that goes into entering the...

Whistl suspension hits market evolution

The decision by the UK’s second biggest postal services provider Whistl to suspend final-mile delivery services last week, putting 2,000 jobs at risk, has put back the evolution of a market economy...

Brother's Domino deal clears competition hurdle

Brother's proposed 915p-per-share acquisition of Domino Printing Sciences has been approved by the European Commission, meaning it has now been cleared by all relevant competition authorities.

Gandy Digital launches Gladi8tor UV flatbed printer

Wide-format equipment manufacturer Gandy Digital has launched its new digital UV flatbed printer, the Gladi8tor at Fespa.

Thieme inkjet-screen hybrid debuted

In a joint project with partner firms Mankiewicz and Folex, Thieme (6-T82) has developed a combined inkjet-screen print process for producing products including membranes for computer keyboards.

Macfarlane Group back on the acquisition trail

Macfarlane Group is on the hunt for another acquisition “to fill geographical gaps” following its successful purchase of Lane Packaging and Network Packaging last year.

Agfa’s new Jetis take centre stage

Agfa’s (6-S60) new flatbed and roll-to-roll wide-format UV inkjet printers, the Jeti Mira and Jeti Tauro, have had their European debuts in Hall 6.

Mutoh premieres three new printers at Fespa

Mutoh (6-T30) has unveiled three new ValueJet printers in Hall 6.