Disciplines

Who really wields the power in print?

Next week the PrintWeek team will start work in earnest on our annual Power 100, our ranking of the 100 most influential individuals in the industry.

Star product: Intec LCF215

Intec offers up a cost-effective tabletop label finishing system.

Overmatter: Eccles cake decoration

Overmatter might have known that when it came to his recent nuptials, PrintWeek contributor Simon Eccles would have something special and print-related up his sleeve.

Q&A: Freddie Kienzler, managing director, Formara Printers

We can’t quite believe it, given his fresh-faced appearance, but Freddie is set to retire next month after 43 years in the industry. He has two daughters from two marriages, and loves golf, eating in...

60 seconds with Bobcat Digital

Bobcat is a new firm that started trading at the beginning of the year. Its three partners – Martin Bateman, Louise Owen and Rob Blackburn – had worked together previously at a commercial printer. “We...

Perfect pitch drives tender triumphs

Securing framework agreement work and preferred supplier status opens up new doors.

Comic book fans celebrate a long and colourful history

The words ‘comic book’ bring for most a fairly specific image to mind. Or rather two specific images: superheroes of the Marvel and DC Comics ilk exploding thrillingly across the page, and cheeky...

Wish you were here... Why it pays to manage time off

The days are long, the schools closed. Summer is upon us. It’s the season of domestic and international getaways – time to unwind. Put your feet up and make the most of that well-earned downtime.

Interview: 'If you’re not attacking your market, someone else will’

Dave Broadway has been managing director of CFH Docmail since the mid 1990s. The firm was founded by Broadway’s father, Geoff, in 1977, and he joined in 1980 after completing a degree in chemistry,...

Killer app: Ryedale Group hailed for printed sensor technology

Not so long ago, the idea of printing an electronic circuit would have sounded highly futuristic and sci-fi. But the future, say printed electronics experts, is now here. One exciting recent example...