Disciplines

Linzbach outlines future for the Big H

"Heidelberg” and “humble” aren’t two words normally seen in the same sentence. But that’s exactly what happened earlier this month when the manufacturer unveiled its latest plans to establish a...

Ipex succeeded, but was it enough?

Well, Ipex is over for another four years. Or is it over for good?

60-seconds with: Perton Signs

Perton Signs is celebrating 150 years of continuous trading this year. The company has seen entire eras come and go, but what really matters to event organisers today, says director Andrew Kennedy, is...

Tinkerers in search of the eureka moment

Print’s best-known eureka moment came more than 550 years ago, when Johannes Gutenberg figured out a way to print books using moveable type and a press based on the sort of screw press used for making...

Star product: Delphax elan

A high-output SRA2 sheetfed printer that undercuts B2 rivals.

Me & my: Fastbind Casematic H46Pro

In early 2011, Midlands-based digital print outfit John E Wright detected a growing trend. The company, which is headquartered in Nottingham and operates seven offices in nearby locations, noticed...

Business inspection: How to reap the rewards of awards

Entering industry awards helped Screaming Colour to stand out from its rivals.

Sector’s success is driven by ongoing tech development

Over the past few years, while other sectors have struggled in tough market conditions, wide-format and textiles has enjoyed stable, and enviable, growth – in technology, in sales and, perhaps most...

New-look investors

Necessity is the mother of invention, or so it’s said. This has certainly been true when it comes to raising funds for growth in recent years; it has been a lean time for securing business loans from...

‘We’re not selling a dream, we have to sell the reality’

Martin Mayo officially became head of Kodak’s UK operation last summer. An engineer by trade (his first job was as a service engineer for Radio Rentals, fixing video recorders) he’s possibly the first...