Disciplines

WIndles: the ‘spiritual home’ of cold foil

60 seconds with Windles Group

Bruce Podmore, Windles founder and managing director, started out printing in a shed in Aylesbury. Originally printing on a two-unit machine, his business grew quickly and in 1984 he joined forces...

Salisbury: Coventry City, Gavin & Stacey and Twitter fan

Rising star: Luke Salisbury, account manager, Emmerson Press

Luke is 21 and joined Kenilworth-based Emmerson Press just over four years ago as an apprentice.

Sullivan: "It does what it says on the box"

Me & my: Ricoh Pro C9210

At the beginning of this year Positive in Mitcham, south-west London, invested around £200,000 in three new major pieces of equipment.

Print’s major trends of 2019 show no signs of abating

It has been a lively – some would say tumultuous – year for print. Brexit aside, the sector saw a number of major trends in 2019, but perhaps most notably M&A activity, business failures, and...

Felton: “We’ve had such demand that we’ve had to add two more halls"

Fespa bullish on Madrid 2020 success

The biggest event on the wide-format print calendar will return in March, away from its usual May date as is custom on a Drupa year.

The new ink pumping system cost £52,000 to fit

Hickling & Squires slashes plastic waste by 80%

B2 commercial litho printer Hickling & Squires has installed a new pump-to-press ink system that will significantly cut single-use plastic waste and ink usage at its Nottinghamshire plant.

One Digital joint managing directors Lynn Brazier and Steve Poland

One Digital mounts substantial expansion

One Digital is ramping up for a large-scale expansion over the coming months, significantly increasing its capacity and offerings for 2020.

Galloway: full transparency of information is key

Galloways first to implement Heidelberg Assistant

Galloways has become the first UK user of Heidelberg Assistant, the manufacturer’s cloud-based interactive business information platform.

UK consumers spent £8.3bn over Black Friday weekend last year

Print embraces Black Friday for ninth year

Printers across the country are once again embracing Black Friday, offering discounts on a wide range of products and services.

The i had sales of £34m in 2018

DMGT buys i newspaper

Newspaper group DMGT has bought the i newspaper from JPI Media for nearly £50m.