Disciplines

The softly-softly approach brings family together

Gently does it,” says Dean Latchford – a good adage when the company you work for thinks of consolidating different strands of business by merging into one identity.

Manufacturers hit hard in the UK’s chronic skills shortage

Whether it is warranted or not, Brexit, and its potential fallout, is now held up – in the media and in much of the public discourse – as the driver of whichever of the UK’s current ills is being...

Rising to the occasion: how to deliver the wow factor

By their very nature special event and occasion printing jobs don’t crop up on a regular basis. Often this type of work is also incredibly challenging, with jobs passing through multiple individuals...

Make sure your people know where they stand

Employees not only form the core of a business, they are also one of the biggest fixed costs it will have. With access to the innermost corporate secrets and the ability to make or break a firm,...

Me & my: Mark Andy P5E and P3 Performance presses

Sato is best known as a large international maker and seller of data collection systems (DCS) and labelling machines.

Tetra Pak to pioneer digital colour carton production

Multinational food packaging giant Tetra Pak has claimed it is to become the first carton manufacturer to introduce full-colour digital printing capabilities, in a collaboration with Koenig & Bauer...

Durst launches entry-level Tau RSC UV inkjet press

Durst has released a lower cost version of its Tau 330 RSC printer, the Durst Tau 330 RSC E UV inkjet press.

DS Smith Europac deal set to complete

DS Smith’s proposed acquisition of Spanish corrugated packaging and paper manufacturer Europac is expected to be completed later this week.

Service Graphics: Paragon buys two sites

Paragon Group has acquired Service Graphics’ Skelmersdale and Glasgow operations in a pre-pack deal, with the Chessington site likely to face closure.

Pureprint in UK HP HD first

Pureprint is installing a new HP Indigo 12000 HD B2 digital press and upgrading an existing Indigo 10000 to the same specification to become the first printer in the UK with three Indigo HD presses.