Disciplines

Shawpak targets £3m turnover with thermoformer range

Shawpak has initiated a major drive to increase its turnover to £3m within the year and to sell 100 of its thermoforming machines annually by 2020.

De La Rue accentuates the positives

Underlying sales and profits are up at De La Rue, but the group’s results were overshadowed by the ongoing fall-out over the UK passport contract loss, which has resulted in one investor viewing the...

Kodak latest to raise plate prices

Kodak is set to raise the price of its offset printing plates by up to 9% after the escalating cost of aluminium became "too great to bear".

60 seconds with Diguru

Diguru started back in 2010 with the aim of delivering a diverse range of printing services, quickly, efficiently and to the highest quality. The firm’s focus was to offer three key services to...

Overmatter: On-site insight from Insite

Overmatter bumped into this cool dude at the recent Fespa expo, where Insite Graphics celebrated more than a decade of on-site stand exhibition graphics production.

Making the case for setting up apprenticeships

Keenan Phillips had something to prove at his interview for an apprenticeship post. So did the man interviewing him for the job at Saxon Packaging.

Add to your hat collection to help you get ahead

Diversification: is it a buzz word we’ve become obsessed with or an unnecessary evil if a print business is to thrive beyond 2018?

Boardroom responsibilities need to be taken seriously

Everyone loves a title. Whether it’s self-aggrandisement, public recognition of good work done, or as a function of a role, titles are everywhere. But while some titles are honorific, others, such as...

Forecast worsening for paper supply

Earlier this month PrintWeek reported on the ‘perfect storm’ of global events that have tightened the supply of graphical papers and resulted in paper mills resorting to allocation for the first time...

Textiles and corrugated sparkle as expo returns to Berlin

Just over a decade after the show last visited Germany’s capital, Fespa returned to Berlin earlier this month, packed with popular returning features and a number of well-received new initiatives.