Disciplines

"You need to love this industry. It’s not very difficult to love it, but it’s mandatory"

Winding down a love affair

When Rainer Hundsdörfer took over as boss of the industry’s largest press manufacturer five years ago, the world was a very different place.

More than 325 companies will be exhibiting

Fespa 2022 preview: A sector always moving forward

Print in motion’ is the tag line Fespa has chosen for the 2022 Global Print Expo, which takes place at the Berlin Messe at the end of May.

"Embrace change and feel the feel"

Q&A: Lucy Swanston, managing director, Nutshell Creative and Topic Heroes Charity

Lucy has reached “the grand old age of 45” and has been working in the print and agency world for 27 years.

"We want to be at the forefront of growing the next generation of printers"

60 seconds with LG Davis 

Established in 1962, LG Davis was the realisation of founder Ron O’Donnell’s dream – to have a company that put the customer first. From humble beginnings in a small stationery shop in Balsall Heath...

Graham Pitts (L) and Dave Pitts (R) with the h5

KGK Genix swaps two for one in Vutek install

KGK Genix has upgraded its superwide-format offering with an EFI Vutek h5 printer.

Hunter: “The speed and ease-of-use is exactly what we need”

Me & My: Horizon BQ-160 PUR perfect binder

Allistair Hunter, managing director of Clacton-on-Sea-based print, direct mail and publishing business The DS Group says that to be successful in the printing industry and enjoy longevity you have to...

Star product: Hybrid Software Cloudflow

Workflow automation for packaging and labelling businesses.

Varijet 106: production powerhouse

Star product: Koenig & Bauer Durst VariJet 106

This press partnership sets out to offer the best of digital and offset for packaging printers.

Serif Affinity Publisher: competes with InDesign

Design for print: stalled potential?

Today’s design and layout programs are really good. So good in fact, that there’s not a lot that could make them better. And that is a problem for their developers and also for their users.

A passion for training: “Our factory is made up of 50% skilled former apprentices”

Best of British: Thinking inside the box

Avid readers of Printweek’s news pages may recall that in September 2018 the German finishing systems manufacturer Kolbus bought a British boxmaking machinery manufacturer called British Converting...