Disciplines

Emmerson: “Our original press will run and run, no question. However, we will be more productive and faster with our new one”

Me & my: Fujifilm Jet Press 750S

Buying a new car after three years if a newer model comes out, isn’t all that unusual. Swapping a near-million-pound digital press for a newer model after three years, is less common. Still, Jamie...

Burneside Mill: James Cropper founded the mill that bears his name in 1845

Best of British: James Cropper

Moving with the times has helped this long-standing British mill stay on top.

Only connect: pulling all the pieces together

It is the nature of a management information system that it has to connect with various other systems within a printing business from all sorts of vendors and across disciplines, from pre-press to...

Heidelberg Cylinder: still in use at many print businesses

Built to last

In the old days, printing machines were made to last. They were cleaved from solid chunks of metal and essentially built like brick outhouses. Despite technological advances making many of these old...

Schinlever: "I’m going to bring back a lot of good lessons to EFI"

Inkjet: an embarrassment of riches

Printweek talks to EFI inkjet COO Scott Schinlever about his return to, and ambitions for, the company.

Steele: Measures must take company values and culture into account

20 lessons learned during lockdown for prospering amid the new normal

While some print firms were shuttered during lockdown, others have kept going throughout. Dr Adrian Steele, managing director at Staffordshire-based Mercian Labels shares some of the changed workplace...

Covid crisis should stimulate a better deal for UK makers

Just as the coronavirus situation has kept us all apart, it’s also served to bring people and organisations together.

The business hopes to extend the solar panels to its new unit next door

Aztec rises to Covid challenges and invests for growth

Aztec Label is set to invest a significant six-figure sum in an additional factory unit to boost its footprint by 25% as part of an ambitious post-Covid growth plan.

ESP's Swindon facility

ESP secures seven-figure CBILS funding

ESP Colour is the latest print business to secure a substantial CBILS loan to help it ride out the Covid-19 pandemic.

Griffin can save up to 50% material costs on large-format jobs

Tilia Labs adds cutter integration to wide-format ganging suite

Software developer Tilia Labs has expanded cutting table integration in the latest release of its Griffin wide-format print and cut nesting and ganging workflow.