Disciplines

Face masks and face coverings: growing requirement

Face mask demand surges on fresh guidance

Printing firms are reporting a fresh spike in demand for face masks after the latest government announcement mandating their use on public transport.

Magovern on BBC Midlands Today with cutouts of himself and his son

Typecraft steps up to bring fans back to sport

Printed crowds made up of individual fans' faces could become commonplace as professional sport returns behind locked doors in the coming weeks, following a partnership between Cheltenham Town FC and...

SPOT included Spicers and OfficeTeam, with some suppliers owed money by both

SPOT suppliers owed millions at time of admin

Spicers Office Team (SPOT) owed paper and envelope suppliers almost £3m when it went into administration last month, with one paper manufacturer alone owed just under £1.86m.

St Bride to host virtual wayzgoose

St Bride Foundation is hosting a virtual wayzgoose tomorrow, where artists, printers and bookmakers will share some of their skills.

Booker: Our team has gone the extra yard

Postworks scales up for fivefold Covid growth

Hybrid mail specialist Postworks has successfully moved to a larger production facility during lockdown, as it ramps up capacity to support a fivefold increase in demand due to businesses and...

The film’s antibacterial properties remain effective for the lifetime of the product

GIF adds anti-bacterial laminating film to range

Laminating consumables specialist Graphic Image Films (GIF) has expanded its range with a new, exclusive anti-bacterial laminate film developed specially for print that is handled multiple times.

Stabel (right) at Xeikon's announcement of the new Idera platform

Xeikon makes move on single-pass corrugated

Xeikon is entering the single-pass corrugated printing market with a new water-based ink offering, and has also said that a key target market of its new SX30000 digital press will be commercial...

Home secretary Priti Patel announcing the new measures in Parliament

Quarantine exemptions provide some relief

Specialist technicians such as service engineers, and postal workers involved in the transport of mail, will be exempt from the government’s new quarantine measures – much to the industry’s relief.

97sqm/hr Hercules has a list price of £17,500

Sabur launches entry-level DGI dye sub

Sabur Digital has launched a new entry-level DGI dye-sublimation device that offers a sub £20k access point to 1.9m-wide textile printing.

Sensient Imaging Technologies: high-performance inkjet inks

Sun Chemical adds to inkjet portfolio with Sensient buy

Sun Chemical has expanded its water-based and digital printing inks business with the acquisition of Sensient Imaging Technologies (SIT).