Disciplines

The revised qualification broadens the scope of knowledge required at level 3

Updated Level 3 Print Technician Standard published

The latest version of the Level 3 Print Technician Standard for apprentices has been rubber-stamped by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE).

EFI lauds single-pass market position and future potential

EFI has laid down the gauntlet to emerging competitors in single-pass inkjet printing, where the firm lays claim to a market-leading position.

Saica Pack opens customer experience centre

Saica Pack has opened a new customer experience centre, offering clients the opportunity to develop new packaging in creative workshops.

Highcon secures fresh financing, restructures for profitable future

Highcon Systems has been boosted by a fresh financial package, two further orders for its Beam 2C, a new partnership with BHS Corrugated – and a revamped business plan aimed at paving the way to...

The GC12500 was printing live at the show, although samples were not available to take away

Fujifilm highlights B2 toner versatility

Fujifilm showed its B2 Revoria Press – the GC12500 – running live for the first time outside of Japan at the Printing United Expo show in Atlanta.

Printers are encouraged to share their love of print on social media. Source: International Print Day

Free online conference launched for International Print Day

American print evangelism platform Print Media Centr has launched a 10-hour free online conference for International Print Day on 25 October 2023.

Gordon Bryan on the Xenons printer: "Because it’s an LED-UV machine, drying is instant"

PDS Print enhances wide-format with double install

PDS Print has installed two new machines – a Xenons X180 hybrid flatbed/roll-fed wide-format printer and a B8-2513 digital cutter form Ameida CNC Technology.

The cups' plastic lining is shredded, washed, and turned into pellets

James Cropper shows off cup recycling win

James Cropper has managed to close the loop on its Kendal mill’s disposable cup recycling scheme, meaning 100% of the cups’ material is now recycled and reused.

Newsprinters: its three sites will become a joint venture operation

CMA will probe News UK and DMG Media print plans

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to review plans by News UK and DMG Media to create a joint venture printing operation, in a move that could take several months.

Cullen Packaging's David MacDonald: "Sustainability is my whole focus and reason for being"

Packaging bosses named among UK’s most ambitious business leaders

Two packaging company heads have been named on a list of Britain's ‘Top 50 most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2023’.