Disciplines

Epic DM was intended to capitalise on renewed growth in the direct mail market

Star product: BlueCrest Epic Direct Mail

An automated, easy-to-use DM inserter that pushes the envelope.

A B1 digital press with the attributes of Nanography

Star product: Komori Impremia NS40

Komori is preparing to launch the Impremia NS40, a B1-format press that uses Landa’s Nanographic printing technology. It joins a growing sector of presses that are all likely to make a splash at Drupa...

Richens: “App is constantly being improved”

Me & my: Vism project management software

For the past year large-format print specialist Service Graphics Swanley has been using a project management system developed by UK start-up Vism to handle the complex tasks of organising delivery and...

Collecting Resource's trophy at the Printweek Awards

Rising star: Lewis Platt Apprentice digital printer, Resource

Lewis is 18 and has already been working in the industry for two years. He initially started working at Leeds-based Resource to fill time between college terms, and was then offered a position as an...

Connor: Possibly a Rangers fan

Q&A: Douglas Connor, supply chain executive, Paragon Customer Communications

Douglas has been working in print one way or another since leaving school in 1988. He’s also club secretary of Hillsborough Pumas JFC in Sheffield, and manages the U15 side. He’s married with two...

Home from home: Propack's London base

Establishing a pied-à-terre

For any business, the decision to expand into a new region is one that needs a fair amount of research and questions answered before the wheels can be set in motion. What region? What’s the customer...

Wear your heart on your print

When February rolls around it means only one thing in the world of retail: shelves and rails filled with products covered in hearts and flowers.

Packaging Innovations: Broadening the debate

You can’t talk about packaging these days without being keenly aware that there is an impassioned and important debate about its impact – particularly plastic packaging – on the environment, and...

The small matter of fraud

According to PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, only 49% of global organisations said they’ve been a victim of fraud and economic crime. While some might question the percentage...

Training tracks

Print business owners face a major dilemma. There is currently a significant skills shortage within the industry, which has a rapidly ageing workforce. There is also a lack of young people entering...