Printers

Welcoming a new firm into the fold

Take his word for it, acquiring a company can be a great way of growing your existing one. In the last decade Witherbys’ managing director James Greene has helped secure not one but two takeovers of...

Quarmby Colour hopes for turnover boost with EFI investment

Large-format print company Quarmby Colour hopes to increase turnover by 50% after this week installing an EFI Vutek GS3250LX with UltraDrop printheads.

Active Brand Concepts brings short runs in-house with Afinia buy

Brand development company Active Brand Concepts has become the first UK business to purchase an Afinia Label DLP-2000 digital label press.

‘Identify where you are making money’

Normally a company boss cuts their teeth heading up a small business, graduating to bigger and bigger firms as they gain more experience before, perhaps one day, working for a multi-site,...

Invest in your workforce of tomorrow

The managing director of KCS Print welcomed chancellor George Osborne’s recent boost for apprentices: a new levy to help large businesses spearhead a drive to increase numbers of apprentices. With...

60 seconds with HNS Signs

HNS Signs was established in 2010, initially to provide signs to the hospitals, but has since expanded to offer everything from plaques for royal openings, restaurants, bars and hospitals, to vehicle...

Me & my: HP Latex 3500

Last year PressOn printed a dazzling success, literally. It decorated the vinyl panels used to wrap a complete historic warship on the Thames.

Headley Brothers positive about future prospects

Headley Brothers’ printing operations are back in the black, and the group is “confident that continued recovery” will be evident in the coming year.

60 seconds with Hastings Printing Co

Celebrating its centenary is Hastings Printing Co (HPC), formed in 1915 to service the entertainment industry. In the 1970s it was bought by a publisher and went into other markets including magazine...

Overmatter: Fellow fundraisers

Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside, especially at this time of year. So it’s great to see two seaside printers embarking upon good works in support of their favourite charities.