Printers
NSI serves up signage for Red Hot World Buffet
Wide-format print business Nationwide Sign Installation (NSI) recently completed work on the signage for the Red Hot World Buffet restaurant in Leicester.
The Envelope Works installs first five-colour press
The Envelope Works has completed the installation of two presses ordered as part of a £600,000 spend earlier this year, including its first five-colour press and its 10th two-colour press.
Public sector tenders still failing SMEs
A report highlighting the most common complaints received by the government's Mystery Shopper Service has revealed that SMEs are experiencing the same problems with public sector procurement in 2014...
Stewart Signs invests in EFI Vutek GS3250LXr Pro
Stewart Signs has bought its first UV wide-format printer, an EFI Vutek GS3250LXr Pro, following a partnership with EFI and 3M to develop a new range of flexible UV inks suitable for vehicle wrapping...
The sorry tale of Global MP comes to an ignominious end
On 30 September 2013, an announcement popped into PrintWeek’s inbox. It said: “St Ives Direct Bradford sold to Cogent B2B.”
Q&A: Freddie Kienzler, managing director, Formara Printers
We can’t quite believe it, given his fresh-faced appearance, but Freddie is set to retire next month after 43 years in the industry. He has two daughters from two marriages, and loves golf, eating in...
60 seconds with Bobcat Digital
Bobcat is a new firm that started trading at the beginning of the year. Its three partners – Martin Bateman, Louise Owen and Rob Blackburn – had worked together previously at a commercial printer. “We...
Perfect pitch drives tender triumphs
Securing framework agreement work and preferred supplier status opens up new doors.
Interview: 'If you’re not attacking your market, someone else will’
Dave Broadway has been managing director of CFH Docmail since the mid 1990s. The firm was founded by Broadway’s father, Geoff, in 1977, and he joined in 1980 after completing a degree in chemistry,...
Polestar owner Sun plans River acquisition
An affiliate of Sun European Partners, owner of Polestar Group, is understood to be on the verge of acquiring the contract publishing business River Group.