Printers

Q&A: Andy Gillett, joint managing director, Fretwell Print & Design

Leeds United fan Andy has spent 35 years in print and is married with one daughter and a 20-month-old grand-daughter.

'We should celebrate and be excited about our products’

He runs what is arguably the UK’s biggest single-site print operation – a giant 55-acre campus that is home to the 75,000m² Prinovis UK factory.

Sawgrass expands partnership with Ricoh

US ink manufacturer Sawgrass Technologies has expanded its partnership with Ricoh to continue its five-year relationship with the manufacturer for desktop dye-sub systems.

The career changers who took a liking to the print sector

Print’s dead right? That’s what some people insist on saying. Print volumes have shrunk significantly over the last decade or so and the market has undergone an unprecedented period of consolidation....

Q&A: Dean Williams Managing director, Simpson Group

Dean is celebrating 30 years in print this year. He and his wife Sharon have two sons, Ben (20) and Luke (18) “who we are immensely proud of however want nothing to do with print, yet”.

Stag Print celebrates 40th birthday

Stag Print is celebrating 40 years in business this month and has attributed its lasting success to constantly evolving its service offering.

Overmatter: Print & passion

In these uncertain times perhaps the soothing act of reading a good book can provide balm for stressed-out souls. And what could be better than a fascinating book about a printing heyday of the past...

Q&A: Matt Carry Sales director, Acorn Web Offset

Matt is 41 years old and has been working in print for 24 years since starting as an apprentice planner/platemaker at book printers WS Maney & Son.

60 seconds with Deanprint

Deanprint can trace its history back to the 1870s when Dean & Dawson was a world renowned travel agency (even getting a mention in the film The Great Escape).

Q&A: Victoria Elliott, business development, Datum

Victoria has been in sales for 20 years: five years within the printing industry and 15 years in the motor trade. She’s a single parent to a “beautiful 10-year-old daughter who keeps me on my toes”,...