Disciplines

Reward and prosper

Incentive programmes are common practice for improving performance, but how successful they are will depend on how much thought goes into their setup.

Killer app: Signs ‘R’ Us knocks out punchy graphics for big fights

One of the countless challenges that sporting events organisers have faced since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic is how to make huge venues usually packed with tens of thousands of fans look...

The UK’s exit from the EU is proving a boon for some, a bane for others

What has been the initial impact of Brexit on the UK’s printing industry?

The talking cure

Keeping workplace morale up in the pandemic can be a challenge, but honest and open communication will help.

Printweek editor, Darryl Danielli

Magic money tree has propped us up, but it is due to be felled soon

Back in September, a consortium of printing industry trade bodies gloomily wrote to the chancellor Rishi Sunak warning him that 3,000 print business would be at risk of sinking without a trace if...

Manroland Sheetfed: increase in projects, especially for large press sizes

Langley results: Manroland gears up for growing demand

Langley Holdings has reported 2020 results for a “a year like no other”, while its press manufacturing subsidiary Manroland Sheetfed has “opened the taps” and returned to full production in...

February favours long overdue good news

February may be the shortest month, but as our rundown illustrates there was no shortage of big stories and top of the pile by a country mile was some welcome news.

The Ri 2000 prints at up to 1,200dpi

Ricoh launches new DTG printer

Ricoh has launched a new direct-to-garment (DTG) printer suitable for both short and long job runs.

Reach reports on tumultuous year

Media group Reach has made a near-£50m write-down in connection to the closure of two of its print sites, which also involved almost £17m in costs.

Atkinson: "GWP is a company that we have admired for quite a long time"

Macfarlane acquires protective packaging specialist GWP

Packaging giant Macfarlane Group has acquired GWP Holdings Ltd, the owner of protective packaging manufacturing and distribution business GWP Group.