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Outsourcing usually works fine until the volume grows and you start to add up the costs. In a world of instant turnaround, it can add time to a job too.

On the face of it, corrugated boxes and corrugated display units are pretty much the same thing. Both often need printing of some sort, then cutting, creasing, folding, and gluing to assemble them....

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...

In 1996, Martin Jackson purchased a Mark Andy three-colour flexo press for his fledgling Bristol-based self-adhesive labels business Kingfisher Labels. Fast forward 24 years and today the business...

Switching to processless plates has not only saved time and money for Isle of Wight printer Crossprint, but it keeps the pre-press operators happier too. They don’t have to wash the gunk out of...

At the beginning of this year Positive in Mitcham, south-west London, invested around £200,000 in three new major pieces of equipment.

Finishing was once regarded as the ‘Cinderella of the printing industry’, but not any more, as today’s finishing machinery can be as innovative, automated and efficient as the press lines it serves.

KEP Print Group’s origins are a classic story of a garage startup leading to far greater things. 40 years ago in Tamworth, a family team bought a printing press and installed it in their home garage.

Sometimes making the decision to swap out an old bit of kit for a new one can be a difficult call. New equipment can be expensive and can take a while to bed in. You might experience downtime and it...

One part of the printing industry that’s experiencing lots of innovation, investment and interest at the moment is mailing room technology, specifically wrapping equipment. Much of this activity has...