Printers
60 seconds with Etiquette Labels
Founded in 1991 on the back of the barcoding boom, Etiquette Labels expanded quickly and established itself in self adhesive labels, primarily for the food industry.
Overmatter: bin blunder
Overmatter still wakes up in cold sweat sometimes, upon remembering a head-scratching hoo-hah back in the day when attempting to create the artwork for self-cling window decals, which needed to be...
Q&A: Derek Knoll Chairman, Hastings Printing Co
Derek is 83 and has been in the trade since he was 14, a whopping 69 years – beat that! He still goes into the office twice a week and likes to keep up with advances within the trade.
Is it true that print’s customers can’t get no satisfaction?
Customer service in print has been placed under the spotlight over the past few weeks, with recently released research suggesting that service in the industry is below par.
‘The reason you get into digital print is because you love it’
There aren’t many things that worry ProCo managing director Jon Bailey, after all he’s made a career out of embracing change.
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...