Printers

60 seconds with Future Print Leeds

Future Print Leeds evolved in January 2016 when managing director Tim Roberts and design director Rob Dawson decided to go it alone after the owner of the firm they previously worked at passed away....

‘It’s about how you change and adapt’

Almost 10 years ago to the day, Bluetree managing director Adam Carnell and fellow director and founder James Kinsella set up their online print shop in a borrowed office with a bank of inkjets from...

Q&A: Shaun Hinchy, production manager, Plastic Card Services

Shaun has spent 10 years in print. He’s something of a fitness freak and likes running, cycling, swimming, triathlons… and fitness in general. He’s a Man City FC season ticket holder and watches with...

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...