Publishing
Johnston Press eyes ad revenue tipping point in 2015
Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield has said the regional publisher is close to returning to top line advertising revenue growth following continued slowing of the rate of decline in the...
KBA reveals custom wide-web digital install and adds detail on RotaJet L-Series
KBA has installed what it believes to be the widest digital colour web press – a 1.6m-wide 4/0 machine – and revealed further details of its RotaJet L wide-web digital press family, which was launched...
Killer app: Park and PaperShapers aid ‘origamic’ artwork
Who would have thought that paper and print would find their place amongst kinetic, electronic and new media art? Artist Elod Beregszaszi for one. He created a limited-edition installation/pop-up...
Editor’s comment: Web squeeze could presage a new era
It has been a busy few weeks at PrintWeek Towers, what with work starting on the Top 500, last week’s Awards and the Power 100 earlier in the month, and it seems we’re not alone in being under the...
Web offset capacity crunch to continue
An “unprecedented” squeeze on UK web offset capacity could last until Christmas, even though Polestar has now begun printing live jobs on its first 96pp web press.
KBA bolsters sales team with new hire
KBA (UK) has appointed Mark Francis as area sales manager for Wales, the Midlands and the North West regions.
Former Cumbrian News Group technical director Peter Graham Simpson dies
Peter Graham Simpson, the former technical director of Cumbrian News Group, has passed away aged 68.
KBA adds wide web digital and partners with HP
KBA has launched the widest full-colour digital web press yet, the RotaJet L-Series.
Web’s decline has a way to go yet
It’s a depressing list, and a depressingly long one. The list (below) featuring a roll-call of more than 25 web offset printers that have closed since the year 2000 includes some of the industry’s...
Killer app: Service Graphics delivers an ‘Altered’ view of icons
Boxpark in Shoreditch – well known among London’s trendy types for its pop-up shops – is playing host to pop-up print this month. Artist Yoni Alter has taken the top spot, literally, at the big banner...