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60 seconds with Snap Print Management

Snap Print Management was launched just three years ago by managing director, Sarah Wiles. Then known as Snap Marketing Solutions, the company began life as a kitchen table start-up, quickly expanding...

Q&A: Steve Miller, production director, Statexcolourprint

Steve spent three years at technical college gaining A levels in photography, fine art and screenprinting and a diploma in television production.

Automation can’t replace autonomy

Picture the scene: a dystopian future where printshops across the land are devoid of humans, with the press halls and binderies run by an army of robots and computers.

The rise of the robots needn’t be an apocalypse for printers

Potential future uses for robots in the workplace hit the headlines recently as the result of a major BBC series, Intelligent Machines, looking at advances in artificial intelligence and robots.

‘We’re about service, not about puffing our chests out’

On, ahem, paper it’s been a busy old year for David Hunter, Antalis managing director, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa.

'Ab Fab' printer retires after 42 years in print

An “absolutely fabulous” print expert has retired from the industry after 42 years, leaving colleagues sad to lose her to the golf course.

C&T Matrix strengthens technical team with new hire

Creasing matrix and profile rubbers manufacturer C&T Matrix has strengthened its commercial and technical team with the appointment of a new technical sales manager for the UK and Europe.

Pureprint Group in another big name hire

Pureprint Group has recruited another technology-focused big-hitter following the appointment of Anthony Thirlby as chief operating officer earlier this year.

Point Control staff help save colleague's life

Staff at trade finisher Point Control Print Finishing have been praised for their quick thinking after one of their colleagues collapsed while having a heart attack.

Will we see their like again?

Jo Francis lauds our longest-serving printers.