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Machines take on manpower for materials handling
In the early days of wide-format inkjet printing, the technology was held in check from encroaching on screen and litho markets by limitations in printing itself.
Star product: Konica Minolta KM-1
Konica Minolta’s much anticipated B2 inkjet sheetfed press will launch at Drupa 2016.
60 seconds with Datum
Datum started back in 1988 in Shoreditch, London, as a pre-press company supplying plates and proofs to the local litho printers. It left behind its London roots in 2000 when the business relocated to...
Overmatter: calendar boys
January. Time to put up a new calendar. Or two, or even perhaps three or four.
Q&A: Chris Bailey Purchasing manager (just retired) for mutual OneFamily
After a short and (he says) less than glittering career in marketing, Chris got into print buying by accident and ended up doing it for 28 years.
Why it pays to straighten up and fly right
Should a printer define itself by the equipment it uses or by its customers? Marketing theory would suggest the latter, but with the high prices and long pay-back times of presses there’s a risk you...
Believe in print's power and people
I appreciate that the Yuletide break may seem a distant memory for many of you reading this, but as this is the first issue of 2016: happy new year from all of us at PrintWeek Towers.
Me & my: Infigo MegaEdit
Collaboration with web-to-print developer Infigo was the key to London digital printer Rapidity winning a big web-to-print contract with property agent Cluttons.
Can the Apprenticeship Levy deliver real value for industry?
With just 15 months to go before the Apprenticeship Levy comes into force, companies are advised to start planning their apprenticeship provision, if they have not done so already.
The Envelope Works Group lures back former sales manager
Former UK sales manager Martin Burton has re-joined The Envelope Works Group after a five-year absence.