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Star product: Sitma 1150-FP Fast Pack
A flexible and fast e-commerce and direct mail wrapper.

Star product: Canon Arizona 2300
Incorporating Canon’s innovative Flow vacuum bed technology, the two models in this new range are targeted at users with high productivity needs plus a requirement to run a wide range of media.

Me & my: Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED
In a normal year Southend-based Solopress would be churning out between 2,000 to 3,000 orders per day, depending on seasonality. These orders could be anything from 100,000 leaflets, a single roller...

Q&A: Simon Boden Business improvement manager, Glossop Cartons
Simon is 51 years young, and has been in print packaging for 35 years “man and boy”. He’s married with four grown-up children – twin daughters aged 30, a daughter of 26 and a son of 21 – and a...

Rising star: James Le Gresley, flexo press operator, Aztec Label
James is the son of Aztec Label managing director Colin Le Gresley and one of three siblings working in the family firm.

60 seconds with Cliftons
Cliftons managing director Tim Clifton started the trade print finishing business in 1998 with his father John. “I had been in repro for 10 years and was in Australia at the time when I received a...

Overmatter: cut-out companions
Could 2020 be the year of the ‘sit-ee’? We’ve seen empty football stadiums populated with cut-outs of supporters while fans are forced to stay away from games, is the dinner table next?

Apprenticeships for growth
When the management of Worcestershire-based Blue Print Direct Mail set its eyes on a new period of growth for the business, nearly six years ago, it was to form part of a bigger picture.

Killer app: H&H Reeds plays a blinder and nets top Carlisle FC programme
Saturday 3 October was a momentous day for fans of EFL League Two clubs Carlisle United FC and Barrow AFC, marking the first time the teams had met since 1964. A suitably special programme was...

Digital Drupa launches next week
Messe Düsseldorf’s online Drupa platform goes live next week when it will launch with a state of the nation panel discussion and a deep dive into the expo's virtual offering, Drupa Preview.