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Tributes paid to George Silverman
Retired industry stalwart and ‘envelope guru’ George Silverman has died aged 72.

Paper tigers
These are changing times for pulp and paper makers. While mill and machinery closures across Europe and the UK have resulted in shrinking capacity, particularly for graphical paper grades, this has...

Keep it in the family
In 2004 the sales manager of the then named Bristol-based Baronial Labels, Paul Stokes, undertook a management buyout of the business along with his co-workers.

Overmatter: Measurement misadventures
When is an €800,000 press actually a near-€2m press?

Q&A: Derek Maskell, sales consultant, Interket
Derek is bowing out and retires this month after more than 50 years in the industry. He’s 73 and has been in print-related employment since 1966. He’s married to Donna with two children and three...

60 seconds with Windles Group
Bruce Podmore, Windles founder and managing director, started out printing in a shed in Aylesbury. Originally printing on a two-unit machine, his business grew quickly and in 1984 he joined forces...

Rising star: Luke Salisbury, account manager, Emmerson Press
Luke is 21 and joined Kenilworth-based Emmerson Press just over four years ago as an apprentice.

Me & my: Ricoh Pro C9210
At the beginning of this year Positive in Mitcham, south-west London, invested around £200,000 in three new major pieces of equipment.

Fespa bullish on Madrid 2020 success
The biggest event on the wide-format print calendar will return in March, away from its usual May date as is custom on a Drupa year.

Voting open for Printweek Power 100
Voting is now open for Printweek readers to have their say on who are the industry's leading lights in our annual Power 100 poll and potentially win a £100 John Lewis voucher.