Business

Agfa publishes year-end results; releases Asanti 3.0

Agfa-Gevaert has posted mixed results for 2016; the group saw a 4.1% drop in revenue but a 1.7% jump in gross profit and a recurring Ebitda margin above 10% of revenue.

Belle supports premises move with new Horizon

Belle Design & Print has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch-fold-trim line to support its move to larger premises.

Free expert business advice at PWL!

PrintWeekLive!, which opens its doors tomorrow, will feature free one-to-one business advice and mentoring sessions for visitors, but places are filling up fast.

Capitalists carve out a niche

The history of printing in London is entwined with the history of the city itself, stretching all the way back to the 1400s when William Caxton brought printing presses to the capital. However, that...

Strategies to land the perfect catch

The question of how best to grow a business is asked again and again and again. Organic or acquisitive – either way the intended end-result is the same: the greater efficiencies and profitability that...

I tell clients: ‘I’m going to help you sell more stuff’

In a break from our usual format, this issue’s interview was conducted by EFI chief executive Guy Gecht, who spoke to Quad/Graphics chairman, president and chief executive Joel Quadracci in a...

Central Mailing Services supports growth with new kit haul

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has supported its continued growth with a £170,000 investment in a raft of new machinery and software.

HP grows both turnover and profits in Q1 2017

HP has grown its turnover in the first quarter of 2017 by 4% compared with the same period in 2016 – from $12.2bn to $12.7bn (£10.4bn) – and overall profits are also up from $592m to $611m.

What it takes to join the 100 club

Winston Churchill once said that “the farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see”.

Fishing a fresh opportunity from stormy waters

There was nothing pretty about the finish when floods all but annihilated Celloglas’ Leeds premises and every scrap of machinery in it. A lesser business might have succumbed, but multi-site Celloglas...