Business

Swanline boosts throughput with Esko buy

Swanline Paper & Board, the materials division of trade printer Swanline Print, has invested in an Esko Kongsberg C24 cutting table to increase its throughput by up to 80%.

Be prepared for a change at the top

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different, said the pioneering French fashion designer Coco Chanel. She knew her stuff, did Coco. As proven by another of her famous quotes: as long as...

Q&A: Claire Tennant, head of project management, Linney Group

Claire has spent 22 years in printing and logistics at Linney Group, progressing through a variety of roles in the business. She is married to Mark, has a daughter Millie who is nine and stepson...

DTG goes XL!

Janet Warren, founder of personalised fabric printer Print Me Pretty, has never used anything other than a direct-to-garment (DTG) digital printer.

In an era of consolidation what works best for printers?

Another week and another raft of mergers and acquisitions announced in the printing industry, some large, some small, some domestic and some global.

The flexible friends who do a grand job

"I contacted these guys about some varsity jackets,” reads one client testimonial on the Custom Planet website. “They responded within the hour. I made payment on a Friday for 25 embroidered jackets...

ABC Print (Hereford) leaves shortfall of more than £1m

Commercial printer ABC Print (Hereford) has left an estimated shortfall of more than £1m.

BCQ reveals LE-UV investment and brings perfect binding in-house

Commercial printer BCQ Group is set to take delivery of its first LE-UV press next spring and has also brought perfect binding in-house following a separate finishing investment.

Leach secures largest ever contract in 125th year

Large-format graphics specialist Leach has secured its most lucrative contract to date – a £2.5m assignment for a major heritage project – in the year it celebrates its 125th anniversary.

The Print Co doubles capacity with Speedmaster XL 75-4 buy

The Print Co has invested £850,000 in its second Heidelberg Speedmaster - a four-colour XL 75 – to boost its flexibility, quality and competitiveness as demand for its services continues to increase.