Business

Interview: ‘Always build your business around what clients want’

Taking on one failed print business and converting it into a £38m-turnover firm that you then sell to a US corporate could be considered lucky. If you then go on to do it a second time, and make an...

Dixon and Taylor embark on new venture

Nick Dixon and Rick Taylor, who between them created the £53m Lateral Group, are poised to return to the industry with a new buy-and-build venture.

Quinn’s Belfast continues investment drive with Speedmaster XL 75 install

Online trade printer Quinn’s Belfast has bought an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 and a Muller Martini Bravo with Amrys stitching line to further increase its capacity.

My Print Partners brings stitching in-house with Horizon buy

Commercial printer My Print Partners has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch-fold-trim line to enable it to bring stitching in-house.

Print 2 Media eyes new work with DYSS cutting table buy

Wide-format specialist Print 2 Media has invested in a DYSS X7-1624C digital cutting table with Superhead to enable it to take on a wider range of work.

Minprint eyes new markets with XL 75 buy

Commercial printer Minprint has invested in a four-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with coater to increase its productivity and enable it to branch into new markets.

Manroland Sheetfed makes profit for Langley Holdings despite sales fall

Manroland Sheetfed owner Langley Holdings has reported that the division increased its contribution to group profits in 2014.

GT4 Group acquires Creative Colour Bureau (CCB)

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has acquired fellow Scottish commercial printer Creative Colour Bureau (CCB) in an all-share deal.

YPS becomes learning partner for pioneering school

Your Print Specialists (YPS) has been appointed as a learning partner at ‘project-based learning’ school Studio West Newcastle after installing an Epilog laser-engraver and Mimaki wide-format inkjet...

Mission Labels invests £100k in UK's first ThermoFlexx CTP

Mission Labels has made the leap from film to CTP with a £100,000 investment in the UK's first ThermoFlexx flexo imager from Belgian manufacturer Xeikon.