Business

Focus on the future for a longer life

January is always one of the toughest months for print, and this year seems to have been no exception.

Spend smart and enhance your portfolio

Oriel Printing Company had high hopes for its new print-enhancement service offering UV-based polymer varnishing and spot foiling. It was to be, according to the business, the first trade Scodix...

The publishers who put it all together

Which part of the magazine publishing sector has a colossal advertising spend yet doesn’t sell advertising in its titles, publishes new products every year, in two tightly defined timeframes and knows...

'Talk about value, not just the price’

It’s safe to say that the Independent Print Industries Association is not exactly the best-known trade body in print. But that’s not a concern for chief executive Marian Stefani, nor part of her...

Serial phoenixers give us all a bad rep

The print industry, like many others with room for consolidation, has a bustling M&A market, which in an ideal world would be characterised by honest, straightforward transactions where jobs are saved...

Can the unions keep pace with big changes in the industry?

With the free world seemingly in freefall and the Brexit process under way, you could be forgiven for having missed the fact that print’s union Unite’s leadership election is just around the corner.

Setting up pay strategies for long-term love affairs

Salespeople are the beating heart of a business; without the revenue they generate no other parts of a business will function for very long. The question is, how best to incentivise sales to work...

IIJ formulates new digital wallpaper printing system

Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) is developing a system that can digitally print wallpaper with production speeds that it claims are comparable to conventional methods.

David John Papers buys third Renz machine in under a year

David John Papers has invested in its third Renz machine in under a year as it continues to streamline its binding workflow.

Baldwin acquires Air Motion Systems

Automation systems and consumables manufacturer Baldwin has acquired LED UV curing technology provider Air Motion Systems (AMS).