Printers

Q&A: Adam Roppert, production manager, Imprint Digital
Adam is 34 years old and as far as we know he’s the first former tank soldier to appear in PrintWeek’s Q&A. He has been in the printing industry for seven years and describes life with a young family...

Overmatter: font of pleasure
Overmatter is convinced there is a deep and long-standing connection between the printing and brewing industries. Beer taps are, after all, called ‘fonts’.

60 seconds with Direct to Media Print
Direct to Media Print (DTM) was born out of Peerless Plastics & Coatings, a specialist in protective coatings for a multitude of different products.

The five pillars of sustainable production
Green credentials are no longer simply an attractive business bolt-on. Companies in all sectors demonstrating a commitment to reducing their environmental impact not only enjoy reduced costs, an...

Me & my: Roland DG TrueVis VG-640
Over the past 10 years Perth-based husband-and-wife team Gary and Elizabeth Paterson have expanded from running a graphic design business in a converted garage into a full creative service with...

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...

Minuteman Press Bath scores UK Valiani first
The UK’s largest Minuteman Press franchise, in Bath, has bought the UK’s first Valiani Optima V 250 flatbed cutting table.

60 seconds with Crossprint
Crossprint was established in 1972. It was subsequently acquired by the Isle of Wight County Press, one of the UK’s most successful community newspapers. After considerable investment the company...

Q&A: Hannah Tunnicliffe Sales director, Panda Press (Stone)
Hannah has been in print since she was 18, for reasons that will become obvious in her answers to this Q&A. She is married to Laurence, her co-owner at Panda Press and they have two children Molly,...

How can print ensure the next generation is well trained?
All industries need to maintain a steady flow of new entrants, progressing through training to more skilled positions. But it can be hard to ensure, and particularly so when the ability to attract...