Printers

60 seconds with Hastings Printing Co

Celebrating its centenary is Hastings Printing Co (HPC), formed in 1915 to service the entertainment industry. In the 1970s it was bought by a publisher and went into other markets including magazine...

Overmatter: Fellow fundraisers

Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside, especially at this time of year. So it’s great to see two seaside printers embarking upon good works in support of their favourite charities.

Q&A: Rhianna Moore, digital print and finishing apprentice, Telford Repro

Rhianna – Rhi for short – is 19 and is nine months into her first year in the industry. Congratulations are in order as she recently won IT Apprentice of the Year at her college. She’s also a musician...

Business inspection: Make a success of a shrinking market sector

The financial print sector has undergone radical change, but the work is there, if you know what your clients want.

Trade specialists thrive despite a gloomy forecast

Five years ago, people feared for the future of trade printers. All the noise in the industry was of businesses bringing services in-house, rendering the traditional trade supplier obsolete: what...

Learning from Paperlinx’s toxic legacy

The collapse of the majority of Paperlinx’s UK operations has left a trail of destruction in its wake. But one of those whose business went under hopes lessons learned from the experience will ensure...

‘I only want to be in a business that’s about growth’

Quite how a £42.5m business with around 350 staff can be a well-kept secret might not be immediately clear, but that’s exactly how Anton chief executive Malcolm Lane-Ley describes the Essex-based...

Me & my: Riso ComColor 9150

Stralfors is an international firm that offers integrated customer communication solutions, from high-speed continuous and cutsheet full-colour digital printing to email and SMS and loyalty cards.

Star product: Mcor Technologies Iris HD

This unique device builds 3D models from sheets of printed paper.

Dantex launches new high-speed UV inkjet digital label press

Pre-press and pressroom consumables distributor Dantex has announced the PicoColour II high-speed UV inkjet digital label press.