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Meet swissQprint at The Print Show 2024 and prepare to be amazed
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KAS Paper Systems to host first public showing at Drupa
UK mailing machine manufacturer KAS Paper Systems will host the first public showing of its CardMailer card attaching system at Drupa.
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Best of British: Ink in the veins
For more than 60 years, RK Print Coat instruments has been faithfully serving the global inks and coating sectors with indispensable test kits.
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Star Product: Fiery Digital Factory v11.1
A wide-format-specific RIP for high-fidelity colour printing with high-end job management tools.
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Me & My: Xenons 180
Chinese built machinery is now very common in the printing sector, though it’s not always obvious because some of it carries reassuringly familiar European or Japanese brands, which lend it a feeling...
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Overmatter: Drupa tunes
The Drupa 2024 team recently treated selected guests, including lucky old Overmatter, to a taster of the Drupa Song that will be the opening soundtrack every day at the upcoming show.
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Q&A: Owen Purkis, director of print services, Citipost
Owen’s journey in the industry began at 17 when he started working at his father’s print business.
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60 seconds with Sharman & Company
Sharman & Company started printing The March Advertiser and Fen District Gazette in March, Cambridgeshire more than 150 years ago.
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Rising star: Geneve Gurr, fabrication finishing, Moss
Geneve carried off the Trainee of the Year Award at this year’s Printweek Awards. She’s 32 and has been working in the industry since 2021.
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Keeping the wheels turning
It’s hard to know which is worse – a print company with not enough business, or a firm with enough work but plant that has broken down. Neither are ideal and both are worrying.
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Succession and selling up
There are stories of print company owners moving on and selling up. And there are accounts of individuals dying leaving survivors to deal with the firm’s future. The reality is that no small privately...