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Me & my... Roland DG VersaUV LEJ-640

When Dan Smith's father started Smith Signs on the island of Guernsey in 1970, it was a relatively small operation.

Star product: Korsnas Artisan

This cartonboard is aimed at the luxury end of the packaging market

CPI Antony Rowe chief Ralph Bell to retire

CPI Antony Rowe chief operating officer Ralph Bell is to retire in April after 23 years at the head of the short-run book printer.

What will be the theme for Drupa 2012?

Previous Drupas have been defined by a dominant technology trend. Last time, in 2008, it was 'the inkjet Drupa' and prior to that the show has been defined as 'the JDF Drupa', 'the digital Drupa',...

Matar: challenges to come, but great opportunities too

Drupa has dismissed concerns that Manroland's insolvency and Kodak's filing for Chapter 11 has dampened enthusiasm for this year's show.

Work smarter - not harder

As the possibilities and the range of applications in the world of printing, including digital, continue to expand, the manufacturers of finishing machines are having to keep pace by delivering...

Driving movable data in the right direction

'Printing using movable type' has turned into 'printing using movable data'. It has been almost eight years since Heidelberg CEO Bernhard Schreier paraphrased Gutenberg's invention to describe the...

Litho and digital - a complementary mix

Today it is becoming much more common to find printers using more than one printing technology. In most cases this is adding sheet fed digital printing to complement a predominantly offset printing...

Unite lawyers contact BGP over pay proposal

Lawyers for Unite have written to BGP informing them that the union will seek to claim damages for its members should the company push through with plans to enforce a paycut.

The long road to recovery: how the economic crisis will shape the future and impact Drupa 2012

When French bank BNP Paribas announced the closure of two of its off balance sheet investment vehicles on 9 August 2007, few outside the world of high finance took notice. However, that event marked...