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Hundsdörfer: “These have been very challenging years here at Heidelberg"

Heidelberg CEO to step down, successor appointed

Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer is to step down at the end of the financial year, and will be succeeded by another industry outsider – a long-standing Zeiss executive – in April 2022.

Elmy at a PrintIT! event in 2007

Industry associates mourn Martyn Elmy

Friends and former colleagues have paid tribute to Martyn Elmy, who has died aged 65.

De-energise yourself

This autumn’s energy crises have included rocketing gas prices and a broken cross-channel electricity cable. The inevitably higher electricity prices will be concentrating print factory owners’ minds...

Star product: Arjowiggins PowerCoat Alive NFC Smart Card Insert

A recyclable alternative to potentially wasteful plastic smart cards.

Star product: Kyocera TASKalfa Pro 15000c

Kyocera’s first production press offers lots of bang for your buck.

Gilbert: “It’s saving us quite a lot of money”

Me & My: Fujifilm EM Setter

Investing in a new setter and new plates has cut waste, downtime and cost, and increased productivity for Hickling & Squires.

Overmatter: Bun-gled pack print

For Printweek’s sustainability issue, this tale of a bap-based packaging palaver seems somehow highly appropriate.

Mulcahy: aspiring shepherd

Q&A: Steve Mulcahy CEO Contact Originators

Age-wise, Steve says he is “not ready for a bus pass anytime soon!” He spent more than 30 years in the paper industry before buying in to Dukinfield-based Contact Originators a decade ago. He enjoys...

Rising star: Callum Draycott Print operative, EDWPS

Callum has just racked up six months in print, having joined the industry in April this year. He’s 23 and completed a Level 3 extended diploma in Engineering Manufacturing at Derby College’s...

Killer app: The writing is on the wall thanks to Liberty Signs

After a year of lockdowns, for 2021 the organisers of July’s Manchester International Festival (MIF) wanted to commission something that encouraged residents to reconnect with their city through the...