Profile

From repro apprentice to technology innovator

After almost a half-century in the industry, former Branded chairman Alan Wright looks back on a career that encompassed the golden days of repro, and has evolved into cutting edge packaging pre-media...

Q&A: Bob Richardson Library learning and education officer, St Bride Library 

Richardson, known as the ‘Encyclopaedia Of All Things Print’ at St Bride Library in London, has just retired. But friends and colleagues are delighted he will still be on hand to share his expertise...

Rising star: Jaime Havery, marketing graduate, CustomerKNECT

Jaime is 21 and has been working at the recently rebranded CustomerKNECT (formerly MetroMail) in Seaham since May 2022, with the firm’s new name giving her an ideal opportunity to flex her marketing...

Q&A: Colin Sinclair McDermott Founder, The Online Print Coach

Colin has been involved with the industry for 21 years. He’s married to Inga and they have “one dog child”, Dougal the Jackadoodle. Colin enjoys walking, going to the gym and playing golf.

Rising star: Ruby Marshall, apprentice designer, Paragon Customer Communications

Ruby is 19 and started her apprenticeship at Paragon CC’s Nottingham site in Sutton-in-Ashfield in June 2021.

60 seconds with Kingfisher Labels

The company was established in 1996 by managing director Martin Jackson with a three-colour Mark Andy label press.

Q&A: Giles Foden, managing director, Quantum Print & Packaging

Giles has been in the print and packaging game since 1989. He’s 55, married and has a daughter. His hobbies include tennis (Quantum is a sponsor of the ITF World Tennis Tour W100 tournament in...

60 seconds with Cotswold Letterpress 

After a career in print sales Pete Roberts started his own business hand-printing letterpress stationery, and slowly grew to become the town printer ending up with a five-colour litho press and all...

Rising star: Brandon Smith, HP digital printer and ABG finisher, Harkwell

The electrical trade’s loss is print’s gain. Brandon is 20 and has been working at Poole-based Harkwell, which specialises in labels and pouches for a wide range of customers, since the spring of...

Rising star: Daniel Hutt Trainee field service engineer, InkTec

Daniel is 25 and has been working in the printing industry for five years. He joined the Witney-based supplier of large-format printers, inks and media last year.