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With a hearty chuckle, Kelvin Graphics managing director Dave Hodgson says that his fellow directors have told him to stop buying companies. Theyve asked me to come up for air, at least for the year,...

UK Print plc is a 15bn-plus business operated by 12,000 individual companies manned by about 160,000 employees. On the surface it would appear to be operating at an industry standard of around 80% in...

Darren White was just 21 when he bought a secondhand Shoei folder and a little Camco guillotine to set up his own trade finishing house, DW Print Finishing. At such a tender age, in such a cut-throat...

While printers are accustomed to the idea that they must constantly invest in order to survive, they are less amenable to the idea that a thriving print operation cant rely on technology alone. Print...

Just-in-time (JIT) supply is commonplace in the retail sector, but less so in the print industry. The principle of delivering goods as they are required removes the need for local warehousing, but...

Over the last twenty years, printers have become well-acquainted with the idea that they must adopt new technology to survive. Desktop publishing, automatic plate changing, CTP systems and JDF have...

This time last year, Brooks was very much a part of TPF. As managing director of its successful direct mail division and operations director for the group, he was one of the companys high flyers. So...

Its every workers worst nightmare. Youre sat at home eating your breakfast cereal when out of the blue, your local radio station announces that the factory that youve dedicated 20 years of your life...

Imagine if your sales shrank by 20%. What would that do to your profit margin? Would you have one left? Which staff would you lay off? How would you cope? Now imagine that you could prevent that from...

Since Johannes Gutenberg printed his famous Bible in 1450 right up to the present day, books have fundamentally remained the same. However, recent technological advances look set to undo the basic...

Specialist finishing firm uses benefit of experience to plot future growth

Known to <i>Private Eye</i> readers as The Hasbeano and The Spectacularlyboring, <i>The Spectator</i> is an historic publication that lays claim to being the oldest continuously-published magazine in...

Fledgling firm lives up to its name by offering fast turnaround laminating

Merging two firms is a complex undertaking, whether it be for growth or survival, and it takes a great deal of compatibility and commitment.

Cutting back on packaging, and non-recyclable, non-degradable ingredients in packaging, are key to saving the planet from death by landfill.