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Killer app: Saxon fashions striking gin boxes
Non-alcoholic spirits brand Strykk is the brainchild of bar-world veteran Alex Carlton from Funkin Cocktails. He initially came across Saxon Packaging in late 2020 and the business has since worked...

Facing down unprecedented risk
The last two years have been diabolical. First we had to take on Covid-19. Then supply chain constraints and rising demand combined to stoke inflation and increase the prices of raw materials and...

Driving down the cost of e-vehicles
It’s perfectly clear that the direction of travel in automotive – pun intended – is toward zero- emission vehicles. For the present, this means buying electric.

Moving on
It’s rare for firms to stay in the premises they’ve occupied since their inception. Demands and needs change and some firms grow and require more space within which to breathe while others find that...

Winding down a love affair
When Rainer Hundsdörfer took over as boss of the industry’s largest press manufacturer five years ago, the world was a very different place.

Fespa 2022 preview: A sector always moving forward
Print in motion’ is the tag line Fespa has chosen for the 2022 Global Print Expo, which takes place at the Berlin Messe at the end of May.

Q&A: Lucy Swanston, managing director, Nutshell Creative and Topic Heroes Charity
Lucy has reached “the grand old age of 45” and has been working in the print and agency world for 27 years.

60 seconds with LG Davis
Established in 1962, LG Davis was the realisation of founder Ron O’Donnell’s dream – to have a company that put the customer first. From humble beginnings in a small stationery shop in Balsall Heath...

Rising star: Mark Mwebe, press operator, Micropress
Mark started working in the printing industry three years ago. The 24-year-old’s drive and positive attitude helped him to carry off the prestigious Trainee of the Year Award at this year’s Printweek...

Overmatter: Wear your Wordle
Hands up who’s become horribly addicted to the cult daily work-out-the-word game, Wordle?

Me & My: Horizon BQ-160 PUR perfect binder
Allistair Hunter, managing director of Clacton-on-Sea-based print, direct mail and publishing business The DS Group says that to be successful in the printing industry and enjoy longevity you have to...

Star product: Hybrid Software Cloudflow
Workflow automation for packaging and labelling businesses.

Star product: Koenig & Bauer Durst VariJet 106
This press partnership sets out to offer the best of digital and offset for packaging printers.

Design for print: stalled potential?
Today’s design and layout programs are really good. So good in fact, that there’s not a lot that could make them better. And that is a problem for their developers and also for their users.

Best of British: Thinking inside the box
Avid readers of Printweek’s news pages may recall that in September 2018 the German finishing systems manufacturer Kolbus bought a British boxmaking machinery manufacturer called British Converting...