Features

Finishing for digital books all sewn up
There’s a consensus that the digital book printing market is growing, which of course means more demand for book finishing.

Speed specialists supply the want-it-now generation
You could blame Amazon; its relentless focus on shortening delivery times infected the rest of high-street retail and ultimately spread further afield, including to print.

Gavin Page, managing director, Manchester Printers
Gavin has spent 27 years in the industry having fallen into print following a chance encounter at a service station – really! He and his partner Sarah have a daughter Mia who is nine-and-a-half....

60 seconds with Rugby Printer
Rugby Printer made something of a splash at PrintWeekLive! by hiring the giant screen at the Wasps Arena to promote its brand – very clever!

‘In a digital world print stands out’
PrintWeek was extremely proud to welcome Robert Keane, the chief executive of Cimpress and the founder of Vistaprint, as the first keynote speaker at the inaugural PrintWeekLive! event.

Space exploration provides a home for growing firm
Extreme sports enthusiast Stuart Maclaren is a self-declared adrenaline junkie. The managing director of Your Print Partner (YPP), a large-format digital print specialist, is an avid snowboarder and...

60-seconds with Cutture
Cutture founders Dominic and Helen Sharland met at university studying interior architecture. Both subsequently trained as architectural model makers. After setting up their own business they bought a...

Makeover puts Monster in a starring role
Hollywood Monster had a lot to live up to including its name. The signage and graphics company recently underwent a monster makeover with a rebrand. “Rebranding – extensive or otherwise – is not...

Capitalists carve out a niche
The history of printing in London is entwined with the history of the city itself, stretching all the way back to the 1400s when William Caxton brought printing presses to the capital. However, that...

Q&A: Humira Akuji, account executive, Inc Direct
After we learned that Humira had received the highest ever number of votes in Inc Direct’s employee of the month poll, we had to find out more about this 30-year-old wonder woman, who, when not...

Strategies to land the perfect catch
The question of how best to grow a business is asked again and again and again. Organic or acquisitive – either way the intended end-result is the same: the greater efficiencies and profitability that...

Retro is the new fashion for faster, cleaner operations
Updating your existing kit to UV curing could help you speed up turnarounds but the higher costs need to be weighed against the benefits

I tell clients: ‘I’m going to help you sell more stuff’
In a break from our usual format, this issue’s interview was conducted by EFI chief executive Guy Gecht, who spoke to Quad/Graphics chairman, president and chief executive Joel Quadracci in a...

What it takes to join the 100 club
Winston Churchill once said that “the farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see”.

Smart posters reached for the sky but never took off
The concept of an interactive poster is simple; getting the consumer to engage with the content to establish or reinforce a relationship between brand and user.