Features

Stronger teams build stronger businesses
Lindsey Halewood was scared of heights until she went on a staff engagement exercise for Prinovis, where she works in the press room.

Print brings brands closer to customers
Would you pay more than £10 for a personalised tube of muesli? Some of German retailer MyMuesli’s customers are willing to, which is why it invested in a Heidelberg Omnifire direct-to-shape 4D inkjet...

Ensure you keep your staff out of the danger zone
On the whole, print has a reasonably good safety record. According to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) annual statistics, the printing sector has a lower accident rate than associated...

60 seconds with Lollipop Print
Lollipop’s roots can be traced back almost 25 years under the name of Document Options, which was started in a boarding house in Brighton. As the business evolved, new premises were acquired and the...

Q&A: Ben Manning, production director, Rapidity
Ben is slightly older than London-based Rapidity, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. Unsurprisingly given his family connections to the industry, he has also been “working in the print”...

Assessing digital presses in the post-Drupa landscape
With the dust now settled after a flurry of new digital press announcements at Drupa, it’s a good time to go though, compare and contrast and put them into some sort of context.

Sitting comfortably II: more views from the red sofa
There was never any doubt that digital was always going to be a hot topic at Drupa. In terms of product launches, star turns, largely from the show’s birthday boy, and the sheer scale of the digital...

Sitting comfortably? Notes from the big, Red Sofa
In the first of our series of interviews from the DrupaDaily Red Sofa, Darryl Danielli talks to one of the oldest companies exhibiting at the expo, as well as one of the youngest attendees. Words...

Signs of life after the death of a star
Polestar’s collapse shocked the industry, but its demise could be good news for the remaining web offset printers.

60 seconds with Willow Printing & Design
Established in 1978 above a local delicatessen by husband and wife team John and Pat Kilshaw, Willow Printing & Design has grown into its own factory and from its litho roots into a multi-service...

Logistics and the just-in-time production model
An approach centred on timeliness, efficiency and frugality, its origins lie in the mid-20th century. But it remains relevant today because, after all, time is still money.

How to start a franchise and grow with it
Risky business? Actually, becoming a franchisee is a lot less scary that it may seem.

Q&A: Tim Bill Managing Director, Tabs Creative Services
Tim, who was 65 this year, started as photographic assistant aged 15 for David Rudkin Photography, before moving into production in various increasingly senior agency roles. He set up Tabs 25 years...

Go fourth and automate
At Drupa we saw the future and its name is Print 4.0. It is a ‘mega trend’ all about automation and integration. Here we look at what this paradigm shift in printing practices may mean for the...

Trading fair
Treating other people fairly is one of the pillars of a civilised society and while business is about competition, it’s important that everyone plays by the rules.