Features
Value packaging: branching out needn’t break the bank
The development of hover boards and flying cars may not seem to have much in common with commercial printers taking on packaging printing, but there is a key similarity: for years all three have been...
Make a real impact, put some poo in your paper
A client rings you up and asks whether you can offer them something different, a little twist that will make their latest marketing campaign stand out. You pause briefly, and then you reply: “How...
Keep customers’ data under your thumb
Breaches of data have made headlines in recent times, from Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency to the loss by Paddy Power of nearly 700,000 customers’ details this July.
60 seconds with Ellison Printing
Ellison Printing was established in 1971 by Fred and Hazel Ellison. Fred is a time-served master printer and self employment was a natural progression. Their daughter Jane has been involved “since...
Q&A: Jameson Smith, founder and director, Assembly Direct Mail
Jameson, 42, has been in the print business for 24 years. Since 2004 he has built Colchester-based Assembly Direct Mail up to provide a range of services including litho/digital printing and...
Print insight from the buyer’s perspective
It’s not often that you get a group of leading print buyers together in one room, but that’s exactly what happened last month at one of the three judging days for the PrintWeek Awards. So rather than...
60 seconds with Strath Print
Strath Print was set up by directors Martin Benson and Peter Dunlop a decade ago, after the publisher they worked for closed its print division. The five-strong business is the only printing company...
Q&A: Clive Bramble Sales executive, The Colchester Print Group
Clive has been involved in the print and packaging game for 43 years, and has five more to go. During his time he has held 17 positions in nine different companies. This year he celebrated his 60th...
High-speed digital targets corrugated
Often seen as the carton’s less profitable and glamorous relation, corrugated packaging can often be overlooked. And yet, while digital printing of conventional cartons seems to have stalled, this is...
Business inspection: Maintaining two strings to your bow
Remaining fast and flexible has been key to success in both print and publishing.
Room for growth: finding space for ongoing success
In an ever-more competitive market, and with new technology continually evolving the way that we do business, it is essential that printing firms invest in modern kit. But with this can come the need...
Q&A: Clive Andrews-Lewis, studio manager, KJB UK
Clive has spent 36 years in print and says it was his vocation right from school, “real man and boy stuff”. Despite the photographic evidence he also says he’s loved all his years in the trade.
60 seconds with SPS Group
SPS Group was founded in 1968 by Ian Martin as a local screen printing business. The firm has developed into a POS and retail specialist employing 175 staff. It is run by Ian’s sons Toby (pictured)...
Business inspection: Eco standard-bearer pushes into Europe
The five-figure investment required to secure the EU Ecolabal was a price well worth paying.
UK print must do more to resolve gender imbalance
In Britain, 2014, the average full-time pay gap between men and women is 10%, women make up just 17% of FTSE 100 board directors, and a quarter of women, according to a recent Business Environment...