Opinion
Market for digitally printed textiles will blossom in 2013
Wide-format relies on trends in overall advertising spending, outdoor advertising, retail/indoor and events businesses.
The power of print is best, whatever Google might say
Two Sides certainly knows how to pick a fight. No foe is too fearsome for the industry's crusader against greenwash to challenge - as evidenced by its open letter to Google's chief executive last...
Printer's devil: it's in the detail
Contributing editor Jo Francis muses on the latest goings on in the print industry.
New Year predictions - Morgana's Quen Baum
Quen Baum, managing director, Morgana
New Year predictions - Tech-ni-Fold's Graham Harris
Graham Harris, managing director, Tech-ni-Fold
New Year predictions - Arctic Paper's Garry Colyer
Garry Colyer, managing director, Arctic Paper
New Year predictions - Shuttleworth's Paul Deane
Paul Shuttleworth, joint managing director, Shuttleworth Business Systems
New Year predictions - Print & Procurement's Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker, director, Print & Procurement
While not the best vintage, 2012 was still a decent year
For those that remember our first issue of 2012, which featured web offset job and capacity cuts, you could be forgiven for thinking that this year has ended almost exactly the same way it began -...
Autumn Statement fails to inspire print
This week's Autumn Statement has failed to 'wow' the print industry, despite the reduction in corporation tax, increase in capital allowances and scrapping of the 3p fuel duty hike.
'Big two' is the new reality of the web offset landscape
Right. This. Really. Is. It. Surely we have now definitely reached the tipping point in the UK web offset market.
Technology hasn't yet wiped print off the map: digital versus print maps
Digital innovations have threatened the A-Z, which seems unwieldy in comparison, but print's tactile qualities may save the day once again
This year's Top 500 provides more reasons to be festive
John Lewis is tugging at the nation's heartstrings via another emotional rollercoaster of a TV campaign and the nation's high streets are festooned with brightly lit fire hazards that cause children...
M&A activity frenzy results from international growth
There's been a frenzy of M&A activity across the print industry this week, with no fewer than three deals splashed across the front pages of this issue.
The APG 'newco' will have a hard time losing the 'P' tag
It's hardly surprising that many people have cried 'foul!' - or more specifically, 'phoenix!' - on the news that Centrical Technologies has risen from the ashes of the failed Alderson Print Group...