Opinion

MMP turns a threat into opportunity to realise the true value of an association

Maharashtra Mudran Parishad is on the ascendancy after it accomplishes onerous tasks. Anand Limaye, the chairman of Maharastra Mudran Parishad's Institute of Printing Technology and Research is...

Setting the right tone for toner tech trends

Digital printing has come a long way since the days of the 40ppm, 600dpi printers. So what's next?

Challenges should inspire all to innovate and collaborate

This week's issue is our magazine special, and, frankly, the timing is perfect. This very organ has been packed with stories over the past few months on the turbulent world of web offset, with this...

An effective online offering can revitalise your business

I recently attended and spoke at the Xerox Forum, an event run in Berlin by Xerox Europe. I was asked what I would recommend printers invest in over the next year. I suggested printers should develop...

Move to London will assert Ipex's place on global stage

Birmingham or London, does it really matter where the UK print industry's largest trade show is held?

What the future holds for the printer in 2020

The past decade has been one of the most tumultuous in print's long history. What will the next one bring?

To what extent has the increase in oil prices affected print?

Tanvi Parekh speaks to a cross-section of industry persons to find out the imapct and measures

Offset upturn puts onus on publishers to deliver value

As head of the UK's largest magazine printer, when Barry Hibbert predicts that a quarter of the UK's web offset capacity could be erased "within months", you have to sit up and take notice.

Publishers must accept price rises to ensure supply base

UK web offset is facing unprecedented challenges. This year, some of the main players have been forced to take previously unthinkable actions. Polestar came close to insolvency and had to enact a...

Procurement people buy beyond borders

You can't look at the supply chain in a vacuum. We're in a world market and procurement is a global thing.

Buzzing Fespa a mirror to a sector hungry for new ideas

Having just returned from Fespa Digital in Hamburg, where the <i>PrintWeek</i> team produced the show's daily newspaper, I was reminded of the difference between a so-so show and a great event: the...

Many schemes available to help print plan for changes

The government is introducing far-reaching changes to the pension landscape which will impact on every UK employer and have cost implications for most. In a nutshell, every employer with one employee...

PrintWeek India's tete a tete with Michel Caza

The PrintWeek India team had a 30-minute free-wheeling chat with Michel Caza at the Fespa stall. The meet with the industry veteran with more than 50 years was set up by Mohan Kaikini of SPAI.

10 things that are making news at Fespa

Ramu Ramanathan reports from the show.

Bosses' change of tack will put web on the right course

The turnaround in the web offset sector in the past 12 months has been fascinating. Web printers have been losing money at an escalating rate for the past five years, so I'm obviously not referring to...