Embattled digital print manufacturer Nipson Digital Printing Systems (NDPS) is locked in negotiations with lenders over the repayment of a 2m euro (1.9m) as it attempts to avert possible insolvency.

The wide-format sector is suffering as the clearing of illegal billboards get underway

In this, our first state-of-the-market review for this sector, PrintWeek details printers' attitude to investment, returns and technology matters in the post-press arena

For those who like to oversee every last detail of a job, rather than rely on third parties, bringing the post-press work in-house offers both quality and cost benefits. Noli Dinkovski explains

Kenneth Mitchell, managing director of Walker & Connell, increased his firm's competitiveness with this CTP system, discovers Philip Chadwick

We ask whether the Theo Paphitis-backed Carbon Trust loan deal will benefit the print industry

In the face of printers encroaching on their traditional turf, trade finishers are turning to highly specialised fields of operation that are easier to defend, says Adam Hooker

VGL has invested in an Inca Onset S20 flatbed digital printer in a bid to "change the landscape" of what it does, according to the company's managing director Michael Ayerst.

The EasySert is a versatile machine that has something to offer a range of markets, from newspaper mailrooms to direct mail houses and commercial printers, finds Barney Cox

When business is bad and staff numbers have to be reduced, a calmsensitive approach will make the process easier for everyone, by Philip Chadwick