Pressision team on a recent company trip to the James Cropper Mill

60 seconds with Pressision

Pressision began life almost 20 years ago. The firm’s vision and mission was born out of the frustration of a group of graphic designers who “didn’t have a print production house that would...

Saving energy can result in big benefits

Five ways to reduce energy bills now

It is no secret that energy bills are skyrocketing. Ofgem’s household combined gas and electricity cap, tied to wholesale prices, has risen by 80% to £3,549/year in Q4 2022. And there are no such caps...

Gutenburg Game: a "mid-weight strategy game taking place in the 15th century"

Overmatter: Gutenberg game

German printing pioneer Johannes Gutenberg continues to inspire, more than 550 years after his death.

Radford: “We’ve seen a big increase in production since we installed it”

Me & my: Komori GL429

When Devon-based commercial printer Hedgerow Print decided to consolidate its warehouse footprint on an industrial estate in Crediton and move from two smaller units into a larger 930sqm premises in...

Beese: Latest purchase is the bee’s knees

Me & my: Titanium 2516

Mike Beese is constantly on the lookout for new opportunities. The managing director of Pontypridd-based DecTek thinks that for companies to survive and indeed thrive in the cutthroat world of...

A compact four-colour SRA3-format double-sided digital toner press

Star product: Canon imagePress V1000

A do-it-all ‘Swiss Army knife’ toner press with Canon’s next-generation technology.

Durst P5 500: targeted "wherever fast, industrial-scale production is required"

Star product: Durst P5 500

A high-throughput and versatile roll-to-roll inkjet.

Tayprint appointed liquidators from Begbies Traynor on 26 August. Image: Google Maps

Tradeprint takes on Tayprint customers and staff

Family-run wide-format printer Tayprint has appointed liquidators after 45 years of operation, with some of its assets and staff taken on by neighbouring Tradeprint.

Lores: "We are taking clear actions to mitigate near-term market headwinds"

HP reports falling sales but print profit up

HP has reported that its sales for Q3 fell by 4% year-on-year and 11% on the previous quarter, with profits also down overall but up in its printing segment.

Colour confusion

Adobe’s decision to drop Pantone colour books has caused concern among users. So what does it mean for printers and what other options are there?

elasticStage: "We have truly modernised the vinyl manufacturing process"

Tech start-up readies vinyl on-demand

A new business using digital printing as part of its plans to bring on-demand production to vinyl records has gained fresh funding from backers connected to Adele, Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey.

Best of British: Developer with big impact

Tucked away behind an imposing old cotton mill outside Marple in Cheshire, a modern factory unit houses the world’s largest independent developer of packaging software.