Webmart bolsters management team
Webmart has strengthened its leadership team with the promotion of two of its staff into new management roles.
Baker Labels expands family team
Family-owned trade label specialist Baker Labels has appointed Tom Baker in the new role of academy coordinator, which will see him lead the development of the company's training academy Bakers...
Lockdown 2: industry reacts
Industry bodies and businesses have reacted with a mixture of resignation and dismay to the new ‘lockdown 2’ measures for England announced by prime minister Boris Johnson over the weekend.
The revenge of the engineers
At the Drupa of 20 years ago a new British finishing manufacturer appeared on the Océ stand, seemingly out of nowhere, demonstrating a new concept of saddle stitching inline with Océ’s VarioStream...
Secondhand in big demand
Since the last recession secondhand equipment has become a popular option for many printers. Buying secondhand minimises investment risks and enables printers to buy kit at a price that might...
Star product: Sitma 1150-FP Fast Pack
A flexible and fast e-commerce and direct mail wrapper.
Star product: Canon Arizona 2300
Incorporating Canon’s innovative Flow vacuum bed technology, the two models in this new range are targeted at users with high productivity needs plus a requirement to run a wide range of media.
Me & my: Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED
In a normal year Southend-based Solopress would be churning out between 2,000 to 3,000 orders per day, depending on seasonality. These orders could be anything from 100,000 leaflets, a single roller...
Q&A: Simon Boden Business improvement manager, Glossop Cartons
Simon is 51 years young, and has been in print packaging for 35 years “man and boy”. He’s married with four grown-up children – twin daughters aged 30, a daughter of 26 and a son of 21 – and a...
Rising star: James Le Gresley, flexo press operator, Aztec Label
James is the son of Aztec Label managing director Colin Le Gresley and one of three siblings working in the family firm.
60 seconds with Cliftons
Cliftons managing director Tim Clifton started the trade print finishing business in 1998 with his father John. “I had been in repro for 10 years and was in Australia at the time when I received a...
Overmatter: cut-out companions
Could 2020 be the year of the ‘sit-ee’? We’ve seen empty football stadiums populated with cut-outs of supporters while fans are forced to stay away from games, is the dinner table next?