Succession and selling up

There are stories of print company owners moving on and selling up. And there are accounts of individuals dying leaving survivors to deal with the firm’s future. The reality is that no small privately...

Lifelong learning

Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company and pioneer of mass production, once said: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

Celloglas slimes up glow-in-the-dark Ghostbusters cover

At around 70,000 copies sold per issue, Empire magazine is proof that the sector is far from moribund. However, it did want its March 2024 issue to be a bit more dead – or rather, undead.

Is it time to dust off direct mail?

It is, perhaps, pertinent to realise that a multitude of present-day marketers have pretty much zero experience in direct mail, such has been the fixation with online digital marketing channels in...

Flagship wide-format expo takes big strides forward in Amsterdam

Fespa’s Global Print Expo is a celebrated annual fixture in the wide-format print calendar that more often than not takes place in a German city every May.

Attendance at Drupa is no longer mandatory, but there are still plenty of reasons to go

For some printers, Drupa has an almost mythical status; attendance is business critical.

Digital print manager Paul Street (centre), with digital print operators Robertas Vaitkevicius (L) and Julius Mhuka (R)

Printed Easy boosts labels firepower with first inkjet

Printed Easy has invested in its first inkjet press – a Durst Tau RSC-E – in a move that will increase its label production capacity by a whopping 300%.

Weiss: LEPx technology is a huge step for the industry

HP roadshow flags up Drupa launches around the UK

HP held the London leg yesterday (25 April) of its five-date pre-Drupa roadshow that has been taking place at art galleries across the UK.

Dairi-Pak's new Autobox has in-built flexo printing capability, allowing it to upsell print to large box customers

Dairi-Pak makes productivity leap with new Autobox

Shropshire sheet plant Dairi-Pak has seen its short-run productivity leap after installing a brand-new Kolbus Autobox AB300.

Epson's new P20500 series art printer will debut at Drupa 2024

Epson president to showcase inkjet evolution in Drupa speech

Epson’s global president, Yasanori Ogawa, will give a keynote speech on the first day of Drupa 2024, 28 May, showing how Epson has reinvented itself as a major inkjet manufacturer.

Davies worked at IPC Media and Time Inc for nearly 20 years

National World takes on former Time Inc boss

National World has appointed a highly-experienced former magazine executive to its board.

Xerox to end iGen and Nuvera production

It’s the end of an era for Xerox, which will stop making its iGen5 and Nuvera digital presses over the summer, while a new era beckons with a fresh third-party partnership for high-speed continuous...