Printers

Pensord signs deal to support smaller publishers

Pensord has become a strategic partner of the Independent Publishers Advisory Council (IPAC), an offshoot of the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA).

Get to grips with purchasing

Over the past decade, the way that buyers purchase print has changed dramatically. Whether via print managers, web-to-print, tender or simply a more structured approach to buying, the upshot is that...

Eastern moves answer a cry for help

Four Graphics is looking 5,500km east for its future. The Bermondsey-based wide-format graphics firm has set up an operation in Dubai after finding that the Middle East is crying out for its brand of...

Pastures new yield improved prospects

While many firms located on the site of the Olympic Park resented their need to relocate to make way for facilities for the 2012 games, Park Communications seized it as an opportunity. The firms old...

Weathering the storm

According to a survey conducted last year by business insurance underwriter Axa, 12% of UK companies believe that severe weather patterns are a bigger threat to their business than either poor...

Firms realise double vision

Buckingham Colour Quest (BCQ) started with a bang literally. The blast at the Buncefield oil storage depot in Hertfordshire, to be precise, in 2005. The damage this inflicted on B2 litho and digital...

Better print from better people

While printers are accustomed to the idea that they must constantly invest in order to survive, they are less amenable to the idea that a thriving print operation cant rely on technology alone. Print...

The art of the possible

Quality was the keyword for Beacon Press when it produced a compendium of the works of artists Gilbert & George.

A print business without frontiers

Goodman Baylis refuses to be defined by traditional market structures and, with the launch of GB Magazines, it is making sure it maintains plenty of strings to its bow.

Design 2 Print buys Diamond kit

Design 2 Print has purchased its second Mitsubishi B2 press, a Diamond 1000LS five-colour machine.

FWB moves to chemistry-free

FWB Printing has upgraded its cutting and moved to chemistry-free platemaking, with a Heidelberg Suprasetter A74 and Saphira plates, at its Wincanton, Somerset base.

Field First given 90-day notice over new terms

Staff at Field First are mulling over a ballot on new employment terms and conditions, amid fears for the future of the packaging plant.