
The direct approach to apparel
Printing to garments and other accessories is an excellent way to get into the growing apparel market, covering everything from promotional clothing through to fashion and sportswear.

Star product: Ultimate TechnoGraphics Ultimate Bindery 5.8
A unique solution for creating and testing finishing workflows.

Star product: Roland DG VersaObject MO-240
A compact high-resolution colour printer for 3D objects.

Me & My: KSP rigid boxmaking system
Not too long ago there was a branch of specialist packaging with the wonderfully evocative description ‘fancy boxes’. Sadly, the ‘fancy’ tag has more or less died out nowadays, but demand for robust...

Fespa 2024 preview: Putting opportunity on display
Show organisers are preparing to open the doors for the Fespa Global Print Expo 2024, to be held in Amsterdam in March.

Overmatter: Good Will Dunkings
The ins and outs of American football are a mystery to Overmatter. But the hoopla around the annual Super Bowl event is always something to behold.

Q&A: Chris Pertwee, production director, Baddeley Brothers
Chris has worked in print since 1992. He started at the Financial Times newspaper aged 21 “which was quite the experience and baptism of fire into the world of print!”

Rising Star: Becky Young, apprentice pre-press operator, J Thomson Colour Printers
Medicine’s loss is print’s gain! Becky is 19 and has been working at Glasgow-based J Thomson Colour Printers since April 2022.

60 seconds with Surf & Turf
Surf & Turf is a family-owned business, established in 2001, and best known for its custom-printed gazebos. The company’s journey began in an outhouse in founder Simon Lunt’s backyard.

A story of tax tails & investment dogs
There’s an old adage in the world of accounting: ‘don’t let the tax tail wag the investment dog’. In essence, we, whether as individuals or in business, shouldn’t make moves to minimise tax that might...

EPR: is it workable?
The trade is well aware – or should be so by now – of the government’s Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (EPR) legislation that aims to move the full cost of managing household waste onto...

The route to success
For any one of a myriad of reasons, certain people manage to rise above others. But what makes a great leader – someone who is successful in their chosen field, a person that is revered and admired,...