Linotype factory in 1898.

Best of British: A Christmas compendium

Grace’s Guide is an online, free-access treasure trove of British industrial history.

New cures for rocketing energy costs

Rocketing global energy prices are throwing up changes of behaviour across most domestic and industrial activities, with printing being no exception.

Star product Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark V

Horizon’s solution for high-throughput, high-quality booklets upgraded with iCE LiNK workflow management capability plus the ability to handle continuous-fed rolls.

Star product: Esko software release 22.11 

The latest version of Esko’s powerful modular tool set for packaging and label production.

Iain Clasper-Cotte (left) with production manager Luke Barraclough

Me & My: Agfa Jeti Tauro H3300

Iain Clasper-Cotte, managing director of Northern Flags and its wide-format display specialist sister company FaberExposize UK, loves Agfa machines. He’s assembled such an impressive array of Agfa...

The Baker Labels team has been taking part in a number of health and wellbeing events

Baker Labels gains wellbeing accreditation

Baker Labels has been awarded Essex Working Well’s Level Three accreditation after building and maintaining a strong wellbeing strategy for its employees.

Overmatter: Winter window wonderland

Who doesn’t love a good Christmas window? The very best can bring out the inner child in us all.

Q&A: Colin Sinclair McDermott Founder, The Online Print Coach

Colin has been involved with the industry for 21 years. He’s married to Inga and they have “one dog child”, Dougal the Jackadoodle. Colin enjoys walking, going to the gym and playing golf.

Rising star: Ruby Marshall, apprentice designer, Paragon Customer Communications

Ruby is 19 and started her apprenticeship at Paragon CC’s Nottingham site in Sutton-in-Ashfield in June 2021.

Archer and Weaver:  “We make a fantastic team”

Business inspection: Thriving and surviving

Planning the launch of a new business is challenging in any market at any time, but doing it while also coping with serious mental and physical illness takes it to another level.

Picking up the pieces

It’s sad when any business fails for there are countless personal stories entwinned with the corporate’s demise. But the failure of Arjowiggins, a firm that can trace its history back to 1761 and the...

Ensure your suppliers' eco credentials measure up

With sustainability back on the agenda and brands found to be greenwashing called out all over social media, being able to prove your eco claims is essential.