Late payments to UK SMEs top £35bn

Printers are among almost 800,000 UK SMEs owed a record £35bn in overdue payments, new research shows.

HP could cut up to 30,000 jobs

HP is considering slashing more than 25,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, due to falling demand for desktop computers and services, according to reports.

Anton adds variable to XL 106 with Kodak S5 order

Anton Group has ordered an additional eight Kodak Prosper S5 Imprinting Systems, taking its total to 14, and two new NexPress SX3900s at Drupa.

Kodak Park was home to 'secret' nuclear reactor

Kodak's Rochester, New York, headquarters was home to a secret nuclear reactor for 30 years prior to its dismantling in November 2007, it has emerged.

Alltrade Printers in twin Speedmaster XL 106 buy

Alltrade Printers has invested in two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 presses accompanied by a Polar 115 X Plus guillotine.

Memjet partnerships may boost Waterfall

Memjet unveiled two partnerships at Drupa this month with the potential to accelerate the mainstream adoption of its high-speed, single-pass inkjet technology.



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Hobs turns to Watkiss for new division

Hobs turns to Watkiss for new division

18 May 2012

Commercial printer Hobs Reprographics has purchased a nearline Watkiss PowerSquare 200 booklet making system.

 
 
Nicholson Bass evolves for 75th anniversary

Nicholson Bass evolves for 75th anniversary

18 May 2012

Nicholson Bass is updating its identity as it approaches its 75th anniversary with a new name, logo and marketing strategies.

 
 
ODM partners with Mohawk to launch photobook binder

ODM partners with Mohawk to launch photobook binder

18 May 2012

On Demand Machinery (ODM) has partnered with Mohawk Fine Papers to manufacture the Sidewinder, an automated bindery system for producing Panoramic TRU-Flat photo books.

 
 
Oscillating parental time off will be a logistics nightmare

Oscillating parental time off will be a logistics nightmare

18 May 2012

Under new regulations, mothers of babies born on or after 3 April 2011 will be able to transfer up to six months of their maternity leave to the child's father when they return to work.

 
 

Top 500

For the first time the PrintWeek annual Top 500 is available online with sortable tables.

 

In Depth

Can your vehicles pull their weight but pollute less?

Can your vehicles pull their weight but pollute less?

18 May 2012

The print trade has made leaps and bounds in cleaning up its act over the past decade or so, but it's an industry that is reliant on having to move large quantities of goods via road around the UK and beyond on a daily basis.

 
 
Business inspection: Henningham Family Press/Dalston Bloc

Business inspection: Henningham Family Press/Dalston Bloc

18 May 2012

By downsizing from its central London studio, this firm slashed overheads and redefined itself

 
 
Does green-button machinery portend the death of skill?

Does green-button machinery portend the death of skill?

11 May 2012

Harry Gilmore webs up the film on his Micro B2 single and double-sided film laminator, loads in his sheets of paper and sets the temperature gauge to 120ºC.

 
 
Ten ways to cut your business costs

Ten ways to cut your business costs

11 May 2012

Print firms are no strangers to the discipline of cost reduction. For years, the industry has been caught between the internet, print management firms and increasingly severe recessions. Budgets have fallen, company sales have been hit and, for many ...

 
 

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The Power of Print

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Product Portfolio

Star product: Xerox D Series A high-productivity digital mono machine that copies and prints

Me & my... RedTie RTT W2P system While the franchise model is by its very nature fragmented, a unified message and appearance is imperative for the system to work - what would McDonalds be without the golden arches or KFC without The Colonel?

Me & my... Casematic H46 Pro But for one of printer ABC Imaging's construction firm clients, bidding for a contract with Chester Zoo, this was just the result they were after.

Me & my... Edale Alpha label press Going on a diet at label printer Customark must be tough. Alongside the more perfunctory barcodes, health and safety and toolbox labels whizzing through the company's machines, there's also an onslaught of images of delicious-looking cakes and gooey ...

Star product: Epson SureColor SC-S30600 Epson hopes this eco-solvent unit will win it more business in the sector

Me & my... Xerox 770 Digital Color Press Louise Hodge and her husband Simon, co-owners of self-styled 'single-source marketing agency' Fidelity Solutions, are in a fortunate position. While printers across the country are rushing out to buy in design skills to increase margins with some add...


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Events

London International Antiquarian Book Fair

  • Antiquarian Booksellers' Association and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
  • Date: Thu 24 May 2012 - Sat 26 May 2012
  • Venue: National Hall, Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London W14 8UX

Print Buyer University

  • Heidelberg
  • Date: Mon 16 Jul 2012 - Fri 20 Jul 2012
  • Venue: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Print Media Academy Kurfürsten-Anlage 52-60 69115 Heidelberg Germany

Cross Media 2012

  • Informa Exhibitions
  • Date: Mon 03 Sep 2012 - Tue 04 Sep 2012
  • Venue: Business Design Centre, London


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