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After being told by numerous university tutors that there are ‘no jobs in a dead trade like bookbinding’, Hayley set out to make them eat their words.

Ian Chamberlain set up Tudor Bookbinding in 1992, after spotting a gap in the market for a print finishing service while working as a binding room manager. The firm started off in the centre of...

Berforts in Hastings has increased its perfect-binding capability with the installation of a new Horizon BQ470 from Intelligent Finishing Systems.

Catford Print Centre is forecasting a growth in short-run hardback books and has installed a Fastbind system to meet the expected rise in demand.

Precision Printing has given a huge boost to automation of packaging for photobooks after installing a CMC CartonWrap 500 box-on-demand system.

Commercial printer Expert Print has expanded its bindery after investing in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch-fold-trim line.

Sheetfed magazine printer Buxton Press is focusing on finishing as part of an ongoing £20m spend at the Derbyshire business.

Ian has worked in print finishing since he left school at the age of 16, barring a brief interlude in 1975 when he tried his hand at being a milkman, a cooked meats salesman, and a van driver, before...

Large-format and digital print specialist Ronset has bought a Morgana BM2000S bookletmaker with AC510 collator and FTR2000 trimmer to boost its efficiency.

Trade finisher A&M Ellis has added perfect binding to its in-house service offering following investment in a Horizon BQ-470 four-clamp perfect binder and an HT-30 three-side trimmer.