Simon Eccles

Best of British: The genies of the lamp
Just as the UK has a cluster of inkjet developers which one way or another can trace their origins back to Cambridge University colleges, it also has a crop of innovative UV curing lamp makers whose...

Star product: Ricoh Pro C9500
Ricoh’s new flagship toner press, targeted at high-volume commercial print operations, boasts a new print engine and significant improvements to quality, speed, automation and media range.

Best of British: Industrial inkjet’s wizards
Here’s another pioneering British developer that grew up in the inkjet hothouse around Cambridge.

Star product: eProductivity Software Midmarket Print Suite
A suite of applications “decades in the making” aimed at optimising production processes.

Star product: CGS Oris Real Substrate Proof
A fully colour-accurate digital proofing system for packaging.

Lighting the way
We’ve built up quite a library of Best of British stories now, but Crawley- based UV lamp maker GEW (EC) might just claim the title of ‘most British’ to date.

Making connections: assessing the UK’s MIS landscape
Management information systems or MIS, is a fairly loose and fluid group of computerised financial, production and sales support tools.

Star product: Inkcups Helix One
A dedicated DTO option for parallel and tapered cylinders.

Star product: Fujifilm Revoria PC1120
Fujifilm’s new flagship dry-toner press is now available in the UK and offers customers access to new applications and substrates, an expanded gamut and improved throughput performance.

Me & My: Zünd G3 3XL-3200
Founded 25 years ago in Kettering, Northants, Artisan Signs is a family-run, large-format print and signage company that works with a broad range of clients, taking in large retail, marketing and...