Disciplines

Star product: Perfect Box Solutions Optimus Prime

Falling somewhere between slow manual boxmaking options and pricey automated systems, this machine may have a familiar face but it is one of a kind – and could have a ‘transformative’ impact.

Star product: Ricoh Pro Z75

This B2-plus duplexing inkjet press is aiming to take over short-run offset work – and give dry toner digital presses a run for their money – by offering higher capacity but lower operating costs.

Me & My: SwissQprint Nyala 4

When GMD Print & Install’s founder Justas Gadliauskas visited SwissQprint’s UK office, he was looking for a used large-format flatbed printer. Instead, with the help of a tailored payment plan...

60 seconds with Fathers Finishers

A dream of Nick Fathers become reality in 2003 when he bit the bullet and started Fathers Finishers.

De La Rue hopes for a secure future

The security printing business has had a tough few years; can PE bolstering help drive a turnaround?

Swiss inkjet event spreads its wings

Held in the picturesque Swiss city of Lucerne, an idyllic hour-long train journey south west of capital Zurich, Hunkeler Innovationdays is a biennial calendar highlight for many.

Business inspection: Signs of strength

"If you don’t have resilience, don’t think about starting your own business. Plain and simple.”

You couldn’t make it up

Sometimes we come across stories of criminality that are so outlandish as to be unbelievable – where the brass neck of the perpetrators is beyond belief. Yet these stories are often, remarkably, true.

Visionaries welcome

The Fespa Global Print Expo is the wide-format print organisation’s annual flagship event, this year being held at the Messe Berlin, with the city proud of its 200-year history of holding trade events...

IG Design Group could exit US amid tariff woes

The adverse impact of President Trump’s trade tariffs means IG Design Group is now considering offloading its loss making US division altogether.