Business

Vision Paper and Board extends Celerbr8 and Verdanna ranges
Paper merchant and converter Vision Paper & Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has extended its Celerbr8 Solo Occasions FSC board and Verdanna Offset ranges.

W MacCarthy & Sons buys Polar 115 N Plus
Speciality boxmaker W MacCarthy & Sons hopes to boost efficiency on knife changes and programming when it takes delivery of a Polar guillotine next month from Heidelberg.

Tall Security Print in £500k litho, digital and finishing spend
Tall Security Print, part of the Tall Group of Companies, has invested £500,000 in new litho, digital and finishing equipment, including a new 500mm web press from Spanish manufacturer Imer.

Mode Print Solutions marks 20th birthday with MP and mayor visit
Digital equipment reseller Mode Print Solutions has celebrated two decades in business by holding a reception attended by North East Hertfordshire MP Sir Oliver Heald and mayor of Ware Rosalie...

Window Film Company drives growth with Canon Océ Arizona 460 GT UV buy
Window Film Company is looking at double-digit growth after moving to a new office in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and installing a Canon Océ Arizona 460GT flatbed printer.

Unite threatens packaging firm with strike action over sacked staff
Unite has announced a two-day strike at the Northampton plant of one of the world's largest paper-based packaging groups following the dismissal of two of the union's stewards.

Fresh-faced chic: reviving your identity
Consignia, New Coke and Choco Krispies are just three of many infamous attempts at rebranding over the years. While some companies ride out the storm that often accompanies major change, these three...

Set your pay schemes to suit your sales strategy
For years the tried and trusted method print bosses used to motivate their sales staff was the ‘carrot and stick’ approach: the promise of cold hard cash if certain performance-related targets were...

Print’s tomorrows need today’s yoof
To avoid any possible confusion, this edition of PrintWeek is 100%, officially the apprentice issue.

Old-school schemes find favour with a new generation
Ink-stained apprentices were a feature of the printing trade for centuries. At least three US presidents – Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding and Lyndon Johnson – worked as so-called ‘printer’s devils’...