Disciplines

Q&A: Ben Manning, production director, Rapidity
Ben is slightly older than London-based Rapidity, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. Unsurprisingly given his family connections to the industry, he has also been “working in the print”...

PressOn cultivates giant blooming living painting
Having wrapped an entire ex-Royal Navy warship, the ‘Dazzle Ship’, and received a 2015 Fespa Gold Award for its troubles, PressOn was sought out by the Flower Council of Holland to produce an...

Education boosts perception of print
The paper industry is out to bust a myth: that it is imperilling the environment by destroying forests in order to boost profits.

Business as usual, despite upheavals
Compared with the momentous events of late, the past couple of weeks have been fairly tame – all that seems to have happened is that we now have a new Prime Minister.
Boring.

Assessing digital presses in the post-Drupa landscape
With the dust now settled after a flurry of new digital press announcements at Drupa, it’s a good time to go though, compare and contrast and put them into some sort of context.

Sitting comfortably II: more views from the red sofa
There was never any doubt that digital was always going to be a hot topic at Drupa. In terms of product launches, star turns, largely from the show’s birthday boy, and the sheer scale of the digital...

Brexit will not deflect new EU data protection requirements
First put forward by the European Union in January 2012, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by the European Parliament in April this year and will come into force on 25 May...

Capricorn in double Canon purchase
Digital printer Capricorn has invested in a new Canon Varioprint 120 and a second imagePress C800, in a bid to boost production.

Group101 plans for textile investment
Wide-format print and signage specialist Group101 is looking to take on another MTEX 5032Pro direct-to-textile printer seven months after installing its first.

Young entrepreneurs recognised in inaugural print awards
Two high-flying young printers have been recognised at an All-Party Parliamentary Print Group reception at the House of Commons.