Printers

Overmatter: tempura-ray setback

Our excitement that one of print’s own could carry off the Masterchef trophy at the end of the show’s new season has proved to be sadly short-lived.

60 seconds with Serious Print Group

Serious Print Group started “out of an imminent redundancy” at a company managing director Nick Henry worked for in 2009. “I got together with three other guys that worked there one Friday afternoon...

The revised qualification broadens the scope of knowledge required at level 3

Are we doing enough for the future of the industry?

National Apprenticeship Week begins as this issue hits readers’ desks, but its focus probably says more about our aspirations than the situation on the ground. The government has pledged to create 3...

‘I have never been so excited about the future’

If bad luck always comes in threes, perhaps the same is true of business turnarounds. Taylor Bloxham group chief executive Robert Lockwood certainly hopes so.

60 seconds with Sticky Labels

Vine Lodge Products (which trades as Sticky Labels) was set up in 1973 by the father of current managing director Gideon Hall. “He started from our garage with a Tickopress machine.

Flexpress Trade gearing up for PrintWeekLive! debut

Flexpress Trade will promote its wares to potential clients when it makes its PrintWeekLive! debut next month.

Fujifilm launches entry-level Acuity LED option

Fujifilm has expanded its printer portfolio with the launch of a more flexible, lower cost alternative to the Acuity LED 1600 II.

Route One launches free GDPR eBook for printers

Trade printer Route One Print has created a free guide to help printers get ready for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Bell & Bain expands apprenticeship scheme with new recruits

Scottish book printer Bell & Bain has recruited two new apprentices and plans to take on four more in the next few weeks.

60 seconds with Washington Direct Mail

Washington Direct Mail (WDM) started in 1983 and was originally created to handle print and merchandising for a car manufacturer’s dealerships. It then set up a mailing house arm and went on to add...