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Pressing questions: who’s made progress since Drupa?
It has now been 18 months since the big Drupa exhibition in Germany in May 2016, so it’s a good point to look at what’s happened to the many digital production presses that were unveiled there, plus a...

Overmatter: best foot first
As Overmatter observed in our previous issue, there are some very stylish folk out there in the printing industry.

60 seconds with… Ditto 4 Design
In 2002, Ron Fothergill was working in a Blues Brothers show. “Many of the acts we worked asked us to design their posters and leaflets. We saw an opportunity and started off running two machines in...

Take your first steps along the M&A trail
Transactional corporate finance is, in the words of printer Tim Black, a “movable feast”. Or should that be a ‘moving target’? Regulators have had a field day in recent years following the dotcom...

Q&A: Chris Narayan Bindery manager, Rapidity
Chris has worked for 37 years as a hand bookbinder, and his expert skills have been called upon to give demonstrations and teach classes in the art. He loves music and football, his wife, and his...

Star product: Canon Océ VarioPrint 6000 Titan
Canon is doubling down on the mono toner market with a refreshed duplex printer.

Tech-ni-Fold founder publishes inspirational book
Printing industry inventor and entrepreneur Graham Harris has written a book about his extraordinary success story.

Tributes paid to Craig Hallam
Industry friends and colleagues are mourning H2 Group managing director Craig Hallam, who has died suddenly aged just 46.

Brochure Printer of the Year: Hampton Printing (Bristol)
The production values involved in many brochures are among the highest in print, with dedication of everyone, from repro operator to press minder or binding specialist a vital part of the process. The...

You have to be in it to win it
The industry’s great and good descended on London’s Grosvenor House last week to celebrate the best of UK print.