Briefing

Landa: Serial showman lifts the tempo again

"It’s like composing a symphony and conducting an orchestra where none of the players have played together before, and they are all playing new instruments. For that to come together and turn into a...

Big H fires up fresh strategy for Drupa

With a reported share of just over 40% of the sheetfed market - significantly more than nearest challengers KBA and Komori combined – Heidelberg can be forgiven for primarily focusing on its core...

Exhibitors praise organisers and visitor quality for 2016

While it might have only been mentioned in hushed tones in Amsterdam, many exhibitors were a little nervous about the ‘Drupa effect’ on this year’s Fespa Digital, falling as it does in the same year...

UK’s businesses weigh up ins and outs of in-out referendum

Like racehorses, chomping at the bit to exit the starting gate, it seemed only a matter of seconds after the date of the long-awaited EU in-out referendum was announced that politicians were racing to...

Rival bidders weigh up Tangent’s value

Events at Tangent Communications were continuing to unfold as PrintWeek went to press, but despite the fluid situation one thing seems certain – one way or another there will be a new ownership...

Can SMEs take on W2P’s big three?

For web-to-print giants Photobox, Truprint and Vistaprint, personalised print is their lifeblood, but it is a market that most commercial printers have either struggled to compete in or not entered at...

Invest in prevention, protection and a plan for a rainy day

Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude and Henry. They sound like a group of friendly pensioners you might meet down the pub or in a tea room, rather than a series of devastating storms that caused the worst...

Smith & Ouzman sets out to rebuild reputation

It was the call every company director, involved in exports, hopes never to get – in 2010 Smith & Ouzman (S&O) was informed it was under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – an...

Will the latest UV drying techs win over sheetfed litho?

Last month IST (UK) launched a service that enables UK printers to retrofit LE-UV, LED-UV or conventional UV drying technology onto installed or secondhand equipment.

Is Carbon Balanced Paper here to stay?

Carbon Balanced Paper was reintroduced in the UK last month amid hopes that the scheme will be more successful this time around.

2015 review: November

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

2015 review: December

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

2015 review: September

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

2015 review: October

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

2015 review: July

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.