Consumables

I swear by my: Satimat and Inuit paper

The Print Managers Handbook 2007 is for people in the industry, so it was important that it was produced using top-notch substrates. I discussed a variety of options with a lot of people and settled...

Reel cost benefits

Spiralling paper prices have forced many printers to find new ways to cut costs in their supply chain and, with the web printers muscling in its sheetfed work, Banbury-based Stones the Printers is no...

Preserving our prized works

The metre-thick walls and reinforced windows are bomb proof. There are quarantine rooms fitted with low-oxygen chambers and freezers to ensure nothing potentially hazardous enters the building. The...

Flexo, letterpress and gravure inks

Gravure inks, in comparison to offset inks, are a lot less viscous. The gravure printing process requires liquid ink, which fills the cells of the printing cylinders at a high speed. To keep the...

Arets hires new sales rep Taylor

Arets Graphics is to further expand its sales team with the appointment of Adrian Taylor as technical sales representative.

Three ex-Sun Chemical staff set up inks firm

Three former Sun Chemical employees, including former Sun Chemical Gibbon managing director Graham Frost, have set up their own inks and coatings venture, Inks Coating European (ICE).

Star product: XCP Pressguard

Scottish-firm Marott Graphic Services has launched a protection fluid aimed directly at the printing industry.

Sun Chemical World Series

Wyndeham Grange factory co-ordinator Andy Walker loves the forgiving nature and lack of waste produced by this vegetable-based ink process

Sun Chemical announces launch line-up for Fespa show

Sun Chemical has announced plans to launch a raft of new inks and other products in the run-up to Fespa 2007.

Flint acquires Day to form 1.7bn firm

Consumables giant Flint Group has bought Day International, the manufacturer and supplier of printing blankets and sleeves.