Business

Getting a patent is exciting, but there are plenty of risks

Having a patent is just like winning a fast-track to a roller coaster: you feel great walking past the queues waving your ticket, until you get on the ride, and then it is an unpredictable journey of...

Me & my... TyreF Coating Blanket

We all tend to enjoy a whinge about the morning commute to work, but DS Smith print manager Steve Harkins would appear to have a far worse ordeal than the vast majority and so more cause to complain:...

Unite urges MMP investors to raise dispute

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has written to investors in Austrian-owned packaging manufacturer Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP), urging them to raise the current dispute with its Bootle-based...

Atlas Converting Equipment to demonstrate slitter rewinder at Drupa

Atlas Converting Equipment is to showcase its Titan SR9-DT Dual Turret rewinder at Drupa 2012 (Hall 12, Stand D67).

Print Futures Awards to celebrate young talent

The Printing Charity, the BPIF and Unite have once again joined forces for this year's Print Futures Awards, which honours the brightest lights in print and supports them with funding for additonal...

Drupa preview: presses and digital

The press, whether conventional or digital, is the machine upon which this diverse and innovative business is built and so, in the first of our previews, we take a look at what will be on show in...

Spandex launches price promotion on Avery cast films

Graphic arts kit supplier Spandex has launched a special price promotion until the end of March on its Avery cast film products for car wrapping, digital printing, signage and laminates.

KBA revamps Rapida 145

KBA has revamped its large-format Rapida 145 with a host of new features that speed up makeready and production on the press.

Ocado rebrands customer magazine

Ocado has relaunched its customer magazine Ocado Life and renamed it Shop, with the first issue due to be distributed this week.

Superior Creative opens new design studio

Superior Creative has opened its new design studio in Wiltshire, part of a 2m investment programme.