Disciplines

Material concerns: what can take the place of polywrap?
It started with single-use carrier bags, then progressed to plastic straws, water bottles and food packaging.

Star product: Agfa Synaps OMF90
Agfa’s paper replacement with roots in the age of film can now be slipped into a wider range of applications with a new foldable variant.

Me & my: Sakurai Maestro MS 80 SD
What Nitecrest needed was a more flexible friend in a printroom that produces 5 million credit, gift, loyalty and membership cards every day. The firm spends big on technology because it cannot afford...

Great British manufacturers taken on in latest M&A flurry
A busy year of M&A action among manufacturers appears to have come to a head with Heidelberg’s MBO buy, Plockmatic Group’s acquisition of Watkiss Automation and Kolbus Group’s purchase of Autobox...

When ROI matters direct mail delivers
In July, well before the peak autumn period, PrintWeek partnered with Konica Minolta to pull together some of the leading lights in direct mail and discuss some of the key challenges and opportunities...

Print is learning the tricks of the trade
It feels as though we’ve argued about Brexit until we’re all blue in the face.

Keep your bright ideas safe under lock and key
When it comes to protecting what a business owns it’s easy to think of the physical – premises, equipment, stock and vehicles.

Acquiring a new outfit to produce new outfits
It was the right time for Keith Boyce. And it was the right place for his latest takeover target. The print managing director wanted to buy a business to expand the capabilities of one of the UK’s...

Clays makes first investment under new owner
Clays has expanded its print facilities for the first time since it was bought earlier this year with the investment in an HP PageWide T490HD web press that is set to begin production in mid November.

Hybrid Software launches variable data option
Hybrid Software has released a variable data printing (VDP) option for its Packz PDF editor and Cloudflow workflow suite that it is targeting at the labels and packaging markets.