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Luxury Packaging Printer of the Year: Boss Print
Boss by name, boss by nature: the west London printer lays on the luxury like no other, notching up another impressive performance in this category. “Loved some of the materials choices, and simply...

High-volume Magazine Printer of the Year: Wyndeham Roche
This reconfigured category was won for the first time last year by this year’s winner. Once again Wyndeham Roche produced “a web offset printing masterclass”, according to the judges. Boat...

Brochure Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group
If a picture paints a thousand words, then the highest-quality brochure must speak volumes - the production values on show here are among the highest in print, said the judges.

Direct Mail Printer of the Year: Geoff Neal Group
Our judges have a beef about this one: “All too often direct mail is slurred with the ‘junk mail’ label, yet it can show the true marketing potential of print.” Geoff Neal Group proved it with “a...

Michael Passmore passes away
Michael Passmore, former managing director and chairman of Alabaster Passmore & Sons, has passed away.

60 seconds with… Mostly Flat
Graphic designer and artist printmaker Dulcie Fulton started Mostly Flat in 2013 after she took a letterpress class that reminded her how much she loved the process.

Overmatter: tit for tat
The Apprentice is back, and Overmatter is of course glued to the television of a Wednesday evening, awaiting the latest puffed up pronouncements from this year’s array of egotistical maniacs.

Q&A: Marie Gilmour, senior account manager, J Thomson Colour Printers
Marie studied Psychology and French at Glasgow University and graduated with a BSc in 1995. After teaching English in France for a year she changed direction, joined J Thomson Colour Printers and has...

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.