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60 seconds with: Duraweld
Duraweld began life in 1959, mostly making plastic book covers for libraries and sleeves for telephone books. In 1970 it merged with Mac Plastics, run by Richard Senior.
In March 2010 the company...

Don't fall victim to workplace hazards
Red tape. Definitely something that features prominently on printers' top-five-things-to-grumble-about lists. And yet seemingly overly prescriptive government legislation is often there for good...

'We see ourselves as growth hackers'
Lawrence Merritt was managing director of Photobox UK & Ireland from 2007 until 1 March this year when he side-stepped to head up his new 'incubator' arm of the business, Photobox Startups. Hannah...

Lack of clarity confuses argument over zero-hours contracts
The row over the so called zero-hours contract (ZHC) has gained traction in recent weeks, not least thanks to a survey published by Unite on 8 September, ahead of the TUC Congress in Bournemouth last...

Me & my: Xerox Nuvera 144 EA
All things considered, running a print business is really very similar to being a rock star. The all-nighters, the boozing, the outrageous costumes, the adoring fans... Okay, perhaps there are some...

Star product: Mirri foil laminated media
New substrate options for creating glitzy metallic effects.

GPT signs Esko agreement, appoints new general manager
Wide-format distributor Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT) has signed an agreement with Esko Graphics UK to sell its cutting and software products.

Drupa launches global trend surveys
Messe Dusseldorf has commissioned a series of global trend reports to be published in the run up to Drupa 2016.

60 seconds with: Central Colour
Central Colour was set up in 1996, and was acquired in an MBO by directors Andy Baxter, Richard Limer and David Fortune nine years ago. Between them the trio have racked up a whopping 75 years’...

New MD for Arctic Paper UK
Rob Slowe has been appointed to the position of managing director of Arctic Paper UK.