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Rising star: Brandon Smith, HP digital printer and ABG finisher, Harkwell
The electrical trade’s loss is print’s gain. Brandon is 20 and has been working at Poole-based Harkwell, which specialises in labels and pouches for a wide range of customers, since the spring of...

Nailing down the kilowatts
Wrap up and prepare, there’s no doubt we’re all facing a hard winter, with industry hit as much as households by the rocketing price of gas, electricity and vehicle fuels. While the government...

Star product: Uchida AeroDieCut
A B3 die-cutter that mixes the benefits of conventional technology with modern automation and step-and-repeat functionality, making it a versatile addition to any small printer’s kit line-up.

Star product: Scodix Ultra 6000
This B1 digital packaging embellishment press can deliver a wide range of finishing effects and will fly through in minutes makereadies for complex jobs that would take hours on analogue alternatives.

Me & my: Daco DF350SR 037 Flex
When Ian Woodhead, managing director of Sudbury, Suffolk-based Anglia Labels, decided to invest in a new piece of equipment to bring more finishing functions in-house he knew exactly where to turn.

Business inspection: Old tech, new opportunity
Carving out a USP as a trade print finisher might not be the simplest of tasks but Edinburgh-based Taskforce inadvertently managed to do just that by having the open-mindedness to choose old...

WPG provides the personal touch for Down syndrome story book
Building a reputation for reliability is vital in the printing industry, but there are some jobs where it is worth more than just money to get it right.

60 seconds with Pressision
Pressision began life almost 20 years ago. The firm’s vision and mission was born out of the frustration of a group of graphic designers who “didn’t have a print production house that would...

Overmatter: Gutenberg game
German printing pioneer Johannes Gutenberg continues to inspire, more than 550 years after his death.

Me & my: Komori GL429
When Devon-based commercial printer Hedgerow Print decided to consolidate its warehouse footprint on an industrial estate in Crediton and move from two smaller units into a larger 930sqm premises in...