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Star product: Perfect Box Solutions Optimus Prime

Falling somewhere between slow manual boxmaking options and pricey automated systems, this machine may have a familiar face but it is one of a kind – and could have a ‘transformative’ impact.

Star product: Ricoh Pro Z75

This B2-plus duplexing inkjet press is aiming to take over short-run offset work – and give dry toner digital presses a run for their money – by offering higher capacity but lower operating costs.

Me & My: SwissQprint Nyala 4

When GMD Print & Install’s founder Justas Gadliauskas visited SwissQprint’s UK office, he was looking for a used large-format flatbed printer. Instead, with the help of a tailored payment plan...

Q&A: Ian Cunningham, Global category lead – print, direct mail and branded merchandise, APS Group

Ian is 58 and has worked in the industry for 30 years, having originally trained in graphic design.

Rising star: Louisa Stokes Client services administrator, Augustus Martin

Louisa is 21 and started working at Augustus Martin in January 2022.

60 seconds with Fathers Finishers

A dream of Nick Fathers become reality in 2003 when he bit the bullet and started Fathers Finishers.

Overmatter: Who doesn’t love a pull-up banner?

Perhaps more realistically, who does?!

Harwood King has the golden touch

King Midas may have suffered from the blingiest of afflictions, but he probably didn’t know his way around a foiler. Sussex fine art printer Harwood King Printmakers, however, definitely does.

The industry must encourage the next generation of print bosses

It’s well documented that print, like many manufacturing industries, is facing a ticking time-bomb of an ageing workforce and needs to do more to attract younger workers to the sector.

Business inspection: Signs of strength

"If you don’t have resilience, don’t think about starting your own business. Plain and simple.”