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Communisis appoints new chairman

A former chief executive of Informa and Emap is to become the new chairman of Communisis.

Domino marketing director passes away

Domino’s global marketing director Paul Doody has passed away, aged 50.

Q&A: Adam Roppert, production manager, Imprint Digital

Adam is 34 years old and as far as we know he’s the first former tank soldier to appear in PrintWeek’s Q&A. He has been in the printing industry for seven years and describes life with a young family...

Overmatter: font of pleasure

Overmatter is convinced there is a deep and long-standing connection between the printing and brewing industries. Beer taps are, after all, called ‘fonts’.

60 seconds with Direct to Media Print

Direct to Media Print (DTM) was born out of Peerless Plastics & Coatings, a specialist in protective coatings for a multitude of different products.

'Talk about value, not just the price’

It’s safe to say that the Independent Print Industries Association is not exactly the best-known trade body in print. But that’s not a concern for chief executive Marian Stefani, nor part of her...

Serial phoenixers give us all a bad rep

The print industry, like many others with room for consolidation, has a bustling M&A market, which in an ideal world would be characterised by honest, straightforward transactions where jobs are saved...

Setting up pay strategies for long-term love affairs

Salespeople are the beating heart of a business; without the revenue they generate no other parts of a business will function for very long. The question is, how best to incentivise sales to work...

Durst’s Morrison to push labels growth

As part of a strategy to boost its activities in the labels market Durst UK has created a new sales role for the UK and Ireland.

Xeikon founder passes away

Lucien De Schamphelaere, the founder of Belgian digital press manufacturer Xeikon, has died aged 85.