However, the issue opens with a look back at another event, which although significantly smaller holds a similarly important place in the calendar of a different audience – Hunkeler Innovationdays. The briefing section also looks at the big M&A deals past and present, with a special peep at the sale of the institution that is De La Rue.

Following our round-up of the news, the Knowledge Bank section opens with Sussex Sign Company sharing some of its growing pains, before our best practice guide on a specific type of M&A, buying a distressed business, as well as a feature on how to prevent your business from becoming a victim of crime.

The product portfolio section not only features the aforementioned Fespa preview, but also gets under the respective hoods of the SwissQprint Nyala 4, Perfect Bindery Systems' Optimus Prime boxmaking solution, and the Ricoh Pro Z75 B2-plus inkjet press. The section closes with a ‘Best of British’ profile of family-run KAS Paper Systems.

And finally, as ever, the issue is wrapped up with our sideways look at a bygone issue, this time April 1967.

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