Overmatter: salute the suit

Overmatter loves the fact that printed garments are very much on-trend at the moment. After all, somebody, somewhere, is printing all that stuff.

60-seconds with TT Litho

Established in 1975 by the Fogarty family, TT Litho Printers has been established for over 40 years and has a reputation for high quality service. Starting out in a shed in the late Tom Fogarty’s...

Q&A: Thomas Berwick, apprentice, Point Control

Thomas has been in the industry for about 18 months in his apprentice role at Accrington-based print finishing business Point Control, where his father Richard is one of the firm’s founding directors....

Star product: Gateway3D

A cloud-based product-personalisation service.

Drupa stand highlights: post-press

The fourth in our series of round-ups of all the launches attendees can take a closer look at at Drupa 2016.

A job’s not finished until it’s finished

Gone are the days when finishing could be called ‘the Cinderella of print’. While today’s industry mourns the commodification of print, there’s a greater awareness that it is the post-print processes...

Label presses that pack more punch

The basic concept behind flexo is a flexible relief plate similar to the way that letterpress works. It can print to a very wide range of substrates, from flexible films through to folding carton and,...

Killer app: Lustalux applies graphic first aid at hospital unit

Brightening up dull hospital walls and giving patients, staff and visitors alike a beautiful vista to view can only help raise spirits. Preston-based company Lustalux, was commissioned to print and...

Me & my: Arjowiggins Creative Papers Conqueror Alive

In the age of social media the humble business card remains one of the most popular networking tools. As well as its benefit as a cheap marketing tool, quickly swapping cards with a new contact is far...

Marriages of convenience: mergers and acquisitions in print

There is a scene in the film version of Bret Easton Ellis’ gothic horror American Psycho where deranged executioner Patrick Bateman (played by Christian Bale) spouts to a club patron: “I’m into...

No good news on packaging regs

The European Court of Justice has backed the EU Tobacco Directive and told producers of packaging for tobacco products that they cannot use fancy substrates, designs or techniques to differentiate...

A timely buy can expand your abilties

Peter Llewellyn and his team are good at filling gaps: first it was the town, then it was digital print. Now it’s foiling.