
Star product: Xerox iGen5
Xerox's high-throughput workhorse gets a five-colour upgrade.

Me & my: Ryobi 924 LED-UV
There was a definite moment at Ipex last year that swung it for Mike Greene. The ABC Print Group managing director was looking at stepping up formats from B3 to B2 when he rolled up at the show and...

Overmatter: pedal power
The pedal-power of Park Communications directors Alison Branch and Heath Mason has paid off – the duo raised more than £8,000 in their recent charity cycle ride from London to Amsterdam.

Sloppy security is making printing companies targets for cyber criminals
At first glance commercial printers might think that the prospect of cyber criminals or hackers attempting to access their IT system is fairly remote. After all, hackers typically seem to go after...

DTS paints picture of the shape of things to come
A new dimension is opening up for digital printing. The third dimension. We’re at the start of an exciting new phase in the adoption of digital printing that will see it applying images...

‘We don’t need to panic, we just need to follow the plan’
When Mark Cornford led a £12.8m MBO at Communisis’s business forms operation in 2008, it’s fair to say that a few people thought the proud Welshman was perhaps a little bit mad.

Why waste is a wasted opportunity
In recent years waste management has become a multibillion-pound industry. And print businesses like those in every other industry, perhaps more so than many others with its inks, chemicals, metals...

Ipex set to return in 2017
Informa has unveiled a new focus and frequency for Ipex, as well as a return to its former home.

Polestar calls time on Stones site
Polestar is proposing to close its Polestar Stones sheetfed site, after nearly two centuries in business, as the company’s chief financial officer departs for pastures new.

New role for former HH Global director
Former HH Global chief sales and marketing director Tony Massey has joined US-headquartered print management and marketing services company InnerWorkings.

Drytac launches new film for personalised dry-erase graphics
Self-adhesive materials manufacturer Drytac Europe has launched WipeOut, a new clear gloss polyester film for personalised dry-erase graphics applications.

Barclay’s upgrades Linoprint technology
Four years after buying its first digital press from Heidelberg, Barclay’s Print has returned for a Linoprint CP, the high-speed 130ppm model.