Me & my: Heidelberg Diana X 80

Taking a box full of folding carton templates and taking out and replacing each one individually to inspect it with a magnifying glass, might not sound like a very arduous task. Multiply this by 30m...

Business inspection: Why rivals benefit from being friends

Peer-to-peer networking isn't about giving up trade secrets, but mutually useful interaction

LightBrigade secures Just Falafel contract

London-based design and print firm LightBrigade Media has been appointed by global fast food chain Just Falafel to develop its UK brand identity and printed media.

Worde is out about print's secret society

Will this evening involve someone having a knife pointed at their bare breast or being blindfolded and led by a rope?' Not a question your average, otherwise quite nondescript Tuesday evening usually...

MPG situation still in flux

The situation at book and journal printer MPG Printgroup remains unresolved.

Royal Mail hits back at CWU ballot

Royal Mail has described the CWU's consultative ballot as "disappointing" and defended its position on the questions raised by the union.

'Print's too volatile to not understand what you're doing'

Historically the printing industry has relied heavily on gut feeling. Just a decade or so ago some printers were still knocking up an estimate on the back of a cigarette packet and then securing the...

Interview: 'Belief in the vision carried us through'

Real Digital International (RDI) was the archetypal 'field of dreams' business. Its founders, Peter Rivett and Andy Ruddle, had a vision: that the future of transactional and direct mail was...

Volume drop doesn't tell whole story

The news that paper volumes are in almost free-fall decline, will come as no surprise to anyone.

Visitor numbers disappoint but quality made it worthwhile

When the doors closed and visitor numbers were totted up after the final day of this year's North Print & Pack, it probably came as no surprise to the show's organiser's that footfall over the three...

Paperlinx launches 'win-win' revenue generator for printers

Paperlinx has launched a new 'risk free' bolt on service for its customers that will allow printers to supply their customers with packaging, paper and other media and add a new revenue stream to...

MailOnline revenue up 61% in DMGT first half results

A 6% decline in revenue from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday to 287m (2012: 305m) was partially offset by a surge MailOnline revenue in the six months to 31 March, DMGT said.