Overcapacity woes can be overcome with forward planning

Sheetfed magazine specialist Pensord told PrintWeek last month that, as part of a future-proofing strategic investment, it was set to reduce its capacity by replacing two existing Heidelberg...

60 seconds with Baker Labels

Baker Labels began life in 1973 in Kings Cross, London when it was set up by Roy and Marion Baker. Production started with flat screen, litho and hotfoil printing, a small slitter, and an office in a...

Q&A: Mitesh Chouhan, managing director, Central Mailing Services

Mitesh is 37 years old and has spent 12 years in the industry. He describes his hobbies as “work!”. He and his wife Priscilla are expecting their first child in October.

Think green in every aspect of your business

Everything she said to Prince Charles struck a chord. The future monarch is an avid environmentalist and so is Simone Hindmarch, which is what brought them together this June in Buckingham Palace.

Learn to capitalise on your customers’ deepest desires

Let’s talk psychology. No, not the meaning of that awful recurring nightmare; the one where you’re running naked past the presses in a panic that you’ve forgotten to action your company’s biggest ever...

Star product: Perfect Bindery Solutions One-Line

A complete line for high-end book production in low volumes.

Overmatter: cool off!

It’s been really quite warm for more than a few days, people were wilting at Wimbledon, and there’s a hosepipe ban in some areas of the country.

Adverset captains Leeds Bradford Airport’s flight of fancy

Yorkshire is going places. Specifically, it’s going all around the world, thanks to Leeds Bradford Airport. Open since 1931, West Yorkshire’s gateway to the rest of the world needed a bit of a revamp...

Fortune may be found in a nice niche

In this issue’s interview, Rapidity boss Paul Manning talks about some of the lessons he’s learned in his career, and one in particular really struck a chord: how do you go about recognising the next...

Me & my: Esatec Digistar 2 1100

Frip Finishing’s origins stretch back almost half a century, to the founding of Impact Printing Company in Scotland in 1970, supplying cheque printers and MICR ribbons to the security sector.

So long, St Ives

What was at one time without doubt the UK printing industry’s most-admired business is now not a printer at all.

‘It’s a funny trade, it’s inherently relationship based’

Rapidity managing director Paul Manning might be fresher faced than your average print boss, but don’t let his appearance fool you – he’s learned many a hard lesson.