
The publishers who put it all together
Which part of the magazine publishing sector has a colossal advertising spend yet doesn’t sell advertising in its titles, publishes new products every year, in two tightly defined timeframes and knows...

Overmatter: font of pleasure
Overmatter is convinced there is a deep and long-standing connection between the printing and brewing industries. Beer taps are, after all, called ‘fonts’.

60 seconds with Direct to Media Print
Direct to Media Print (DTM) was born out of Peerless Plastics & Coatings, a specialist in protective coatings for a multitude of different products.

Killer app: Celloglas ensures Computer Arts is up to scratch
Computer Arts magazine doesn’t like to hold back with the design of its covers. In 2015, the UK’s Top 30 Design Studios’ edition employed heat-sensitive inks on the cover and the year before it was...

The five pillars of sustainable production
Green credentials are no longer simply an attractive business bolt-on. Companies in all sectors demonstrating a commitment to reducing their environmental impact not only enjoy reduced costs, an...

Star product: Vivid Easymount Air EMA-1600SH
A wide-format thermal laminator with a pneumatic pressure system.

Me & my: Roland DG TrueVis VG-640
Over the past 10 years Perth-based husband-and-wife team Gary and Elizabeth Paterson have expanded from running a graphic design business in a converted garage into a full creative service with...

'Talk about value, not just the price’
It’s safe to say that the Independent Print Industries Association is not exactly the best-known trade body in print. But that’s not a concern for chief executive Marian Stefani, nor part of her...

Serial phoenixers give us all a bad rep
The print industry, like many others with room for consolidation, has a bustling M&A market, which in an ideal world would be characterised by honest, straightforward transactions where jobs are saved...

Can the unions keep pace with big changes in the industry?
With the free world seemingly in freefall and the Brexit process under way, you could be forgiven for having missed the fact that print’s union Unite’s leadership election is just around the corner.

Setting up pay strategies for long-term love affairs
Salespeople are the beating heart of a business; without the revenue they generate no other parts of a business will function for very long. The question is, how best to incentivise sales to work...

John E Wright acquisitive in Nottingham
John E Wright has completed its 10th M&A deal with the acquisition of Nottingham-based digital printer Instaprint.