PPB launches new industrial plastics range
A new range of industrial plastics, one of which is 150 times stronger than glass, according to the manufacturer, is being targeted at signage, display, POS, vending machine fronts and vacuum-formed...
Reawakening of franchise brings a plethora of print
It’s not for nothing that movie and cultural critics have called the omnipresent Star Wars movies a cradle-to-grave entertainment experience. Appearing in regular installments throughout the past...
Overmatter: mud runners
What do you get when you mix Antalis pink with brown? Lots of brown. Mud, in fact.
60 seconds with John Good
John Good was founded in the mid 1980s primarily to serve the UK arts industry. The firm now supplies programmes and brochures to over 100 theatres and concert halls throughout the UK and Ireland.
Capitalising on the trend for printed textiles
James Birch can sense when he’s on to a good thing and this time he can feel it too: fabrics. Last week saw the official launch of a textile-printing arm of the company he directs, Colourgrpahics....
Put the love back into commercial relationships
In the increasingly digitised age in which we live, direct interaction between businesses and their customers has been reduced to a bare minimum, due to the greater levels of automation offered by...
Q&A: Terry Shortland New business sales, Moore division DG3
Terry has been in print for 15 years now, although he’s been a salesman since the day after he left school. “I just dipped my toe into a few other marketplaces before settling into ink.” He’s getting...
‘Creativity, innovation and choice’ in an upbeat market
Enjoying its third successive year of growth, Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) is set to open its doors at NEC Birmingham over 19-21 April with more than 200 exhibitors showing their products and services...
Killer app: Title and Curtis engage sex appeal for a slicker Yes
Curtis Packaging and creative design agency Title have come together to sex up the packaging of the Yes organic personal lubricant range to help it to appeal more to the pleasure and general consumer...
Inkjet exit may help Kodak prosper
Kodak’s decision to offload its Prosper division, at first glance at least, seems a little bizarre.
Big H fires up fresh strategy for Drupa
With a reported share of just over 40% of the sheetfed market - significantly more than nearest challengers KBA and Komori combined – Heidelberg can be forgiven for primarily focusing on its core...
Putting old kit to new uses keeps artisan skills alive
Nick Loaring, owner of The Print Project in Shipley, is an honest man. When asked about letterpress and the workshops he runs for the public, teaching the print laity how to wield type, he responds...