Overmatter: Fellow fundraisers

Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside, especially at this time of year. So it’s great to see two seaside printers embarking upon good works in support of their favourite charities.

Q&A: Rhianna Moore, digital print and finishing apprentice, Telford Repro

Rhianna – Rhi for short – is 19 and is nine months into her first year in the industry. Congratulations are in order as she recently won IT Apprentice of the Year at her college. She’s also a musician...

Business inspection: Make a success of a shrinking market sector

The financial print sector has undergone radical change, but the work is there, if you know what your clients want.

Trade specialists thrive despite a gloomy forecast

Five years ago, people feared for the future of trade printers. All the noise in the industry was of businesses bringing services in-house, rendering the traditional trade supplier obsolete: what...

Killer app: Babywise brings Aldi changing mats up to date

Baby mattress manufacturer Babywise has recently completed a major print job by producing 40,000 custom-designed PVC changing mats in-house for supermarket chain Aldi.

Post-Paperlinx advice for cash-strapped print companies

It’s a situation that is polarising industry opinion. Three months on from the administration of most of Paperlinx UK, we’re now at the stage where print companies that had 90 days’ credit with the...

Editor’s comment: What will be Paperlinx’s legacy?

While the paper market seemed to chug down Paperlinx’s capacity with barely a burp, three months later concerns remain about the potential aftershocks of the demise of the UK’s largest paper merchant.

Learning from Paperlinx’s toxic legacy

The collapse of the majority of Paperlinx’s UK operations has left a trail of destruction in its wake. But one of those whose business went under hopes lessons learned from the experience will ensure...

‘I only want to be in a business that’s about growth’

Quite how a £42.5m business with around 350 staff can be a well-kept secret might not be immediately clear, but that’s exactly how Anton chief executive Malcolm Lane-Ley describes the Essex-based...

Me & my: Riso ComColor 9150

Stralfors is an international firm that offers integrated customer communication solutions, from high-speed continuous and cutsheet full-colour digital printing to email and SMS and loyalty cards.

Why doing good is more than just a good idea

Corporate social responsibility, these days increasingly referred to simply as ‘corporate responsibility’ or ‘sustainability’, has much to recommend it. After all, what’s not to like about the notion...

Star product: Mcor Technologies Iris HD

This unique device builds 3D models from sheets of printed paper.