Look after your kit and it will look after you

In daily life keeping your cool is crucial to stop small problems snowballing into bigger ones. It’s the same in your press hall, literally, when it comes to the chillers that are the key to keeping...

Star product: Screen Truepress Jet520HD

The latest addition to the Truepress Jet520 range, the Jet520HD is designed for high-quality colour direct mail, brochure and book printing.

Me & my: Duplo iSaddle

Steve Wenlock has saddled up and is about to crack the whip. The managing director of Flexpress recently installed a piece of equipment billed as the first of its kind in the country and, according to...

Putting yourself in the hot seat

An MBO may be a daunting prospect but it can be a liberating experience and can revitalise a firm’s fortunes

Don’t focus on the technology, sell the dream

The technology never used to matter. Not to the client. Printing was a dark art, something only a printer with ink in his veins could truly comprehend. As the buyer, you didn’t even try and work it...

Simple four-step system to help you break bad habits

Plan Do Check Act’ (PDCA) may sound a bit like a governmental directive or a health and safety missive, but this little known business methodology – which is also known as ‘Plan Do Check Adjust’ – is...

‘My aim is always to find the next scalable business’

Tony Rafferty is chief executive of the rarest of beasts: a print PLC. However, while those three letters usually denote a faceless corporate behemoth, Grafenia is far from any of those things.

To the victors (and also to the runners up) go the spoils

Each year, the select few printers that win – and indeed even those who are shortlisted for – a PrintWeek Award have a similar story to tell: that any effort or expense that goes into entering the...

Whistl suspension hits market evolution

The decision by the UK’s second biggest postal services provider Whistl to suspend final-mile delivery services last week, putting 2,000 jobs at risk, has put back the evolution of a market economy...

Brother's Domino deal clears competition hurdle

Brother's proposed 915p-per-share acquisition of Domino Printing Sciences has been approved by the European Commission, meaning it has now been cleared by all relevant competition authorities.

Gandy Digital launches Gladi8tor UV flatbed printer

Wide-format equipment manufacturer Gandy Digital has launched its new digital UV flatbed printer, the Gladi8tor at Fespa.

Thieme inkjet-screen hybrid debuted

In a joint project with partner firms Mankiewicz and Folex, Thieme (6-T82) has developed a combined inkjet-screen print process for producing products including membranes for computer keyboards.