Ultimate Kelmscott adds PUR binding capability

Ultimate Kelmscott has added PUR binding to its range of trade finishing services after taking delivery of a Eurobind 600 machine from Heidelberg.

First print management firm achieves ISO 12647-2 certification

UK firm Charterhouse has become the first print management company in the world to achieve the BPIF ISO 12647-2 colour quality management certification.

Four plead not guilty to corruption

One of the UK’s oldest security printers, alongside four individuals related to the company, have pleaded not guilty to corruption charges dating back to 2006.

UK manufacturer opens up UV printing to all with Ipex launch

Benford UV will use its Ipex debut in March for the European launch of its EcoUV retrofittable low-energy, low-cost curing system, which it claimed opens up UV to commercial litho printers of all...

Kingfisher boosts digital capability with Nexpress

Family firm Kingfisher Print & Design is to install a Kodak NexPress SX 3300 press in February to “close the gap between digital and litho”.

Me & my: MGI Meteor DP8700 XL

Going against the grain and defining yourself by your difference to everyone else isn’t always a great idea. Just look at John McCririck. But sometimes it really does pay to be just a little bit...

Business inspection: The benefits of outsider intelligence

For a firm struggling to move forward, a fresh pair of eyes can often make all the difference.

Dates for your diary: why tech TLC goes a long way

Okay, so it’s honesty time: can you truthfully say that you have completed every scheduled maintenance process on every machine in your print business on the day and at the time it was scheduled? Do...

Pack questions wrapped up

How should packaging respond to online retail? What special finishes are now available? How can commercial printers get involved? Just some of the questions no doubt to be hotly debated in just a...

Star product: Creative Edge IC3D Suite

An all-in-one 3D visualisation tool for packaging producers.

Overmatter: letterpress with edge

Overmatter just loves a freebie. Especially when it’s in the shape of a beautifully put together book on letterpress print.

60-seconds with Kingfisher Print & Design

Established in 1982 by Derek Bellotti, Kingfisher is a family-run litho and digital print firm, now headed by Derek’s son Ross who says he strives to keep print relevant in a digital age.