The initiative was the brainchild of Matt Walsh

KGK Genix in schools upcycling initiative; wins business award

KGK Genix has implemented a new Eco recycling scheme by partnering with local high schools and supplying waste off-cut materials that students can repurpose and upcycle in creative, design, and...

WTTB's new product offering includes gift and Christmas-themed items

WTTB adds new products in time for Christmas

Where The Trade Buys (WTTB) has added a number of new items to its personalised product offering, including snowglobes, baubles, mugs, aprons and journals.

Tame: "It remains vital that greenwash is challenged"

970 companies remove misleading anti-paper statements

970 companies have now removed or changed their messaging since the Two Sides campaign began in 2010.

One of the new tenders is worth £500,000

Print and design jobs out to tender

A raft of new print and design tenders are currently up for grabs via the government’s Contracts Finder service.

Signs of the times

Founded 30 years ago, Metamark was a pioneer of self-adhesive plastics for sign and graphics use, initially for cutting plotters, then responding to the development of inkjet printing that still...

Nailing down the kilowatts 

Wrap up and prepare, there’s no doubt we’re all facing a hard winter, with industry hit as much as households by the rocketing price of gas, electricity and vehicle fuels. While the government...

Star product: Uchida AeroDieCut

A B3 die-cutter that mixes the benefits of conventional technology with modern automation and step-and-repeat functionality, making it a versatile addition to any small printer’s kit line-up.

Laser cut printed clear acrylic. Image: Minuteman Press Bath

Minuteman Press Bath ups efficiency with Trotec install

Minuteman Press Bath has installed a Trotec Laser Q500 to enable it to become faster, more flexible, and more efficient.

Star product: Scodix Ultra 6000

This B1 digital packaging embellishment press can deliver a wide range of finishing effects and will fly through in minutes makereadies for complex jobs that would take hours on analogue alternatives.

Woodhead: Daco customer service “is absolutely second to none”

Me & my: Daco DF350SR 037 Flex

When Ian Woodhead, managing director of Sudbury, Suffolk-based Anglia Labels, decided to invest in a new piece of equipment to bring more finishing functions in-house he knew exactly where to turn.

Incorporate in haste and err at leisure

Company tax law can trip up many a business and its owners, especially when the rules around owning and running a company are not properly understood.

Porteous: “I can get hold of another one fairly easily if need be”

Business inspection: Old tech, new opportunity

Carving out a USP as a trade print finisher might not be the simplest of tasks but Edinburgh-based Taskforce inadvertently managed to do just that by having the open-mindedness to choose old...