Held in the picturesque Swiss city of Lucerne, an idyllic hour-long train journey south west of capital Zurich, Hunkeler Innovationdays is a biennial calendar highlight for many.

It’s well documented that print, like many manufacturing industries, is facing a ticking time-bomb of an ageing workforce and needs to do more to attract younger workers to the sector.

"If you don’t have resilience, don’t think about starting your own business. Plain and simple.”

Buying a business out of administration can be profitable in some situations, but it is incumbent on the buyer to understand exactly what they are buying.

Sometimes we come across stories of criminality that are so outlandish as to be unbelievable – where the brass neck of the perpetrators is beyond belief. Yet these stories are often, remarkably, true.

The Fespa Global Print Expo is the wide-format print organisation’s annual flagship event, this year being held at the Messe Berlin, with the city proud of its 200-year history of holding trade events...

The wide-format sector’s big annual shindig is back, this year hosted in trendy and vibrant Berlin, with a focus on innovation and the potential within the sector.

The adverse impact of President Trump’s trade tariffs means IG Design Group is now considering offloading its loss making US division altogether.

While the 2025 Printweek Awards winners were the undisputed headliners of the issue, taking equal billing is our preview of what visitors can expect from Fespa in May.

Custom exhibition stand firm GH Display has brought dye-sub print in-house for the first time with the installation of the UK’s first non-showroom Mimaki TS330-3200DS hybrid dye-sub printer.

Sanderson Design Group is moving to a “digital-first” printing strategy as part of its Future Factory plan to transform its manufacturing operations.

Roland DG is using Fespa Global Print Expo next week to present a wide range of kit, including several recent launches.