Q&A: David Bland, sales and marketing director, Blackmore

David is 63 years old and has been in print for 47 years. He’s married to the “long suffering” Jackie, and describes himself as a “proud Englishman, bee-keeper, antidisestablishmentarian, bad speller...

‘Understanding people is the biggest thing of all’

It’s fair to say that Peterborough-based Printondemand-worldwide does exactly what it says on the tin – on-demand printing, specifically of book products.

Ipex bows out after nearly 140 years

While few people would have been completely surprised when Informa announced its decision to close Ipex for good last month, the move was nevertheless met with a tinge of sadness from across the...

Overmatter: Nevermind the size...

We’ve had our fair share of size-related bloopers over the years here at PrintWeek, and we know how easy it is for those devilish units of measurement to occasional cause confusion or embarrassing...

Build bridges to inspire the next generation

It started badly, and with Idi Amin. In early August 1972 the president of Uganda ordered the expulsion of his country’s Asian minority, giving them 90 days to leave.

A bit of personality will set you apart from the crowd

While some old-school printers may be still relying on the size of their machinery to wow customers and win new business, more and more printers are moving from shouting about their technical prowess...

Plan for the worst to salvage the best

Ordinarily we take a functioning society for granted and so carry on life and business assuming that we’re invulnerable to attack. The reality, sadly, is that we’re often just a hair’s breadth away...

Can manufacturers really help printers attain nirvana?

Manufacturing excellence is a term that is widely bandied about by business consultants but what does it mean in practice? PrintWeek spoke to some of the big suppliers to the printing industry to find...

Star product: Canon Océ LabelStream 4000

Canon comes late to the digital labels market, albeit with a high-end offering

Me & my: British Converting Solutions Boxer

One of the largest point-of-sale printers in the UK, SMP Group operates from a factory in south-east London, between Greenwich and Woolwich.

Paton Brown looks forward to the future

Paton Brown is looking to continue to emerge from its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) following its acquisition by businessman Kevin Griffin.

ProCo streamlines W2P setup with Catfish

ProCo has filled in the “final piece of the jigsaw” by adding Infigo’s web-to-print system Catfish to its suite of software systems.