When Graham Baker, managing director of Scarbutts Printers, read in his local newspaper that the printshop at Maidstone Prison had won a multi-million-pound printing contract from the private sector, he saw red.
The bonds of the PrintCity Alliance have been creaking of late. The insolvency of one its founding members at the end of last year - six months from Drupa - could not have come at a worse time. Manroland's administration resurrected questions over Pr...
As another major print show rolls around, the industry is busy assessing exactly what this year's Drupa will be focused on. While no individual theme has emerged as a stand-out leader, there is a feeling that one trend in particular will continue: th...
Rarely has an iGen purchase caused such a furore as that of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) print services division.
It has been 2,394 days since the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2012 Olympic Games were coming to London.
Kodak never does anything the easy way. Last week's Chapter 11 filing - in the dead of night - was a case in point. The lack of surprise at an announcement that had been anticipated since September last year was palpable and suggests Kodak needn't ha...
Drupa 2008 was widely hailed as the 'inkjet Drupa' and unsurprisingly the major inkjet manufacturers are convinced that digital technology will take the trade show by storm again come May, albeit in a different way.
While 2012 has started much as the previous year left off - with the inevitable redundancies, closures and administrations - it is important to maintain some perspective, and there is much to look forward to in the 12 months ahead.
Pre-packs, and their more infamous relation, the phoenix, have been a feature of the print industry since the Enterprise Act 2002 made administration the dominant form of insolvency. As with many legislative reforms, the aim was noble but the consequ...
Lith L-426 - Sheet Fed
SM 74 - Sheet Fed
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Die Cutters - Automatic and Hand-Fed
Bindery and Finishing
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