Business


Flintshire council plans to close in-house print centre

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Ten jobs could be lost at a council's in-house print centre if plans to close it are given the green light.

APS Group to install four Stahlfolders in £0.5m investment

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Print manager APS Group has invested more than half a million pounds in Heidelberg finishing equipment to replace six MBO folders.

Pureprint upgrades pre-press department with £350,000 spend

Pureprint Group has invested in excess of £350,000 on Kodak pre-press equipment in a bid to streamline its production workflows and improve the quality of its plate production.

KBA's Hansen to step down early

KBA president and chief executive Helge Hansen has asked to step down from the post some months ahead of his retirement.

PCS installs £200,000 punch as new business 'floods in'

Packaging manufacturer Plastic Card Services has invested £200,000 to ramp up its capacity.


In depth

How shared know-how can cut costs

How shared know-how can cut costs

17 February 2012

WIth the help of an innovative tie-up with the local university this firm implemented a comprehensive and effective energy reduction scheme

 
 
Review - Linotype: The Film

Review - Linotype: The Film

09 February 2012

Tucked away from the roar of the Super Bowl, a rather more unassuming event is taking place on New York's 23rd Street - the world premiere of Linotype: The Film. This narrative may be comparatively modest, but its subject was world-changing

 
 
OEM or third-party? Now a new force joins the inks fray

OEM or third-party? Now a new force joins the inks fray

08 February 2012

Plastered onto the high-street window display is a poster of a stunning model gazing out and dressed in this season's garb. But something is wrong. The colours have faded under the glare of sunlight and wear and the shirt, once yellow, now has a ting...

 
 
For the record: printing your art on your sleeve

For the record: printing your art on your sleeve

03 February 2012

A few years back, notions like RPM, the B-side and the 12-inch would have got a blank response, at best a snigger, from anyone below the age of 25. In 2012, though, to the astonishment of many in the 'older generation', the youth have become rather f...

 
 

Product Portfolio

Product of the Week: Horizon StitchLiner 6000 Digital While inline systems might seem to have a natural advantage, this near-line challenger has charms all of its own, discovers Adam Hooker

Tried & Tested: Ricoh Pro 1356EX Ricoh says this robust production system was a game-changer in terms of reliability and productivity. Simon Creasey takes a look under the hood

Me & My... Foliant Gemini C400A Mike Corran, director at Colourxpress in Plymouth, tells Jon Severs how this machine answered a growing demand for an in-house laminating system

Me & my... Inca Onset S40 "We went to Belgium, Barcelona and... Ramsgate," reveals Richard Blueitt, operations director and co-owner at Wiltshire based retail printer Superior Creative. "In fact, we went to Belgium twice."

Star product: Tecnograf ANT 2000

Star product: Mimaki TS34-1800A New production-level fabric printer launched this week


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