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In Depth
Break the bank
In these straightened times, the ability to source finance for investment and maintain a healthy cashflow can help businesses tough out the recession
Features
Going in-house
Reaching out into new markets can be tricky, but there are instances where it's easier than you would...
Lean machine?
When Paul Toms, operations director at Southernprint, first floated the idea of lean manufacturing to...
Changing hands but protecting the legacy
Building direct mail firm 4DM had left its directors craving time to pursue other interests, but reluctant...
Vital and valid lessons of adding value
The culture of print procurement is evolving at such a pace that comprehensive training struggles to...
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Analysis
Could Chapter 11 work for UK printers?
Last week, packaging group Chesapeake's American parent company announced it was considering seeking...
Acquaint yourself with digital print
Digital print will account for half of all printing by 2015 and up to 65% by 2020, according to US print...
Profile
Lick Group combats recessionary trend and launches bid to crack litho market
He may have helped quadruple the turnover of Lick Digital, Lick Group's digital print arm, but Andrew...
The future of green
Printing World brought together a group of printers and print buyers to discuss how the industry can...
Multitasking all in a hard day’s work
"It's a mammoth job," says Peter Davies of a print run he is overseeing, but he could as easily be describing...
Comments and Opinions
Exports boost for print as pound set to decline
Back in March, when Alistair Darling delivered his first Budget, it was roundly criticised for being...
Viewpoint
Mike Hopkins, strategy director, on the benefits of the BPIF's SIG scheme:
The best buyers get the best out of print
I love my job, I really do. However, being in print procurement is simply not seen as an exciting profession;...
Case Studies
Star Product: Xerox 490/980
This eagerly anticipated machine was launched at the end of last year and will be one of Xerox’s major...
Star Product: Kodak stream concept
Kodak’s Stream Concept is not a revolution but more an incremental breakthrough in inkjet technology,...
Star Product: HP inkjet web press
PrintWeek columnist Sean Smyth reckons this machine will take Drupa by storm, and it’s easy to see why....
