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 to navigate the difficult route to career relocation

How to navigate the difficult route to career relocation

27 January 2012

If George Thompson, joint managing director at recruitment company Harrison Scott, is right, then the first thing any print worker looking for employment needs to do is buy a map. And not a little, local A-Z map, either: they need a big, UK-wide, eve...

 
 
What you need to know to make the most of your IT

What you need to know to make the most of your IT

27 January 2012

Once upon a time, the first thing a printer would show a prospective new client was the press. This, after all, was the company's beating heart, its moneymaker - this was where the magic happened. These days, however, the average print business is ju...

 
 
Digital adds a special touch

Digital adds a special touch

20 January 2012

The skin of a lizard brought to life through tactile ink, a glitzy metallic greetings card and sophisticated security inks: all effects which once were only pipe dreams for digital printers. However, many of these digital dreams have become reality. ...

 
 
Loricas finds the solution to its shortfall

Loricas finds the solution to its shortfall

20 January 2012

Loricas Solutions is a growing north-east-based direct mail house that has been in operation in one form or another for around 22 years. The firm rebranded last year from NEMC Design and Print, following a £150,000 investment in new mailing kit and a...

 
 

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

Star product: Korsnas Artisan This cartonboard is aimed at the luxury end of the packaging market

Me and my... Roland DG VersaUV LEJ-640 When Dan Smith's father started Smith Signs on the island of Guernsey in 1970, it was a relatively small operation.

Me & my... Petratto Metro With finance houses refusing to budge on credit, many companies are finding big spends impossible. However, that is good news for manufacturers of kit at the less expensive end of the capital investment scale. For example, printers are looking at the...


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