Business Reporter

Why printing really doesn’t cost the earth The Print industry is fighting back – not only against tough trading conditions but against the misconceptions that surround its environmental credentials. Industry pressure group Two Sides was set up in 2008 with a view to challenging some of the rhetoric used by companies wanting to encourage customers to switch to [...]

Who says print is dead? In this digital world, the industry is evolving and innovating, meeting the challenges of a changing world The way in which people communicate with customers, suppliers and staff has changed dramatically in recent years. Much has been written about the demise of print in this new world and it is [...]

You have to speculate to accumulate and the print industry is looking to innovation to secure its future. But what does it mean for customers? Prob ably the world’s leading expert in printing and publishing is in no doubt about the importance of innovation. In the run-up to trade printing exhibition Drupa in Dusseldorf next [...]

Colours that do not match the designer’s original packaging intentions can be a real turn-off for consumers, but new technology is coming to the rescue We have all seen someone do it, and have probably done it ourselves – snubbed the first item on a store shelf when its label looked a little off-colour and [...]

Hold the front page… the printing industry isn’t quite ready to give up the ghost yet. In fact, it’s reinventing itself for the digital age When news broke in March this year that the Encyclopaedia Britannia would in future only be produced in digital format, it seemed another milestone in the decline of the printing [...]

A move into data management and processing has kept one business ahead of the game It has been quite a journey for Leeds-based Communisis. The former general stationery printer has transformed itself in recent years into one of the leading “marketing services providers” – helping clients to improve the effectiveness of the whole process of [...]

Wide format digital print guide helps you find new markets, opportunities and revenue streams the easy way The global market for wide format digital inkjet printing is estimated to be worth a staggering £50bn per year, and yet commercial printers occupy less than 5 per cent of this sector, according to industry magazine PrintWeek. This [...]

There’s more to print than just printing. A profitable and bright future in the industry lies ahead for those willing and agile enough to combine their offline and online capabilities If print got a school report, it would say: “Plays and works well with other media.” This was the remark made a few years ago [...]

Industrial inkjet printing systems are becoming more capable and versatile to use It’s quick, it saves material and prints with brilliant results: the digital MonoCube inkjet printing system from Graph-Tech AG in Oftringen, Switzerland, is being unveiled at the Drupa fair in Düsseldorf, the international fair for the printing, pre-press and bookbinding industry. The MonoCube [...]

Having shaken off its image of decline, the UK print sector is now one of the most innovative and efficient in the world – and has reinvented the way it works with its customers Against a background of recession, the challenge for the traditional printing industry has been huge. The sector has had to reinvent [...]