Time to connect this industry
Artificial intelligence has become a mainstream topic of conversation, thanks mainly to concerns about text
Artificial intelligence has become a mainstream topic of conversation, thanks mainly to concerns about text

The last year has been kinder to the manufacturers of printing equipment than the years leading into the pandemic let alone the immediate aftermath of the lockdown periods. The step up in sales has certainly been helped by the ChinaPrint show in June last year, where litho press manufacturers in particular all enjoyed good business. […]
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Isabelle de Wolf is the sustainable business officer at Helloprint in charge of tapping into

How has the opportunity for printing changed? The cost of digital acquisition of customers has

The online purchasing of print is no longer a sideline for many in print, but

High performance fluorescent lamps were always used in the print down frame, a staple of

Press manufacturer Heidelberg has thousands of machines in situ that do not use the latest

Waddingtons became involved in board games through playing card production. It had a word game

New legislation is removing mercury from all manner of products including the lighting used in

Frank Jäger says that the largest independent games printer in Europe is investing in a

The sheer variety of table top games was on display at the Toy Fair, held

Board games are booming as enthusiasts turn away from digital play to personal and social

Bluetree has published its first sustainability strategy, a move coinciding with installation of solar panels

Localisation of print is seen as a way for book publishers to cut their environmental

Robots have helped cut absenteeism at Vista in Venlo, just one of the benefits of

While the demonstrations featuring robots on Horizon’s stand at Igas were the most catchy, the

Robots are no longer the future, they are the present. And where they are in

The Japanese are generally ahead with robot technology and Horizon is able to demonstrate how

Optimus is one of the oldest MIS companies that remains independent and close to its
Print is on the cusp of becoming a connected industry… the promise of Industry 4.0… but which is the best approach? There is no doubt that automation and connectivity are coming to the printing industry. The questions are how and when. The answer to the second depends on the answer to first and that is not yet […]
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GF Smith has always supported design students with papers. Now it finds it is teaching them about print to fill a gaping hole in their education. Vanessa Fletcher studied design at Chelsea College of Art, graduating in 2010. But she never put what she learned into practice as a graphic designer. Instead, intrigued by screen […]
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More and more visual design students are graduating with little – if any – knowledge

There are too few apprentices joining the industry, posing a problem for print and sparking

Before joining Kingsbury Press, Derek Kenney had spent seven years as sales director of Glasgow