Hey Print.com Gareth brought me some stroop waffles back from the Print Show. I only just found them. Can confirm better eaten fresh. Can also confirm [stroop waffles in a tin] excellent corporate gift.

Is this a case of too many suits navel gazing in boardrooms, justifying their existence? Because Labelexpo has been about more than just labels for some time and is right up there with exhibitions that printers actively want to go to

Where’s Wardy? Out and about, talking to printers, visiting their solar panel clad factories…

Who do people trust to walk into their factories, to understand what they're doing, to see how they've achieved it, then tell their stories, triumphs and tribulations, positively and pragmatically, and then put it into print? Gareth Ward celebrates print

Duplo UK is now distributor for CP Bourg in this country. Follows similar deals in Germany and France #duplointernational #finishingequipment

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The Norwich Printing Museum has been told it must leave its National Trust stately home by October. The collection moved there temporarily in 2019 after the Jarrolds factory received permission for redevelopment. Trustees have now been told time is up. No new premises have yet been found.

Editor Gareth Ward has been on his travels to see first hand how lights-out automated litho is no longer 'watch this space' but a truly realistic proposition. Check out the his comment on our homepage before he reveals all in deep dive detail. printbusiness.co.uk/who-are-the-...

Cimpress is in full production with Pixartprinting in the US, its first upload and print operation in North America. The company is aiming to mirror the upload and print services offered in Europe using the name of the Italian company that was its first major acquisition in Europe. #cimpress

Don’t write off the printed magazine, writes @garethward. Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he? But he has a point. So many women say the highlight of the hair salon is reading the magazines. Yet they walk past them in the supermarket. What’s going on? printbusiness.co.uk/dont-write-o...

De La Rue, former owner of Crosfield Electronics and current holder of the contract to print UK banknotes, has been bought by Atlas, a US buyout specialist printbusiness.co.uk/de-la-rue-pa...

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Fun Friday Foretaste! After a famine of Factory Floors in the features we have found a fantastic photo (FFS! was flying for a fleeting… DAMMIT!) Anyway, the magazine has a brilliant cover story on a company with choices of Factory Floor pix

Gotta love the dry turn of phrase from @garethward.bsky.social … on the demand for delivering print around London by bike is expected to be for exhibitions he says “The experience may turn out differently” printbusiness.co.uk/pedal-power-to…

Read Gareth Ward’s deep dive into what stood out at Hunkeler Innovation Days last month. All the intel with none of the jargon, easy to read and informative stuff printbusiness.co.uk/hunkeler-ope...

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Gareth Ward is at HP’s event in Lucerne after the doors closed on the first day of Hunkeler Innovation Days. However, in his piece to camera he was very interested in Fujifilm’s latest offering in commercial inkjet #print #commercialprint #commercialinkjet

First thoughts from Hunkeler Innovation Days as it opens in Lucerne in Switzerland…

What our readers read on this morning’s ezine in this order. As editor @garethward.bsky.social picks the order he thinks will be most popular, he was a little bit off 🤫

Top stories on the ezine today are PM Web (by a long way) then Manroland Sheetfed with Heidelberg results and MB coming out of administration jostling for third. Not on the list? Sign up for 1 email and 0 third parties printbusiness.co.uk/shop/ezine/

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HP's new flagship press in the PageWide stable was in the news this week and @garethward was the only UK journalist in San Diego (it's a hard life). Read his digestible but highly intelligent feature on the the machine. Free to read till Monday! printbusiness.co.uk/hp-moves-ink...

Pollards restructures to gain sharper focus printbusiness.co.uk/pollards-res...

Calendar fan Debbie Ward has been critiquing them on our TikTok channel www.tiktok.com/@printbusine...

On the ezine this morning it’s all about Solopress and Hunkeler with a side helping of Schumacher. And good news for non subscribers as three of the six stories this morning will remain free to read after the others disappear behind the paywall on Monday. printbusiness.co.uk/subscribe/

Where *was* Wardy yesterday? Out and about visiting printers in their factories. Right now he’s at Heathrow on his way to HP in San Diego

Stand by your beds! Monday morning brings change! Print Business is going behind a paywall. Not everything… yet… but a lot of it and definitely all the good stuff. But there are other changes coming to make up for it…

The phone rings. It is put through to @garethward.bsky.social with the words “Someone is challenging you on the list of oldest printers in the UK.” “Oh goodie!” he replies with relish. We’ll let you know who wins when the conversation finally ends…

Great to see Formara joining Two Sides. Print Business editor @garethward went to see the Formara guys for a profile in the magazine and you can read all about it online printbusiness.co.uk/formara-is-s...

Merry Christmas to all our readers, supporters and to printers everywhere

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As @garethward based his comment around TikTok this morning, we thought we’d share this TikTok about St Brides as it’s not long until the carol service vm.tiktok.com/ZGd2Dg7QE/ This post is shared via TikTok. Download TikTok to enjoy more posts: vm.tiktok.com/ZGd2DP81f/

Ricoh is dropping the Pro VC60000 and Pro VC70000 with the introduction of a revamped Pro VC40000 as the workhorse CF inkjet press and Pro VC80000 as flagship. printbusiness.co.uk/ricoh-revamp...

It’s good news week on the ezine as Rapidity puts in litho, Christmas trade is brisk, Heidelberg has a Drupa bump and even the BPIF allows chink of hope. Not on the list? printbusiness.co.uk/shop/ezine/

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