Graphic Tech proves to be more than a Californian dreamer
California-based full services printing firm Graphic Tech has converted screen jobs to digital, cut turnaround time and reduced ink consumption having upgraded two HP Scitex TJ8500 to HP Scitex TJ8550 printers.
How can printers win more business without slashing prices? What's the best way to improve cashflow? How can print companies grow in a recession? These are just some of the questions 'The Print Coach' Nick Devine will ask a panel of experts from both inside and outside the print industry in a series of audio programmes in the run-up to Ipex and called 'Ask the Print Experts'.
Print Research International set up to help printers adapt
Former St Ives technical director John Charnock has founded Print Research International, a knowledge centre with access to a network of experts and offering business management and consultancy to help businesses adapt to the changing landscape.
Digital Imaging Services is making money from its creativity and project management as much as from print by producing stunning visual campaigns, such as this enormous brickwork vinyl and metal ‘graffiti’.
We’re not talking about the environment – but the new business climate. Given that we now operate in what’s been described as a ‘new normal’, what can we expect to face in terms of finance and investment challenges in 2010, and what can we do about them? BPIF director of corporate affairs, Andrew Brown, gives his view.