Gareth Ward, Print Business Magazine Journalist Profile

Articles

Fespa Global Expo

1 month ago | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

6-9 May 2025| Berlin GermanyFespa spread over eight halls and incorporates the European Sign Expo and Personalisation Experience as well as the normal spread of large format inkjet printing for displays and printing on textiles. The show has always been non discriminatory so that low cost Roland DG or Mutoh machines can sit alongside vastly powerful Agfa, Durst or Fujifilm printers. Applications on show will cover apparel, promotional items, rigid displays, some packaging and pop up banners.
Restaurant Sat Bains reveals 25th anniversary plans

Sep 4, 2024 | thestaffcanteen.com | Gareth Ward |Roux Scholarship

Member Sign UpSign up as a member of The Staff Canteen and get the latest updates on news, recipes, jobs, videos, podcasts and much more. Two Michelin-starred Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms has revealed plans to celebrate its 25th anniversary later this year. October 5th will mark the milestone for Sat since opening in Lenton Lane, Nottingham.
Fujifilm plays a full hand at Drupa

May 15, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

His message is simple and direct: “Anybody coming to Drupa has to visit our stand,” says Andy Kent, general manager, Fujifilm UK’s graphic communications division. “Wherever they are coming from they will find something of interest, whether commercial print, personalisation, packaging, narrow web or wide format, it is all there.”In short Fujifilm will have all the bases covered on a very much larger stand than in 2016 though once again in Hall 8b.
SBTi prepares to shift the goal posts

Apr 15, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

The Science Based Targets initiative seems certain to allow carbon offsetting for a least part of the journey to net zero. This is a change from the organisation’s previous stance that supports carbon elimination rather than substitution. A final announcement about the extent to which carbon offsetting will be allowed is promised for July. The news has already created uproar among the organisation’s staff who accuse the organisation of allowing larger companies to buy their way to net zero.
Drupa ticket sales ‘up with 2016’

Apr 15, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

Ticket sales for Drupa 2024 are on a par with ticket sales for the 2016 event, despite what the intervening years have done to the industry. “When I first looked at the ticket sales compared to 2016 when this became possible a four or five weeks ago, I was amazed that sales were a little higher than at the same point in 2016,” says show director Sabine Gelderman.
Astra sees bright future as its stars align

Apr 15, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

Ambitious Astra Group has confirmed David Mulligan as managing director of its signage and digital division. The appointment continues the strengthening of the Manchester company’s board following a reorganisation of the corporate structure a year ago. This split the company into signage, display and digital operations with service and others across the operating arms. Mulligan joins Astra from PFI where he had been operations director and before that from Cestrian.
Zeus adds Weedon to growing group

Apr 15, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

Expanding Irish corrugated group Zeus has acquired Weedon, a £30 million UK business with plants in Hednesford and Manchester. It has 250 employees and has ridden the wave of ecommerce growth, corrugated replacing plastics and higher value retail products. It installed a six-colour Weipong RDC at the Hednesford site 18 months ago. The acquisition takes Zeus to annual revenues in the region of £560 million and continues an acquisitions led growth strategy.
Duplo adds B2 die cutter as upmarket move continues

Apr 15, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

Duplo is confident of an early sale for the B2 die cutter it is to show for the first time at Drupa. The DSM1000 is a flatbed die cutter with fast changeover die technology capable of cutting 650gsm substrates. This continues a shift from Duplo into both machinery for B2 printed sheets and for short run packaging products.
Japanese Komori and RMGT presses to highlight cartons

Apr 15, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

With Heidelberg and Koenig & Bauer promising to make carton presses the highlight of their stands at Drupa, their Japanese rivals are promising to do the same. Both RMGT and Komori will have highly automated powerful B1 carton presses to show off to Drupa visitors. Komori will highlight a seven-colour Lithrone GX740+CC twin coater press during an open house in Utrecht this week. This is expected to be in the spotlight at Drupa in six weeks’ time.
Komori finds Advance is in demand

Feb 12, 2024 | printbusiness.co.uk | Gareth Ward

Komori’s results for the third quarter of its financial year have the company reporting a growth in sales for the one months to date, but like Heidelberg, a drop in incoming orders. The company says that any help from easing of fiscal restraints around the world as inflation falls has been hit by the compacting war in Ukraine and now the geo political situation in the Middle East.