It’s a decade since Image Reports embarked on what was to become an annual ‘state-of-the-sector’ investigation and analysis of the UK and Ireland’s large-format digital print sector. The Widthwise Report 2017 is just out - here are the key findings.
Zeitgeist
University challenge
Your starter question… do you want to get closer to those running inplants within higher educational establishments?
A jockeying for position
Where competitive ADVANTAGE is concerned it’s all about speed and daring. Here’s what motivational speaker Jim Lawless had to say on the issue at the recent Fespa Global Summit.
You don’t need specialist textile kit…
…argues Blaise Humphries, Senfa’s Decoprint business unit manager. If you’re thinking of dipping your toes into textile printing why not use what you’ve got?
Can underdogs come out on top?
Taking new product to a new market is madness according to Ansoff’s Matrix. But Richard McCombe of Matic Media tells why he thinks PSPs can turn things around.
This man wants you
What are your real-world wide-format production problems? The team developing new PDF standards want to know.
Walk the talk
For retailers sustainability is top of their agenda. So if you work for them it needs to be high on yours too. The SDEA’s new environmental tool, Convert Plus, could help. Stylo is convinced. Are you?
Cool customers
Could you tap into what is apparently a growing - but little exploited - market for solar glare reducing printed perforated window manifestations?