Bang goes the theory
The next big thing in 2011 is that there is no big thing. There’s no overarching management theory that promises success but considering a number of focused ideas could improve business. Walter Hale gives his top tips.
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Category: Business
If at first you don’t succeed…
Failure is not something you would associate with fast-growing pixartprinting, but its expansionist plans have not delivered in the UK, which is why it has switched tactics.
Localise to internationalise is the strategic thinking behind Italian Web-to-print specialist PIxart’s new partnership with the UK’s Precision Printing to form pixartprinting.co.uk and behind the creation of ‘virtual shops’ across Europe and beyond. It’s a bold move by PIxart founder Matteo Rigamonti but it’s his bold moves that have taken the fast-growing company into a new 12,000m2 facility in Quarto D’Altino just outside Venice, which boasts an eye-watering array of wide- and small-format digital kit, plus two litho presses, and employs a staff of 120 working around the clock to deliver 2,000 print jobs per day. Rigamonti expects 2010 to have delivered a 55% growth over 2009, but he’s not satisfied.
Read MoreEntering the third dimension
NES did it, you can too. Director Jon Baker tells how the company developed its 3D print operation and why it makes sense to consider following suit.
Its wednesday afternoon, an email arrives, ping, it’s an enquiry from your ‘favourite’ retailer; he’s got the budget and just needs to place this one with you to get it off his desk. You read on. 700 panels, 5mm Foamex – great, it looks straightforward enough. UV print, one artwork, external use, no lamination – you’re thinking “put it on the old Inca, no problem”. Delivery seven days – tight, but if you get on to your production manager straight away he should be able to squeeze it through and it will certainly make the month look a lot better than it did this time yesterday.
Read MoreNeschen increases opportunities for latex print
Neschen increases opportunities for latex print
As every reader will almost certainly know, one of the biggest stories in the industry in the past two years or so has been the success of latex printers.
Read MoreNew Opportunities for see-through graphics
New Opportunities for see-through graphics
in a series of three articles, Contra Vision, the inventor of see-through window graphics, explains how to design, sell and produce see-through graphics. In this last article, how to produce backlit see-through graphics, choosing and using lamination films and utilising non-perforated, non-pvc materials to produce see-through graphics.
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