Alan Ryan, managing director at Technoprint, explains the challenges that printing businesses face in supplying the pharmaceutical industry and the medicine needed to solve them.
There are few independent printing businesses servicing the pharmaceutical industry in the UK and the inner workings of such a niche business is unknown to many. With one of the biggest papers shortages the industry has faced, the uncertainty of overseas conflict, Brexit and a global pandemic: it has certainly been a challenging time for the printing industry.
Removing all these factors that are beyond control, there are various hurdles to overcome in order to be on top of the game in servicing the pharmaceutical industry, especially as a smaller business competing with some large corporations.