{"id":65478,"date":"2025-05-08T11:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=65478"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:21:11","slug":"famous-screen-printing-producer-apg-works-is-to-close-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/famous-screen-printing-producer-apg-works-is-to-close-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous screen printing producer APG Works is to close in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-216adf50b09b2cd15d2e2d2bdf65004b\">Rupert Wood, 70, owns APG Works in Sheffield, which specialises in screen printing and framing for many famous artists and musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fca0bede7a5808216a1d0ad83e0668b1\">Mr. Wood has been making screen-printing and framing pieces for over 17 years at his studio on Sidney Street and has worked across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d3adf1739407bcc3bda33d4347fec51\">From Ecclesall Road to the USA, Mr. Wood has been a staple in the screen-printing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-748526dc0fc9ba6f003ed51fd178382c\">But the screen-printing community in South Yorkshire is dwindling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1bae0d1d33f44a18f3096f6478800f3b\">According to ONS data in 2015, the annual turnover for companies in the screen printing and framing industries was over \u00a32.1 billion; in 2017, it fell to over \u00a31.7 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56490f5d5c4ed423c5ac316dc7cc290a\">Mr. Wood hopes he can continue the business as he leaves his flagship location in June, with him hoping new blood will take the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"APG Works\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UF-sElKeEY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rupert Wood, 70, owns APG Works in Sheffield, which specialises in screen printing and framing for many famous artists and musicians. 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