Print Week articles from December 2004

Print Week archives from December 2004

Weekend papers pile on extra pages.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Supplement printers have had a bumper weekend with three newspapers increasing pagination for their Saturday and Sunday supplements. The Sunday Times featured a 140pp perfect-bound edition of its Style supplement for a Christmas gifts...

New Jarrold picks KBA for 64pp refit.
December 2, 2004... New Jarrold Printing has confirmed that it will take the UK's first 64pp KBA webs as part of its pounds 40m reinvention. The final decision to select KBA over Goss followed months of exhaustive tests by NJP's technical team and comes with...

Sun Chemical raises ink and coating prices.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Sun Chemical has become the first ink supplier to announce price increases in Europe, a month after similar hikes were revealed in North America. The consumables giant has announced a rise of 3-7% in its inks and coatings for flexible...

Map mulls MoDo-McNaughton merger.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Map Merchant Group is considering merging MoDo Merchants into sister distributor James McNaughton in a major restructuring move. Premier Paper will remain unaffected by the move. Map president and chief executive Karl-Johan Lindborg...

Stop Press: Two people convicted of swindling Stora Enso.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Two people have been convicted in Finland of swindling Stora Enso. The chief executive of a Finnish paper processing company and a production planner at Stora Enso's Imatra mill were given eight-month suspended sentences.

Stop Press: Thomson Directories hands Stibo Graphics a contract.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Thomson Directories has handed Danish web offset firm Stibo Graphics the contract to print its Thomson Local Directories. Gidue has launched the Intelligent Register system for its E-Combat flexo press. The launch is an enhancement of its...

Stop Press: Mailing House managing director wins award.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Mailing House managing director Jacqueline Peddie has won the Susan Dobson Award for Entrepreneurship from the Durham Business School. Based in Northumberland, the company has also recently invested in new Norpak mailing room equipment.

HFS takes GWC to form pounds 18m group.
December 2, 2004... Mark Scanlon has bought his second business in the space of two weeks. HFS Projects, an investment vehicle of which Scanlon is chairman, has acquired Swindon-based direct mail production and fulfilment group GWC. The group was...

Paper firms increase prices.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... M-real and Lecta have become the first paper producers to confirm European price rises from early 2005. Finnish manufacturer M-real was the first to confirm that it will raise prices for coated and uncoated woodfree papers by 5-8%, with...

Mark Andy hails upbeat 2004.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Narrow web flexo press manufacturer Mark Andy has announced an upbeat 2004 in the UK and Ireland. According to managing director Paul Briggs the firm has made 16 press sales, 10 of which have been the new Mark Andy LP3000 flexo line...

Shorts: Zone Graphics installs digital proofer.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Zone Graphics has installed a GMG ColorProof 04 digital proofer as part of an expansion of the specialist repro house's services. According to Zone owner Jamie Marshall, this has provided both time and cost savings, which has enabled the...

Shorts: Templeton Services installs booklet-making System 500.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Templeton Services has installed a fully automatic booklet-making System 5000 from Duplo International. The Theale-based printer has upgraded from a 10000S Duplo system to meet rising demand, said partner Vic Wall. 'The upgrade has greatly...

Shorts: Kit from firms in administration up for auction.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Kit from two firms in administration is coming up for auction and includes printing, binding, finishing and CTP equipment, office furniture and vehicles. The sale in south London's Deptford is of equipment from Quadsect and Peregrine Press and...

Shorts: Peter Scott Printers offers iPods in sales promotion.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Peter Scott Printers of Burnley is offering customers free iPods for orders of over pounds 5,000 made before New Year's Eve. Sales director Steve Davy said the Christmas campaign was conceived to keep the firm ahead of its rivals. 'You have to...

Shorts: Benhamgoodheadprint boasts first UK user.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Benhamgoodheadprint is boasting it is the first UK user of Technotrans' new spinclean.d fount recycling system for web press dampening. The Colchester firm is running the 'no-filters' kit on its MAN Roland Lithoman IV 72pp heatset press.

Shorts: Northend of Sheffield wins rare leadership award.(Investors in People management and leadership model )(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... One of Sheffield's oldest companies, the printer and design firm Northend, has won a rare leadership award. The Investors in People management and leadership model has been awarded to around only 60 firms in the UK and recognises best practice,...

Shorts: Intercolor wins coatings care award.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Intercolor has won a coatings care award from the British Coatings Federation. The company in West Thurrock, Essex, dovetailed product integrity and minimal environmental impact with good health and safety and staff rewards, said managing...

Shorts: Crosland VK sees sales increase.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Crosland VK, the supplier of packaging and print-finishing kit, has seen sales increase since a staff reshuffle earlier this year following a management buy-in. The Manchester-based company has international clients from Mexico to Sweden.

BTC Group delivers 1m anti-bullying wristbands.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... BTC Group has sourced 1m wristbands as part of the Department for Education and Skills' 'Beat Bullying' Campaign, which was part of Anti-Bullying Week. The promotions firm, which produces the majority of its work in house, won the job,...

Flexpress given grant for role in graduate plan.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Print, design and copy firm Flexpress has won a pounds 67,000 grant from the Department of Trade and Industry as part of a graduate scheme. Leicester-based Flexpress has linked up with De Montfort University and will take on a graduate as...

ViP study results stir lively debate.
December 2, 2004... More than 50 printers met today to debate the issues arising from Vision in Print's International Productivity Study. The study focused on two sectors: magazine and catalogues, and books, and was carried out by Strategem and Pira...

Pitney secures Luton Borough print contract.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Luton Borough Council has outsourced its print and reprographics requirements to Pitney Bowes Management Services in a contract worth pounds 700,000. The deal will run for 10 years and is split into three areas. Traditional print will be...

Buzwell hit with new petition.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The saga of the Buzwell Group continues, with a further winding-up petition being issued against the company by recruitment firm ExecutivesOnline. The recruitment firm was responsible for an initial action against Buzwell Group and Buzwell...

Amberley Working Museum builds replica press.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Amberley Working Museum in West Sussex has built a replica Ben Franklin press, which will be used in the museum's print workshop. The project was financed by Wyndeham Press Group and built by volunteers including wheelwrights, woodturners and...

TMP set up to run Trinity Mirror sites.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Trinity Mirror has completed its pounds 90m, three-year print overhaul by forming a new company to manage the publisher's nine newspaper production sites. Trinity Mirror Printing (TMP) will start trading on 1 January 2005, with the three...

Euro averts strike over closure.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Industrial action at Birmingham-based Euro Packaging has been averted after the company guaranteed the Sparkbrook plant's future for at least another year. Amicus graphical paper and media sector members at the firm had once again been on...

Thieme lifts Showcard output.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Showcard Print has increased productivity with the installation of a four-colour Thieme 5070 UV line at its Letchworth plant. The installation of the screen press has enabled the large-format retail point-of-sale specialist to turn around...

Shorts: Moor Graphics appoints two new members of staff.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Tyne and Wear-based Moor Graphics has appointed two new members of staff. Bob Alexander (right) and David McConnell have joined Moor as sales representatives, bringing with them over 40 years' print experience.

Shorts: WLT launches new static control system.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... WLT has launched a new static control system. The new PerforMAX is the most advanced static control system available for monitoring static neutralising performance, claims the firm. The UK launch is hoped to provide an opportunity for companies...

Shorts: The Charlesworth Group extends existing premises.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Charlesworth Group has extended and refurbished its existing premises. The investment enables the firm to co-locate its printing operation alongside its binding lines.

Shorts: County and Pinewood changes its name to County Print.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Cheshire-based County and Pinewood has changed its name to County Print. The new logo still retains the Pinewood link and the change of name follows an investment of pounds 1.3m in the past 12 months.

Shorts: Saxon Profile Press invests in new machinery.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Norwich-based Saxon Profile Press has invested in a Mitsubishi Diamond 1000LS. The investment moves the firm into B2 print and opens up new markets for the B1 printer. Production director Bob Mooney (right) said the new machine 'had been...

Shorts: The Delta Group decides to expand.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Delta Group has decided to expand its operation with the launch of a new spin-off design agency. The PoS and large-format printer will launch the agency from its existing in-house design function. Andrew Hinton, who will head up the team of...

Shorts: Lloyd James Group appoints account manager.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Direct mail specialist Lloyd James Group has appointed Julia Mayell as account manager. Mayell will work in the company's expanding list and media management division and will help manage the division's portfolio of third-party insert...

Shorts: Goulds launches new kitchen towel into Sainsbury's.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Goulds has launched a brand new Fimbles kitchen towel into Sainsbury's. The new kitchen towel is available in the majority of Sainsbury's stores. Claire Fynn, marketing manager said: 'We are always looking ahead for new ideas and opportunities...

Shorts: InteliCoat named as media product of the year.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... InteliCoat Technologies has been named media product of the year by the Digital Printing & Imaging Association (DPI).

Shorts: Print Solutions appoints sales executive.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Print Solutions has appointed Darren Knapp as sales executive. With 12 years' experience in the industry in both studio and sales, Knapp will be looking to work with existing customers and develop new accounts.

Politicians visit print-sponsored NET's newsroom.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... West Ferry's centre for young journalists, the Newspaper Education Trust (NET), has welcomed two VIPs into its newsroom. Jim Fitzpatrick, Labour MP for Poplar and Canning Town, and Pat Holland, civic ambassador for Newham, visited the NET...

Papers look to China move as restrictions go.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... International newspaper groups are looking at printing in China after the country's government dropped restrictions against the production of foreign titles. The move could bring production of newspapers such as The Financial Times and the...

DMA sets up green charter for mailers.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has stepped up its campaign to cut waste and increase recycling in direct mail. In a mailer to 50 of the UK's main users of direct mail, the association asked them to sign up to its Environmental...

TPW introduces new five-colour Sakurai press.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The Printed Word has installed a new five-colour Sakurai SRA2 press. 'The OL 566 SI is outstanding and the minders are over the moon,' said managing director Robert Pryer. 'You can tick every box in performance terms.' The firm paid...

MAN Roland commissions triple-width Colorman.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... MAN Roland has commissioned its first triple-width Colorman XXL press, of the type ordered in News International's pounds 600m overhaul. A two-tower, 48pp straight press has been installed at German newspaper printer A Beig Druckerei and...

HSP sharpens key market strategy.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Howard Smith Paper (HSP) is to refine the structure of its operations, which will provide more focus on the key areas of commercial graphical print and business papers. The process will bring the business under two clear headings and is...

DXG success with six-colour.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... DXG Media has spent pounds 525,000 on a new six-colour Heidelberg CD102 press and seen its turnover soar since it went in two months ago. 'We are already beginning to see the benefits and over the next two years aim to increase turnover...

Severnprint wins FSC credit.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Severnprint has joined an elite band of printers by winning an eco certificate from the Forest Stewardship Council. The Gloucester commercial printer reckons it is only the UK's fifth printer to hold the FSC chain of custody certificate for...

Legal Notices.
December 2, 2004... This information is extracted from the print- and publishing-related notices that appear in the London Gazette. Further information is available from its website at: www.london-gazette.co.uk WINDING UP ORDERS Angloasia Media Ltd RO: 30...

Field Boxmore opts for Scope to automate repro.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Field Boxmore Healthcare is automating its repro offerings with the implementation of Esko-Graphics' Scope workflow. The Leicester-based firm produces printed paper packaging for pharmaceutical and healthcare products. Several...

Kirklees turns to iWay remote print handling.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... A metropolitan council has made big moves towards bringing all its print services in house and handled online by installing the Xerox iWay production suite. Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire said the software lopped days off production...

Cumbrian's colour push goes thermal.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Cumbrian Newsprint has moved to thermal CTP as part of a pounds 700,000 pre-press overhaul at its Carlisle site as it gears up for a move to full-colour production. The regional newspaper printer has installed two plate production lines,...

Embassy eyes bigger savings with Rampage.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Embassy Press (London) is boasting savings in cost, waste and materials after implementing its new Fuji Rampage Open Workflow. 'It reduces printing errors and increases quality,' said director Colin Hatton, who wired up the firm's Sussex...

Pindar improves CMS software with new products.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Pindar has launched two upgrades for its Catalogue Management System (CMS) at the ECMOD exhibition. The products, Data Gatherer and Image Share, were unveiled at the Earls Court show last week and are part of Pindar's 'best selling...

PPA launches new picture standard.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The PPA unveiled its new pic4press standard at its annual production conference last week, alongside the latest version of the established pass4press initiative. Pic4press was launched with a 16pp best practice guidelines document,...

TB installs second VersoProof.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Taylor Bloxham has installed the second VersoProof duplexing package, for its Epson printers, from Troika Systems. Prior to the installation of the first unit the firm glued prints together for production dummies, 'a considerable problem...

Shorts: Chris Simpson joins Ivy League of photographers.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The UK's Chris Simpson has joined an Ivy League of photographers calling itself the Hasselblad Masters. He was one of 12 new members to the elite club representing 'photography at its finest, most communicative, most beautiful', said the famous...

Shorts: Luscher Flexo trains six service engineers.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Luscher Flexo has trained six service engineers for its FlexPose direct laser ablation systems, taking the worldwide total of experts to 17. The six includes sole Brit Tony Collins of LaserTech.

Shorts: Presstek sells its first Dimension 400 CTP system.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Presstek has sold its first Dimension 400 CTP system in the Republic of Ireland. Kingdom Printers in Tralee, County Kerry, was 'revolutionised overnight', said managing director Bernie Keane. His company enjoyed time savings and production...

Shorts: ColorGate adds picture modification modules to its software.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... ColorGate has added two picture modification modules to its ProductionServer 4 software. Photo & Fine Art Production allows users to apply differing picture modifications. FotoFusion enables photographers to create large-format images and...

Shorts: Colour Collective cuts 30% off price.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Colour Collective is cutting 30% off the price of the GretagMacbeth Eye-One Photo and Eye-One Publish profiling products until the end of the year. The photo solution for monitors and RGB printers now costs pounds 690. The publishing profile...

Shorts: Launch of QuarkXPress 6.5.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... The launch of QuarkXPress 6.5 is being hailed as 'the first time an integrated package from Linotype Library will provide unprecedented font services in the page-layout software'. The font package, which is fully integrated within the latest...

Shorts: CSL Digital Print switches on new system.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... CSL Digital Print has switched on a new Optimus 2020 MIS system at its Basingstoke plant. The firm specialises in plastic ID cards, which it produces on an HP Indigo digital colour press.

Stewarts installs latest DocuColor.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Stewarts of Edinburgh has become the first Scottish printer to take delivery of a Xerox DocuColor 8000. The firm invested around pounds 250,000 in the equipment, which was installed last week. The investment is part of a strategy to push...

Delphax boost to S&O output.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Security printer Smith & Ouzman has increased its digital capacity by 80% with a pounds 300,000 investment in a Delphax CR1300 digital web press. The monochrome duplex press, ordered by the Eastbourne family firm six weeks after first...

Shorts: Encad expands its Kodak wide-format ink-jet media.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Encad has expanded its Kodak wide-format ink-jet media with four micro-porous products. They include Premium Rapid-Dry Photographic Glossy and Satin papers of 260gsm weights. The other two are the lighter Rapid-Dry Photographic Glossy and Satin...

Shorts: Oce machines help to save Essex taxpayers money.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Oce machines are helping to save Essex taxpayers around pounds 300,000. The county council bought a VarioPrint 2110 black-and-white printer and a second Colour Production System 700 for a pressroom that already produces 25m black-and-white and...

Shorts: Tesco's range of supply trucks for Metro stores.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Tesco's latest range of supply trucks for its Metro stores is being decked out with 13m ad panels on a new sheeting called Fleet Media City Trailers. The first campaign, for the video game firm Ubisoft, is run by ad company Agripa, which...

Shorts: HP gives Indigo ws4050 press first European outing.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... HP has given the Indigo ws4050 press its first European outing. The full-colour short- to medium-run press allows converters to capture high-value label, shrink sleeve and flexible packaging jobs. The successor to the ws4000 has a bigger media...

Shorts: Afga adds new coating.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Agfa has added a new coating suitable for outdoor or indoor backlit applications. AgfaJetUFF, universal front print film, is an addition to its range of micro-porous ink-jet media for large-format digital printing. The firm says the material in...

Shorts: Noon Products adds four ink-jet printers to its range.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Noon Products, the maker of pre-cooked and chilled Indian food, has added four Linx 6800 continuous ink-jet printers to its range of 14 Linx machines in Southall, west London. The firm produces more than 3m meals a month destined for...

Encapital is first to fit new high-speed Lamhanson.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Trade encapsulator Encapital Finishing has invested pounds 19,000 in the UK's first high-speed encapsulator from new supplier Lamhanson. The Lamhanson F550, which encapsulates up to 5,000 A4 sheets per hour, was installed last month at...

Sandvik orders Red Rhino's die ejection rubber.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Rugby-based materials supplier Sandvik Saxon has added to its die-cutting range with a new die ejection rubber suitable for both cutting and creasing dies. Red Rhino, manufactured by US firm Monroe Rubber & Plastics Inc, has a shore...

Imaje introduces higher res Mailjet.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Ink-jet addressing machine manufacturer Imaje is to launch a twin print head version of its Mailjet Advantage product as it looks to boost business in 2005. The upgraded product will be available in the UK in the first quarter of next year...

Nuffield picks up new Thando for extra safety.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Abingdon's Nuffield Press is keeping its eye on health and safety as well as productivity by upgrading its Thando pile turner. The new Thando 105P machine replaced a 10-year-old pile turner and handles B2 as well as the B1 work tackled by...

Diamond bolsters case-binding op with Diamant.
December 2, 2004... Diamond Print Services' new pounds 1.3m case-binding operation has gone into full production following the installation of its Muller Martini VBF Diamant binding line. 'It was the next step for us really,' said managing director Neil...

Leipa mill looks to gravure products.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Leipa Georg Leinfelder's Schwedt mill has announced its intention to produce rotogravure papers, and also revealed plans for a new power plant at its manufacturing site in Germany. The development comes just months after Leipa's Schwedt...

Mondi to split in rebrand move.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Mondi has divided in two to 'streamline and rebrand the business and improve its visibility to customers', it said. 'This is a big step forward for the group, which trebled its turnover in the last six years to around pounds 3.6bn (dollars...

Paper Pricewatch: Magazine papers, December 2004.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... With manufacturers' price rises looming large for lightweight coated grades, and many publishers' contracts currently up for renewal, the next few months will test the mettle of both sides, writes Darryl Danielli. 'Everybody's heard the...

Shorts: Robert Horne Group's promotion on MultiCopy paper.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Robert Horne Group is offering two days in Sweden's Lapland to promote its MultiCopy paper, in a new brilliant-white shade. The offer includes a night at a hotel made from thousands of tonnes of ice. Entry forms from www.roberthorne.co.uk/ice.

Shorts: Fedrigoni updates its Imaginative Papers system.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Fedrigoni has updated its Imaginative Papers system. Printers, graphic designers and paper specifiers can now receive a CD ROM and catalogue with 20 ranges, 120 paper types and 350 colour samples.

Shorts: Curtis Fine Papers highly commended.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Curtis Fine Papers has been highly commended in the language for export category of the International Business Awards run by the government and Export Times magazine. Curtis exports to over 60 countries.

Shorts: Pira launches an RFID in Retail Manual 2005.(Radio Frequency Identification Device )(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Pira has launched an RFID in Retail Manual 2005 for firms in retail supply who need to bone up on RFID projects. It costs pounds 195. Two new studies, Personal ID Technologies and Intelligent and Security Links, cost pounds 295 each and cover...

Shorts: Kay Premium Marketing Films appoints quality manager.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Kay Premium Marking Films has made Rob Musto quality manager at its casting and coating plant in Newport, Wales. The move follows the death of Rob Herbert in July.

Shorts: Speakers to address The Future of Secure Documents conference.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Speakers from NASA and Interpol will address Pira's The Future of Secure Documents conference. The Orlando event on 9 and 10 December costs pounds 819. Contact: 01372 802164 or www.piranet.com.

Shorts: Asia Pulp & Paper to stop tree cutting in two regions.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Asia Pulp & Paper is to stop tree cutting in two regions for conservation tests. APP vowed to always protect Sumatra's Siak and Serapong areas if found to have a high conservation value.

Shorts: Sodra Cell wins Swedish Post Office competition.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Sodra Cell has won a Swedish Post Office competition for the best business-to-business direct mail campaign involving a twist on a children's fairytale.