Print Week articles from January 2002

Print Week archives from January 2002

Weyerhaeuser has issued a fourth-quarter profits warning. (Stop Press).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Weyerhaeuser has issued a fourth-quarter profits warning, but expects to be near break-even. It adjusted its earnings outlook due to weakness in wood products' prices and downtime in product lines because of the economy.

Xerox has received [pounds sterling]235m ($340m) in financing from GE Capital. (Stop Press).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Xerox has received [pounds sterling]235m ($340m) in financing from GE Capital, secured by portions of its lease receivables in the US. This is in addition to [pounds sterling]578m received last month from GE Capital with more funding due in...

Adrian Clark has joined Leicester's Artisan Press. (Stop Press).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Adrian Clark has joined Leicester's Artisan Press in the newly-created role of business development director. He formerly worked at Technique Business Systems, and prior to that was a director at Polestar.

Royle Corporate Print has appointed Ronan Daly and Corin Langton. (Stop Press).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Royle Corporate Print has appointed Ronan Daly and Corin Langton to its sales team. Daly joins from Hyway Pennington and Langton from Butler & Tanner.

Docklands-based West Ferry Printers. (Stop Press).(contract with Goss Graphic Systems)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Docklands-based West Ferry Printers is understood to have signed a deal with Goss Graphic Systems to enhance its colour capability.

KBA adds PPS recruit to its sales team. (News).(Malcolm Riddle)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... KBA UK managing director Christian Knapp says he has completed his sales team by appointing Malcolm Riddle as technical sales manager for the West Midlands. The new recruit follows Adrian Matthews, who joined the firm last August from...

Arjo Wiggins fined [pounds sterling]115m for involvement in cartel. (News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Arjo Wiggins Appleton may appeal against a [pounds sterling]115.1m fine imposed by the European Commission (EC) for its part in a pan-European carbonless paper cartel. The Commission handed out [pounds sterling]196m of fines to 10 firms...

Greaves loses Guardian Magazine deal. (News).(Polestar's Greaves plant)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Polestar's troubled Greaves plant in Scarborough is set to be dealt a fresh blow with the loss of the contract for the Guardian's flagship Saturday Weekend magazine supplement. The title was redesigned last year in a move that also saw it...

Turning Point Technologies (TPT). (Shorts).(SGI Origin server value-added reseller)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Turning Point Technologies (TPT) has been awarded Platinum status as a value-added reseller of SGI Origin servers. "TPT is one of a handful of partners in the UK to hold this level of certification," said SGI's Lee Rand. "Becoming a Platinum...

SE Labels has accepted Skanem Industrier's offer. (Shorts).(acquisition)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... SE Labels has accepted Skanem Industrier's offer to buy the self-adhesive label manufacturer, which was announced last November. In a statement, SE Labels said it felt its new ownership was a positive move that strengthened its position.

Smurfit has gone CTP at its Llangollen plant in Wales. (Shorts).(computer-to-plate)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Smurfit has gone CTP at its Llangollen plant in Wales as part of a [pounds sterling]300,000 investment with Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG). It has installed a Creo Trendsetter VLF platesetter, using KPG Electra Excel plates and an online KPG...

Grasmere Print Group has changed its senior management. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Grasmere Print Group has changed its senior management. Nick Holt has been appointed group managing director for both Grasmere Press and Leeds-based Grasmere Digital Imaging. Peter Howarth has joined as non-executive director and Ivor Jacobs...

Exeter-based book printer Short Run Press has installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM102-2P. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Exeter-based book printer Short Run Press has installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM102-2P two-colour perfecting press with CP 2000. The firm specialises in textbooks for educational bodies. "The Speedmaster is ideal for this, and the perfecting...

CDP Print Management raised [pounds sterling]2,500 for the Liverpool Royal School. (Shorts).(Liverpool Royal School for the Blind)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... CDP Print Management raised [pounds sterling]2,500 for the Liverpool Royal School for the Blind in memory of founder Joe Scanlon, who died last year. A cheque was presented by his widow Julie Scanlon to the school's fund-raising manager Mr...

St Bride Printing Library is holding an exhibition of work published and printed. (Shorts).(by Incline Press)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... St Bride Printing Library is holding an exhibition of work published and printed in letterpress by Incline Press. Entitled The Page is The Picture, the exhibition, which runs from 15 January to 29 March, includes wood engravings, lino cuts,...

Augustus tribunal queries meetings.(Augustus Martin)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... The preliminary industrial tribunal hearing of former Augustus Martin managing director Michael Withington has been adjourned until next Wednesday (9 January) after Ian Gatt, representing the London screen printer, proposed to quiz Withington...

KPG completes Imation buyout.(Kodak Polychrome Graphics)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Kodak Polychrome Graphics has completed its acquisition of Imation's colour proofing business, including the Matchprint and Rainbow systems. It expects the product ranges to be integrated by the end of the first quarter. More than 500...

Print spend to rise.(survey of 50 print buyers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 4, 2002... Cambrian Printers has predicted that print spend across the industry will increase by 10% by the end of the 2010. Its survey of 50 print buyers also indicated an increasing reliance on digital and specialist high quality printing. The...

Europol expects Euro crime to peak during January. (News).(when two currencies operating in some countries)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 4, 2002... Europol, the European police intelligence service, says it expects crime related to the euro to peak during January when many countries will be operating two currencies and there are lots of banknotes in transit. In the last three months...

Brier Press job losses lead to staff protests. (News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Brier Press staff who lost their jobs when the firm went into voluntary liquidation staged a protest outside the company's plant in High Wycombe in the week before Christmas. The firm ceased trading on 30 November after going into voluntary...

Digital-hungry Oce signs OEM deal with Agfa. (News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Oce has signalled its intention to move into high-volume digital colour print after signing an agreement with Agfa Monotype to OEM its ColorTune colour management and screening technology for use in high-volume colour digital presses. "At...

UPM sticks to guns in newsprint battle. (News).(UPM-Kymmene )(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Some of the UK's largest newspaper publishers could reduce their newsprint quota from UPM-Kymmene unless an agreement over pricing is reached, according to newspaper reports. Publishers still locked in negotiations with UPM-Kymmene,...

Strong sales increase for Printing.com. (News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 4, 2002... Printing.com reported a strong rise in sales for the first half of the year and has also signed a second deal with a Premiership football club to produce club branded business cards for fans via its website. The agreement with...

Bemrose diary reveals firm is set for rebrand. (News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Bemrose will officially unveil its new corporate identity later this month. The first hint of the rebranding as Bemrose-Booth can be seen on the firm's calendar and diaries, which carry the new logo. The [pounds sterling]60m-turnover...

PrintWeek's Printing Company of the Year. (Shorts).(Statex-colourprint )(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... PrintWeek's Printing Company of the Year, Statex-colourprint in Newcastle, has appointed Stuart Melville as new business manager. He has 15 years' experience within the printing industry and joins the firm at the start of a 12-month development...

FW Cupit (Printers) in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... FW Cupit (Printers) in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, has installed a Ryobi 522HXX from Ry-Offset to handle the growing demand for four-colour work. Production director Steve Newton said: "We were extremely impressed with the online functionality of...

Mailmate Print in Jersey is switching from a Heidelberg GTO. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Mailmate Print in Jersey is switching from a Heidelberg GTO to a Speedmaster SM52 to give it an estimated 50-60% increase in throughput and lift turnover, which is currently [pounds sterling]1.4m. The firm is also moving three miles to a new...

Pira International is hosting a seminar on Lithographic Faults and Remedies. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Pira International is hosting a seminar on Lithographic Faults and Remedies on 5 February at its offices in Leatherhead, Surrey. The course is aimed at managers and quality control staff, as well as technical personnel from paper and ink...

The BAPC's National Council has elected Freddie Kienzler. (Shorts).(British Association of Print and Copyshops)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... The BAPC's National Council has elected Freddie Kienzler of Formara as deputy chairman. The appointment follows the resignation of Tony Kenton. Kienzler (pictured) said: "It will be a hard act to follow as he worked tirelessly for the BAPC and...

4imprint's US Corporate Programmes division has won its largest US contract. (Shorts).(ING North America)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... 4imprint's US Corporate Programmes division has won its largest US contract to date with ING North America, estimated to be worth [pounds sterling]6.2m ($9m) over the next three years. 4imprint will provide web-based and print catalogue...

Pindar Systems, the catalogue commerce technology provider. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Pindar Systems, the catalogue commerce technology provider, has received [pounds sterling]2.4m ($3.5m) in its second round of financing. It brings the total capital raised by the company to [pounds sterling]8m since its launch last year as an...

The Beacon Press has chosen to power its Uckfield factory. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... The Beacon Press has chosen to power its Uckfield factory using Ecotricity's "green" electricity. It is supplied from sources that are less polluting than conventional electricity. The Beacon Press has been a pioneer of waterless printing and...

Ballinger Rawlings is re-locating to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Ballinger Rawlings is re-locating to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, after 15 years at its Hemel Hempstead site. The move comes after increasing congestion in recent years. The Aylesbury Vale Industrial Park will provide better road access and...

Agfa CTP system in at NewsPrinters. (News).(NewsFax)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... NewsFax has topped off its [pounds sterling]15m investment in a new division, NewsPrinters, with an Agfa CTP system. The [pounds sterling]600,000 system includes two Polaris 150 platesetters, Intellinet workflow and a Barenschee...

PPS unveils web press team. (News).(Pershke Price Service)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... MAN Roland UK agent Pershke Price Service (PPS) has released details of its web press team for the UK market. Director of web sales Norman Revill, who returned last year from httprint, fronts the team, which includes sales co-ordinator...

Mergers reach 30-year high. (News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Richmond Capital Partners has claimed that mergers and acquisitions in the printing industry have reached a 30-year high. The main drivers identified by chief executive Paul Holohan are succession issues, growth strategies, consolidation of...

Photobition sale is tied up by service. (News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Service Graphics has completed its buyout of the core UK Graphics businesses of Photobition from its administrative receivers (Print-Week, 9 November 2001). The new firm is led by Charlie Reed, Paul Green and Ben Moss, who originally...

PDG enters inner city 100 index. (News).(Print Design & Graphics)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Print Design & Graphics (PDG) has won a place on the Inner City 100 index - one of only nine firms in the North East to achieve this. The inaugural Inner City 100 index aims to identify the 100 most successful businesses operating in...

CreoScitex will show Staccato. (News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... CreoScitex UK is holding demonstrations of its stochastic screening technology, Staccato, at Komori's Leeds showroom on 22 and 23 January. There will be on-press demonstrations to show the quality and on-press latitude with Komori...

Trafford Park Printers in Manchester.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Trafford Park Printers in Manchester has started the installation of its First Heidelberg Mainstream 80 newspaper printing press. Heidelberg has awarded Beck & Pollitzer Engineering's specialist Print...

Heanor Gate Printing, based in Derby. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Heanor Gate Printing, based in Derby, is installing DW Viewboxes viewing equipment at The Science Photo Library, to ensure its customers can view proofs under the same lighting conditions. The Science Photo Library's catalogue is produced every...

Portland PMS has appointed Dave Barnsley. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Portland PMS has appointed Dave Barnsley as senior sales executive. His new role will see him concentrating on taking Portland PMS's range of products to the corporate market. Barnsley has more than 10 years experience in IT and software and...

The Dutch Technical Commission. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... The Dutch technical commission governing the digital supply of data files, DAL TC, has made the Enfocus Certified PDF the standard for digitally exchanging advertisements. The commission also awarded standard status TIFF IT-PI and CT/LW.

Just Normlicht, the German manufacturer of lighting and viewing booths. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Just Normlicht, the German manufacturer of lighting and viewing booths, has appointed TypeMaker to co-market its range in the UK. TypeMaker colour business manager Alan Dresch said: "The Just Normlicht range allows colour-critical users to work...

Dalim Software has appointed Frank Bucher. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Dalim Software has appointed Frank Bucher as its strategic account consultant to manage products worldwide and support the firm's sales team and global distributors. Bucher has over 17 years' experience in the digital pre-press sector. He holds...

London-based Centurfax was shortlisted in the Product Innovation Category. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... London-based Centurfax was shortlisted in the Product Innovation category of the Trade Partners UK International Business Awards as the Exporter of the Year, but lost out to Cooke Optics. Centurfax managing director Bob Leslie said Cooke Optics...

Folex, the Digital Media manufacturer. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Folex, the digital media manufacturer, has released a film for producing separations using ink-jet printers, that allows them to double as imagesetters. Folajet QD Clear, is a 100 micron polyester formulated to deliver quick-drying high-density...

HighWater Designs has announced with sadness. (Shorts).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... HighWater Designs has announced with sadness the sudden death of Stuart Barnes. HighWater said he collapsed at the firm's sports centre and although colleagues were on-hand immediately, they could not save him.

BCP installs Picdar to manage assets. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Buckingham Colour Press (BCP) is offering its customers asset management and online poster printing following the installation of a Picdar digital asset management system. Using Picdar's Prisma web content management system for its online...

CreoScitex creates twin beam. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... CreoScitex has announced three new imagesetters that will be released early next year, including a twin beam version of its B1 Dolev 800. The Dolev 800V4 uses two lasers that image in parallel, producing 39 B1 films per hour at 2,540dpi,...

Lennox goes NT using Barco Kit. (News Pre-Press).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Scotland's largest flexo platemaker, Lennox McKinlay, has installed a Back-Stage digital workflow and four PackEdge workstations at its East Kilbride factory. "We've grown alongside Barco from the proprietary workstation," said managing...

DC Thompson, producers of children's favourites the Beano and Dandy.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: DC Thompson, producers of children's favourites the Beano and Dandy, has installed a Lanovia Quattro from Fujifilm Graphic Systems. The printer, which has its head office in Dundee, processes more than 1,600...

ESP Technologies gets world's first Vutek PressVu. (Digital News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Maidstone-based display printer ESP Technologies Group has become the first site in the world to install a Vutek PressVu UV 180 flatbed UV-cured digital printer. ESP held off investing in alternative flatbed UV-cured digital printing...

NUR Blueboard software set to ease workflow. (Digital News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 4, 2002... NUR Macroprinters has released remote software for the Blueboard superwide digital printer, which it claims can streamline workflow and productivity. The software enables users to RIP and queue jobs for multiple printers from a single...

Alderson expands into digital with F1. (Digital News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... The Alderson Brothers Print Group has acquired the staff and client base of F1 Digital to create its own digital print division, Alderson Digital Print. F1 Digital was formerly based at the workflow centre of digital and pre-press...

Digital printing pricing advice from NexPress. (Digital News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... NexPress has released a downloadable briefing paper on pricing digital print, to help users to estimate jobs more accurately. The firm said it is of paramount importance for printers to identify all costs incurred in printing a job. These...

Interquest reports on digital. (Digital News).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... A series of reports on digital printing technology and its applications to different markets have been published by American research organisation Interquest. Digital Print Quality: Understanding, Evaluating and Measuring covers the...

Mail well Label Customark has installed a new Gerber.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Capiton: Mail well Label Customark has installed a new Gerber digital press at its Cradley Heath facility in the West Midlands. It was bought to satisfy production demands, which fell between the capabilities of its...

Sonoco unveils plans to buy Smurfit tube business. (News Paper).(Sonoco Products Co.)(Smurfit UK)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Sonoco has agreed a deal to purchase the UK tube and converting businesses of Smurfit UK, part of the Jefferson Smurfit Group. The Smurfit core and tube businesses, which last year had a turnover of [pounds sterling]11m ($16m), consists of...

Holmen agrees to invest [pounds sterling]13m in paperboard. (News Paper).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Holmen's board of directors has approved an investment project worth [pounds sterling]13.2m (SEK200m) in the chemical recovery unit at its Iggesunds Bruk paperboard mill in Sweden. The project, which is expected to be completed in 2004,...

Papyrus to rethink sales department. (News Paper).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Papyrus managing director Steve Thomson has said that further restructuring of the company's sales organisation is to take place, as he continues to improve the company's structure and performance. "What you will see is further significant...

Willamette set to discuss with Weyerhaeuser. (News Paper).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Willamette looks set to end its year-long battle with hostile takeover bidder Weyerhaeuser. It agreed to open talks after Weyerhaeuser raised its cash offer from [pounds sterling]35 ($50) to [pounds sterling]38 per share in cash...

Newsprint prices expected to decrease in 2002. (News Paper).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... As PrintWeek went to press this year's price negotiations continued apace, with early indicators suggesting that the price of newsprint would drop by 10-13% for 2002. Writes John Davies. The current price of newsprint remains unchanged with...

PJR offers services for Ormond Street. (News Print Buying).(PJR Print Services, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 4, 2002... Following an appeal in Print Week, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSHCC) has found a printer to donate its services to produce the charity's commemorative 150th birthday magazine. The production costs for Lifeline...

F1 wins Sainsbury's Magazine. (News Print Buying).(F1 Colour)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... New Crane Publishing has awarded F1 Colour the repro contract for Sainsbury's Magazine, after the Mitcham-based firm impressed during an assessment period. The bimonthly magazine, which was launched in 1993 by Delia Smith, has an average...

IPS production system online. (News Print Buying).(Intelligent Print Solutions)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Intelligent Print Solutions (IPS) has moved its entire bespoke production system online, adding a range of services to its offerings. The move enables the Kent-based print management company's customers to obtain live job status updates and...

GHP's direct mail division, GHP Direct, has appointed Trevor.(Trevor Gardiner, print buyer for UK)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: GHP's direct mail division, GHP Direct, has appointed Trevor Gardiner as its new print buyer for the UK. He served a printing apprenticeship at Ordnance Survey in Southampton before obtaining a degree in...

Keeping sight of your important resolutions. (Comment).(UK printing sector)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Well, I hope you all used the precious time off you had over the festive period to recharge your batteries because something tells me we're going to need all the energy we can get over the coming months. The lives of a good many of us will...

Delivering the solutions that printers need. (Opinion).(KBA UK)(Brief Article)(Column)
January 4, 2002... Right across the globe printers are under pressure. They are facing immense competition, not only from their own kind, but from all the new forms of communication. As press manufacturers we should remember we are responsible for one...

Letters.
January 4, 2002... Well beyond the title of "hosting" I was particularly interested in your coverage regarding the PPA's launch of its Pass4Press 2. Having been involved in the project from the outset, I would, however, like to clarify the role of httprint...

Legislation for PC reliability is a good idea but a bit late.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Perhaps I ought to begin with a declaration of interest, am a passionate Europhile and believe that Britain should join the Eurozone at the earliest opportunity. My view is that the European movement makes sense politically and economically, as...

Giving the industry voice and making sure lit is listened to: BPIF chief executive Michael Johnson is determined to forge a useful federation, writes Lauretta Roberts. (Profile).(British Printing Industries' Federation)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... 2001 marked an unprecedented period of activity for the BPIF, what with its centenary celebrations, the introduction of its new membership structure, the joint BPIF/DTI Print 21 report and, not least, the appointment of its new chief executive....

Bezier extends itself "beyond" the norm: With its new services, bezier hopes to become a shining light in these dark economic times, Gordon Carson writes. (Profile).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
January 4, 2002... Bezier has taken its "Beyond Print" philosophy to a dangerous level. Customers hoping to be greeted by pictures of grey boxes when they open the firm's new "desire" brochure will be disappointed, for there are none. There aren't even any...

Resolutions for the year: Last year was tough. So what's the industry resolving to do to make 2002 better? PrintWeek asks.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... We all make new year's resolutions after we've had one too many drinks on New Year's Eve. For most of us the resolution lasts approximately seven days. PrintWeek asked some of the industry's top dogs to list their business and personal...

Inks I: Web offset; Compromising the quality of your ink could affect your productivity. Karen Charlesworth offers an overview. (Buyers' Guide).(Statistical Data Included)
January 4, 2002... Over the past few years, the market for inks has changed beyond all recognition. As the basic technology has matured and the differences between products have narrowed, the techniques for selling inside the inks market have shifted emphasis...

www.stationers.org. (Insite).(Stationers Co.)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... OK so it's not the most exciting piece of web design but we were so impressed that the Worshipful Company of Newspaper Makers and Stationers had a website at all that we just had to share it with you. In fact this site has been up and...

Eurofold 235: Eurofold discovered the gap in the market via the 235, as Karen Charlesworth reports. (Tried & Tested).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... The Eurofold 235 folder was originally the baby of two ex-Faltex engineers who in 1986 approached their bosses with an idea for a midrange machine and were turned down because of the costs involved. The engineers left Faltex and set up their...

The Platen printing press. (Print's Past).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... This is a very common type of printing machine, designed for printing small sheets, such as crown or demy or Less. The original inventor of the platen was George Gordon, an American. The first platens in England, however, were manufactured...

Fry's assets prove more bankable than Jordan's. (Post Script).(19th century prison reformer Elizabeth Fry)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... At Print Week we're all for reform, equality and social justice, so has the Bank of England gone far enough? The house of Sir Edward George announced that 19th century prison reformer Elizabeth Fry is set to join Florence Nightingale as the...

Queens Park programme. (Who prints that then?).(Queens Park Football Club)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Known as the Spiders, (presumably due to the cobwebs in the trophy cabinet) Queens Park Football Club is the oldest football club in Scotland. While the larger Glaswegian clubs may be cashing in on massive sponsorship deals leading to...

1 year ago. (Memory Lane).(IPC Media Ltd.)(Donside Paper)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Jasper Scott succeeded Peter Barber as IPC Media manufacturing director...Communisis sold Howitts and its American healthcare business... The Donside Paper Company made 113 staff redundant... Derek Ashley replaced Michael Smith as API Group...

5 years ago. (Memory Lane).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... A survey from the Institute of Directors revealed that print bosses were paid more than their counterparts in other industries... Bindery staff in BPC Dunstable voted to accept a cut in overtime rates... Heidelberg announced that it was taking...

10 years ago. (Memory Lane).(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Plate suppliers, Polychrome, DuPont and Horsell/Anitec upped prices by 5%... Wace pre-press subsidiary Lithospeed won a contract renewal worth [pounds sterling]2.5m for the Daily Telegraph colour magazine...Administrators were looking for a...

PPS. (Memory Lane).(Pindar)(Brief Article)
January 4, 2002... Sometimes in this crazy world of print you can actually find a correlation between the amount of work that people do and the amount they get paid. Therefore Print Week is launching its search for those who earn more than their boss -- a...