Print Week articles from January 2007

Print Week archives from January 2007

FSA to quiz print companies in crackdown on insider trading.(Financial Services Authority)
January 5, 2007... Companies that print financial material are to be quizzed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as part of a wider inquiry that aims to crack down on insider dealing ahead of takeovers. The 'thematic review' by the City watchdog will...

St Ives sells financial arm as director retires.(Ray Morley to quit, St Ives Financial)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... St Ives has revealed the retirement of finance director Ray Morley and a deal to sell its financial document services business, St Ives Financial. Morley is to retire to spend more time with his ill wife, and will leave by April. He...

Chesapeake and Amicus row on.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Chesapeake and Amicus have clashed again over the involvement of ACAS in the dispute at the packaging giant's Newcastle and Bradford sites. Strike action started at the two sites at the end of last year over new terms and conditions. The...

Stop press.(briefs)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... De La Rue has teamed up with Indusa Global, a US-based IT development and consulting firm, to provide e-passports, biometric visas, work permits and other identity products to the Bahamas... The world's oldest newspaper, Swedish financial...

Cambridge re-equips for full-colour by '08.(Cambridge Newspapers)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Cambridge Newspapers is to make a pounds 9m move to colour printing by the end of September 2008. A six-unit, full-colour KBA Colora press line, capable of printing at speeds of up to 70,000 copies per hour, will replace an ageing Albert...

Innovative unloading kit launched at NI site.(News International PLC)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... UPM and News International (NI) have launched an innovative paper-unloading system for the massive reels used on the publisher's triple-width presses at Knowsley. The two-tonne reels, which measure 2,220mm in width, will be transported...

In brief: Polestar Direct in Leeds gets chain of custody cert.(certification )(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Polestar Direct in Leeds has become the print group's first site to be given chain of custody certification by the FSC, proving that its paper has been sourced from sustainable forests. Andy Hopkinson (pictured), purchasing manager at Polestar...

In brief: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Beijing ..(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Beijing, China, has completed production of its first press, a high-speed, small-format B2 sheetfed press for multicolour high-quality work. Completion of the Diamond 1000B was celebrated at an official ceremony...

In brief: De La Rue and Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire awarded Norwegian contract.(Norwegian Central Bank)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... De La Rue, the banknote printer, and Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire in France have been awarded contracts to print banknotes for the Norwegian Central Bank. The five-year contract, which commences this month, is the result of a decision...

In brief: Potts Printers invites students for visits.(Tyne's Kenton Technology College)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Potts Printers has done its bit to bring youngsters into the industry by running visits for students from Newcastle-upon-Tyne's Kenton Technology College. Students visited Potts' print head-quarters, where they were presented with various...

In brief: Metso Corporation cleared to acquire Aker Kvairner's.
January 5, 2007... Metso Corporation, the Finnish pulp and paper power-house, has been cleared by the European Commission to acquire Aker Kvaerner's pulping and power businesses. In a statement, Metso said that this would affect the jobs of about 200 staff at...

In brief: Sun Chemical develops new range.
January 5, 2007... Sun Chemical has developed a range of brand-enhancing inks and lacquers called Tactile. The packaging gravure range prints individual cells to create a contrast between the touch of the raised print and the base substrate. It can be used to...

In brief: RR Donnelley expands.(Perry-Judd's Inc.)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... RR Donnelley has expanded its empire through the pounds 90m (dollars 176m) acquisition of Perry Judd Holdings in Wisconsin. Perry Judd is a catalogue and magazine printer with plants in Iowa and Virginia. RR Donnelley, which owns print...

Royal Mail rejig creates one of the UK's largest print tenders.(Royal Mail Group PLC)
January 5, 2007... Royal Mail Group has launched a tender for its entire print requirement, worth up to pounds 400m after restructuring its print management division. A new unit of about 25 staff, Royal Mail Document Management Services, went into operation...

Brown leaves BPIF for key Williams Lea role.(Cicely Brown left British Printing Industries Federation to join Williams Lea Group Ltd.)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Cicely Brown, deputy chief executive and commercial director of the BPIF, is to join global print management group Williams Lea. Brown, who leaves the BPIF after five years, will become business development director of Williams Lea's client...

Charterhouse makes Newman redundant.(Mike Newman to quit from Charterhouse Capital Partners L.L.P.)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Charterhouse managing director Mike Newman has made a shock departure seven months on from the firm's acquisition of Intelligent Print Solutions (IPS). Chief executive Gary Mahoney said: 'Mike has been very instrumental in the growth we've...

Curtis reorganises after secondary bimbo deal.(Curtis Fine Papers, buy-in management buyout )(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Curtis Fine Papers has restructured its top management team after a secondary buy-in management buyout (bimbo) was completed before Christmas. The deal, which has been led by Robin Paul, will bring new equity to the Scottish fine paper...

Windsor takes on 2nd SM 74.(Windsor Print Production, Speedmaster SM 74-5)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... B2 house Windsor Print has taken delivery of a second Speedmaster SM 74-5 at its site in Tonbridge, Kent. The firm will add ImageControl spectrophotometry to the press next month. Director Paul Lyward said: 'We will run the two...

HM Printers acquires assets of Butterfly.(Butterfly Press)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... London trade printer HM Printers has acquired the assets and stock of Butterfly Press in Aldershot. The company said that this enables a greater flexibility of supply to its trade customers. Following the acquisition, Butterfly Litho...

Stationers to host 2020 Vision print conference.
January 5, 2007... Stationers' Hall is to host an international conference on the future of printing, to mark the 450th anniversary of its Royal Charter. The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, the print industry's City of London guild,...

Survey says firms buy print 'off contract'.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Up to 41% of print is purchased 'off contract', according to a report into the spend management of print and print services. Aberdeen Group, a research agency, found that 46% of firms that procure print had no formalised plan for their...

Cradley director to train sellers.(ex-Cradley Print director Phil Glossop set up PGP Solutions)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... An ex-Cradley Print director has set up a sales training firm aimed at the print industry. Phil Glossop, former sales and marketing director at the now defunct print firm, has founded PGP Solutions. He said: 'Sales staff are an...

Legal notices.
January 5, 2007... 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 PETITIONS Robin Field Press Ltd...

B&P unveils workflow just for wide-format.(B&P Lightbrigade Group's Webtrack)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... B&P Lightbrigade Group, the Surrey-based digital printer and supplier, has launched a workflow and MIS for the wide-format market. Webtrack is a modular package that was developed in-house and includes sales and accounting capabilities...

Trio purchases Suprasetter duo.(Trio Offset installed Suprasetter 105 and Suprasetter 74 from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Trio Offset has boosted its CTP capacity after installing two Heidelberg platesetters, a Suprasetter 105 and a Suprasetter 74. The new pre-press set-up will work in conjunction with a 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 long perfector,...

Aero to invest pounds 100,000 in B2 CTP.(Aero Printing)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Tyne and Wear-based Aero Printing is to invest pounds 100,000 in a B2 platesetter, to be installed early this year. It is the commercial printer's second CTP system. The firm will also be recruiting three production staff, a finisher, a...

In brief: Readyprint installs UK's first Esko CDI.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Readyprint in Kidderminster has installed the UK's first Esko CDI 2120 flexo platesetter. The machine is designed for the narrow-web, labelling and packaging markets and was sold through Litho Supplies. Readyprint founder and managing director...

In brief: Daniel Leever buys MacDermid.
January 5, 2007... MacDermid has been bought by its chairman and chief executive, Daniel Leever, in a deal valuing the firm at around pounds 660m (dollars 1.3bn). The deal, backed by a private equity company, includes MacDermid's plate business, which supplies...

In brief: Callas Software launches Windows-compatible software.
January 5, 2007... Callas Software has launched a Windows-compatible version of pdfaPilot, a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat, which allows users to check existing PDF files for compliance with ISO standards or to convert them to PDF/A files.

In brief: Dorking Litho installs Kodak's Prinergy Evo.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Dorking Litho in Surrey has become the 1,500th printer to install Kodak's Prinergy Evo workflow, as part of an investment in a full CTP set-up. The company has also installed a Kodak Magnus 400 platesetter and will use Kodak Thermal Direct non...

In brief: Lasersoft Imaging's Silverfast is upgraded.
January 5, 2007... LaserSoft Imaging's Silverfast scanning software has been upgraded to include high dynamic range imaging. The addition improves the software's ability to recognise and enhance colours in shadow and highlight areas of images.

In brief: HP unveils new series of scanners for home-use.
January 5, 2007... HP has unveiled a new series of scanners aimed at the home-user market that have a top resolution of 4,800x9,600dpi. The Scanjet G4010 and G4050 are six-colour scanners aimed at allowing home users to convert their photos, slides and film to...

In brief: Artwork Systems launches new technology centre.(Artwork Systems Group N.V.)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Artwork Systems has launched a new technology centre at its UK office in Redditch, which will host a series of best practice workshops on the firm's software. The first workshops will take place on 22-23 January and 24-25 January, and will...

Belgian upstart Augend creates flexible wide-format printer.(Augend Technologies's Augend F16)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Two Belgian entrepreneurs are aiming to create 'industry shock waves' with the launch of a wide-format printer that can print from stock rolls to finished cut sheets. Augend Technologies, based in Kontich, has been set up by Luc Teblick...

Mask expands with two Oces.(Mask Graphics, Oce (U.K.) Ltd.)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Brentwood-based Mask Graphics has installed two Oce digital presses in a bid to expand its business. The firm has bought an Oce Varioprint 2110 and an Oce CPS800 Platinum. Both machines can handle mono- or full-colour short-run documents....

NCS opens new showroom with emphasis on wide-format work wide-format.(NCS Integrated Solutions)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... NCS Integrated Solutions is poised for an assault on wide-format digital print after spending pounds 500,000 on a new showroom in Newcastle. The Newcastle-based firm, which is best-known for its presence in the CTP and workflow software...

Colour Quest splashes out on new HP 5000.(HP Indigo UK)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Colour Quest has added to its digital firepower after buying an HP Indigo 5000 press. The latest addition will join the firm's existing two HP Indigo 1000s and Buckingham Colour's two Xerox iGen3s when the two firms merge in January...

Ferag supplies mail kit for Broughton facelift.(Broughton Printers to install a new Ferag mailroom line)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Broughton Printers is to install a new Ferag mailroom line next summer, as part of its pounds 14m re-equip. The newspaper printer, owned by Express Newspapers parent Northern & Shell Group, will install the kit at its Preston site in July,...

Trade laminator brings adhesive making in-house with new arm.(facility introduction of Reflections)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Trade finishing company Reflections Print Lamination has set up a water-based adhesive manufacturing division. 'Our spend on adhesive for our laminators was becoming so large, it made sense for us as a business to launch Solutions,' said...

In brief: Schneider Senator 78 E-Line installed at UCE Birmingham.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... UCE Birmingham has installed a Schneider Senator 78 E-Line guillotine with C Control, supplied by UK agent Friedheim International, at its Digital Print Services department. 'Everything we undertake can now be produced far quicker with the...

In brief: Ashgate Automation moves to new site near M40.
January 5, 2007... Ashgate Automation, the post-press kit supplier, has moved to a new site close to the M40 in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire. 'It's paying off because we're booking in more demonstrations at our new showroom than before,' said managing director John...

In brief: Colophon & Lavengro Print has boosted ..(Graphic Arts Equipment)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Colophon & Lavengro Print has boosted capacity and turnaround times with a bindery upgrade from Graphic Arts Equipment. The Wembley-based firm has installed a twin-tower Horizon Vac-Turbo Power Collator with inline StitchLiner saddlestitcher...

In brief: Creative /colour Bureau installs Autobond Mini 76 TH.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Creative Colour Bureau in Glasgow has installed an Autobond Mini 76 TH thermal laminator, slashing its outwork bills. 'The operators have also commented on the benefits of having a Heidelberg feeder incorporated within the Mini, as this enables...

In brief: Encore Machinery enters partnership with D&K Europe.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Encore Machinery has entered into a partnership with D&K Europe to sell its industrial range of thermal laminators. 'We are delighted,' said Encore managing Mike Biggs (pictured right with D&K managing director Robin French). Following the...

Editorial: 2007 shapes up as a big year at print's top end.(Editorial)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... The New Year is traditionally a time for making resolutions and predictions. In our four-page New Year's Predictions feature (p18), some of the industry's top soothsayers have given their prognoses for the next 12 months, and it certainly...

Comment: 150 years of industry milestones.(Industry overview)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... That time of the year has come again to review a selection of printing anniversaries falling due for the year in prospect. Fifty years ago in 1957 Photoprint Plates of Basildon installed the first Monophoto Filmsetter in the UK. ...

Comment: Talking business.(Industry overview)
January 5, 2007... Brown's latest, and last, PBR proposes more petrol tax to offset public deficit. Sorting out the economic wheat from the political chaff is never easy where the Chancellor is concerned. It was no different early last month when Gordon...

Comment: 30-second briefing on ... pre-budget report.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... In his Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor was able to boast that growth last year (2.75%) exceeded his spring expectations and that the economy would remain on an even keel this year, expanding by around 3%. Gordon Brown also raised the 'speed...

Analysis: Firms count cost of plate material rises.(aluminium prices affecting printer plates)
January 5, 2007... But aluminium's resale value is helping to assuage some of the financial pain. 2006 is over. Ipex was survived, more or less; Polestar was refinanced, again; there were major casualties in the web-offset market and, just a fortnight ago,...

New Year's predictions.(Industry overview)
January 5, 2007... With dawn breaking on a new year, we invited a select group of experts to share with us their predictions on what the next 12 months will hold for the print industry. PETER PETYT ON... M&A ACTIVITY The UK print industry needs further...

Product Portfolio: Product of the week - DuPont Cromaprint 22UV.(Product/service evaluation)
January 5, 2007... DuPont's wide-format UV printer aims to satisfy sticklers for speed, cost and quality. Karen Charlesworth finds out more. In the wide-format sector, the debate between UV and solvent is at its height. Solvent printers are cheaper and faster...

Product Portfolio: Me & my ... Total PFS Introma ZD-2SR.(Product/service evaluation)
January 5, 2007... Ipswich Borough Council's printing and reprographics manager Mike Whight chose the Introma for its quiet operation and cost savings What does it do? The Introma ZD-2SR stitching machine offers us flat, saddle and stab stitching in both...

Product Portfolio: Tried & tested - Heidelberg Speedmaster 52.(Product/service evaluation)
January 5, 2007... It is capable of inline die-cutting and long perfecting, while the feeder uses the same single-belt design as the latest models, says Lisa Berwin. The Speedmaster started as a two- or four-colour straight press when it was launched at...

Product Portfolio: Buyers' guide - Guillotines and materials handling.
January 5, 2007... With the growth of digital print and in-house finishing, smaller guillotines are leading the way, while pile turners improve efficiency, says Lisa Berwin. In contrast to equipment sales in other areas of the print industry, the past year...

Product Portfolio: What's new in ... Guillotines and Handling Equipment.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... - Busch Graphic Machinery has sold its 100th pile turner since 2000. The machine was installed last June at Wood and Richardson, in York - In November, Morgana opened the doors to its Milton Keynes showroom to demonstrate the capabilities...

Product Portfolio: Philip's help line - Smudge-free inks and handbooks.
January 5, 2007... Philip Chadwick tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles. Q. Is there a way I can limit the smudging on offset print? Joe Green, Via email A. There is a way of doing this in the process but it does involve the use of...

Product Portfolio: Technical tutorial: CTP - Processless and Chemical Free.(computer-to-plate printing)(Survey)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... The move to computer-to-plate (CTP) has increased the productivity and efficiency of printers by simplifying the production process and stream-lining workflow. Despite the cost savings achieved by moving from film-based platemaking, there are...

Product Portfolio: Diary.
January 5, 2007... JANUARY Digital Sales Solutions Date: 26 January Venue: BPIF Business Centre, Wakefield Contact: 020 7915 8377 FEBRUARY Introduction to Colour Management Date: 7 February 2007 Venue: Walsall College, Walsall Price: pounds 95...

EU tenders.
January 5, 2007... Please read the important notes below as PrintWeek cannot supply any additional information or pass on your details. These tenders are abridged. It is essential that you obtain a full copy of the tender before contacting any of the...

Post Script: Festive fun and frolics with fab fancy dress.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... That first week back at work will always bring a few embarrassing memories of the company Christmas party - not least for its tendency to feature fashion disasters. Some embrace the sartorial shame - not least Sheffield-based ProCo, which...

Post script: memory lane.(New Jarrold Printing )
January 5, 2007... 1 YEAR AGO - New Jarrold Printing put its plans for a pounds 40m superplant at Wymondham on hold after another site became available 'out of the blue'... Amicus hit out at John Dickinson Stationery over its plans to halve staffing levels at...

Post Script: Print's Past - Christmas tarts.(business cards)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Besides the history of print I have another, equally sublime, interest: tart cards - you know, those cards left by London prostitutes in call boxes across the city. They are brilliant pieces of print production with the best outdoor copy...

Post Script: Q&A - Anna Mastrodonato.(MAN Roland GB)(Interview)(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Anna Mastrodonato, 26, is sales and marketing executive at MAN Roland GB. A proud southern Italian, she has been living in London for six years and has been in print for 14 months. She dreams of one day lighting up the stage in a West End...

B&T prepare for refinance deal with major management rejig.(Butler & Tanner)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Butler & Tanner's (B&T) joint managing directors Adrian Huett and Peter Maunder have left the company in a surprise management re-shuffle as the company seeks a pounds 2.8m refinance package to secure its future. The rejig leaves former...

Emap poised to replace Franks.(Andy Franks )(Emap Digital Ltd.)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Publishing giant Emap is expected to announce a successor to Andy Franks in its vacant group production director role within the next month, it has emerged. Emap's head of HR for consumer media, Jill Ford, told PrintWeek that chief...

Stop Press.(brief)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Trade and Industry secretary Alistair Darling has said employers that shirk paying the minimum wage could face a pounds 200 fine for every worker they underpay... Warren East has this week become a non-executive director at papermaker De...

Paragon aims to curtail strike action over pay.(Paragon Group (United Kingdom))(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Paragon Group aims to resolve a dispute with workers at its Sunderland plant quickly following the start of industrial action over pay. Amicus said the dispute, which started at the end of December, was because staff did not receive an...

TripleArc reveals plan to cut debt.(Printing company TripleArc)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Print management company TripleArc has called an extraordinary general meeting for shareholders to discuss plans to cut its debt and shore up its finances for the coming year. Under the plans, a pounds 10.1m debt will be eradicated by...

News on CCA job losses imminent.(CCA Group)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Talks regarding proposed job cuts at Preston-based greetings card company CCA Group are expected to conclude tomorrow. The cuts are to take place because CCA Group's new owner, American company the Taylor Corporation, wants to streamline...

Appointment at Sappi Fine Paper.
January 11, 2007... Main focus greeting card production Sappi Fine Paper, the paper manufacturer, has named Berry Wiersum as chief executive of European operations. He replaces Wolfgang Pfarl, who is retiring. Wiersum will take over the role on 15 January, but...

Presstek drops production following chemical spillage.
January 11, 2007... Presstek has dropped production of conventional newspaper printing plates following a chemical spillage at its US plant in Massachusetts. Chief executive Ed Marino said the move would 'unfortunately' lead to job losses. Presstek is now focusing...

Quebecor World axes jobs and closes plant in Beauceville.(Quebecor Inc.)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Quebecor World has axed 155 jobs and closed a plant in Beauceville, Quebec, as part of a restructure of its Canadian operations. The company has cited the desire to consolidate its magazine and catalogue printing as the reason behind the cuts....

Daytona Visual Marketing to move into photographic production and exhibition sectors.(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Staffordshire-based Daytona Visual Marketing is to move into the photographic reproduction and exhibition sectors after installing an Inca Spyder 320. The company aims to increase its pounds 3m annual turnover. Andy Wassall, managing director,...

Goss sells first Flexible Printing System.
January 11, 2007... Goss has sold its first Flexible Printing System to a US publication. The Free-Lance Star newspaper, which is based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, will install the equipment in 2008.

Appointment at MAN Roland GB.(appointed Peter Kuisle as a chairman)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... MAN Roland GB has named vice-president of worldwide web sales Peter Kuisle as chairman. He steps in to the role as part of his promotion to chairman of the press manufacturer's Northern Europe operations. Kuisle will take over the tasks...

Clarification.
January 11, 2007... Total Print Finishing Services is one of several companies that sell Ideal guillotines as part of Duplo's network of suppliers, and is not the only company to do so, as suggested by last week's Buyer's Guide tables. Duplo is the sole...

Dagsbrun sells Wyndeham to new backers but keeps stake.(acquisitions)
January 11, 2007... Dagsbrun has retained a stake in Wyndeham following its decision to sell the group to a new backer - an Icelandic investor with an interest in consolidating markets. Dagsbrun, which paid pounds 80.6m for Wyndeham last May, has sold a 64%...

St Ives Web wins deal for new weekly title.(contract)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... St Ives Web has won the contract to print IPC Media and Group Marie Claire's new pounds 18m women's fashion weekly Look. The magazine, which will take on Emap's gravure-printed Grazia, will launch next month and be printed at St Ives...

Alcan plans to cut jobs in Cumbrian gravure.
January 11, 2007... Amicus and confectionery packaging manufacturer Alcan Packaging are in talks over proposed job cuts at the firm's Cumbrian plant. As PrintWeek went to press, a meeting was scheduled for Wednesday (10 January) with a decision expected on the...

Alito Color is first UK printer to install 12-unit KBA Rapida 105.(Company overview)
January 11, 2007... Leyton-based B1 firm Alito Color Group is to become the first printer in the UK to run a 12-unit KBA Rapida 105 long perfector. The press, which cost pounds 2.5m, is being installed and is set to be operational by mid-February. The B1...

Latimer Trend acquires 1deg-colour long perfecting B1 Speedmaster.(Company overview)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Plymouth-based Latimer Trend has bought a 10-colour Speedmaster long perfector press to meet demand for full-colour scientific and technical publications. The SM102-10P will be installed next month as part of an investment programme, and...

Scarbutts eyes new markets.(Company overview)(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Kent-based printer Scarbutts will be targeting new markets following its investment in a four-colour Komori Spica 26P - the first perfector version of the press installed in the UK. Managing director Graham Baker said: 'We know from...

SPS Group investment will boost capabilities.(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Point-of-sale firm SPS Group has bought a MAN Roland 900XXL machine to print on a wider range of substrates. The Dorset-based company is expected to complete the installation of the press by the end the month. The five-colour machine...

M-real workers are 'valuable'.(Brief article)
January 11, 2007... Staff facing redundancy at M-real's Sittingbourne mill have 'a relatively high value' in the job marketplace, according to a statement issued by the firm. JLT Career Management, the outplacement consultancy brought in by the mill-owners,...