Print Week articles from June 2004

Print Week archives from June 2004

Stop Press: Roy Whitfield has died.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
June 24, 2004... Roy Whitfield, founding director of Cromwell Press in Trowbridge, died on Sunday 20 June following a year-long battle with cancer. He will be missed by his family, friends and colleagues. Roy's funeral will take place at Yeovil Crematorium at...

Stop Press: Former employees if WE Berry win tribunal.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... 146 former employees of Bradford printer WE Berry stand to receive an estimated u2,700 each after winning a tribunal for a protective award, according to the GPMU. WE Berry went into administration last December.

Stop Press: Target Direct Print wins contract.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Target Direct Print has won a u500,000 contract to manage the British Heart Foundation's direct mail print.

Stop Press: Race to buy the Telegraph Group.
June 24, 2004... As PrintWeek went to press it was still unclear who had won the u650m race to buy the Telegraph Group. The Barclay brothers were expected to pip 3i to the post. For the full story visit: www.printweek.com. Free daily email news direct to your...

Excelprint crashes leaving 60 jobless.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Excelprint has closed with 60 redundancies so far after the administrator failed to find a buyer for the business. The Suffolk-based business has ceased trading and will finish printing any remaining orders before closing its doors for...

Scramble's on for supplement deals.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The current flurry of UK gravure investment could also herald a seismic shift in UK newspaper supplement contract printing. Speculation is heightening that Polestar will be the main beneficiary of Associated Newspapers' review of its...

Pindar refines senior line-up.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Pindar has made a number of changes to its senior management team. Andrew Dalton is promoted to group chief executive, while Pindar Set chief executive Rick Lumby steps up to become deputy chairman. Jeremy Ems, the former marketing...

Crudgington and Hutter head Kall Kwik.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Kall Kwik has appointed Roger Crudgington as its chairman with Michael Hutter becoming managing director. Crudgington takes over having spent 27 years in the US and Europe at Gillette. He was also chief executive at placemat and coasters...

Augustus Martin to debut KBA 205.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Augustus Martin has bought the UK's first Rapida 205, the super large-format sheetfed litho press from KBA, in an investment worth more than pounds 3m. The five-colour press, with a sheet size of 2.05x1.51m will be delivered to the...

GPMU to vote on union merge.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The GPMU is to ballot its members in the coming month over the proposed merger with technical and manufacturing union Amicus. The ballot of GPMU members will take place as soon as the certification officer, acting for the Government, has...

Goss International to double.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Goss International is to double in size after signing the contract to buy Heidelberg's web offset division for an undisclosed sum. The according agreement, signed last week, is yet to be confirmed by European antitrust bodies although it...

Shorts: George Kendal begins part-time consultancy.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... George Kendal begins his part-time consultancy for KBA, looking after sheetfed for Scotland and Ireland and special projects next month. His reduced role within the firm was revealed when it was announced that Mark Nixon would succeed him as...

Shorts: Hillside Printing Services celebrates its move.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Rochdale-based Hillside Printing Services is celebrating its move to new premises by staging a formal opening presided over by Maureen Cooper of local charity Rochdale Childer.

Shorts: Baldwin Technology appoints Karl Puhringer.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Baldwin Technology Company has appointed Karl Puhringer (pictured) as vice president of Baldwin Europe. Puhringer plans to increase the press accessory manufacturer's market share and said that his new role would allow him to evaluate...

Shorts: Dippon Label Company boosts its short-run capacity.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Dippon Label Company the self-adhesive label specialist has boosted its short-run capacity with a six-colour, pounds 185,000 Lintec LPM-300 press. Purchased through AB Graphic Machinery, the Birmingham-based firm hopes the new press will...

Shorts: St Ives staff and clients in Brighton bike ride.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... A team of 60 St Ives staff and clients - including Burrups Print night overseer Rob Elliott in Shrek disguise (pictured) - pedalled to the finish line despite adverse weather conditions in the annual London to Brighton bike ride last weekend....

Shorts: LDPG reaches the milestone of its 10,000th quote.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... LDPG has reached the milestone of its 10,000th quote. To celebrate the London-based digital printer produced the job for DM firm Intimis for free. 'Luckily it wasn't for that much otherwise we could have been in trouble,' said director Nick...

Shorts: Scanagraphics take delivery.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Scanagraphics will take delivery of the UK's first Heidelberg TH82 buckle folder with pallet feeder at the end of September. It hopes the pounds 100,000 investment will ease the finishing bottleneck caused by the installation of a Speedmaster...

Shorts: Solo sailor Mike Sanderson finishes third.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Pindar-sponsored solo sailor Mike Sanderson finished a heroic third in the Transat race across the Atlantic - his first competitive solo sail. Sanderson was battling for first until a broken daggerboard held him back. There was also high...

Shorts: Communisis issues statement.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Communisis has issued a statement pointing out that the UK print management contract for Microsoft that it lost to Williams Lea had a value of pounds 1m. Williams Lea revealed last week that it had won an enlarged pan-European print...

Baker takes helm at Astron Document Services.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Astron business development director Richard Baker has become managing director of Astron Document Services - the role originally envisaged for Edotech chief Sam Ferguson prior to his abrupt departure. As of the beginning of this month...

Cooper claims FHM accolade.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Men's magazine FHM's 10th anniversary edition goes on sale today (24 June) and the bumper issue features a familiar industry face. Ian Cooper, chairman of Tewkesbury web printer Cooper Clegg, is splashed across a double-page spread as...

Wyndeham posts strong comeback.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Wyndeham Press Group staged a second-half recovery to post year-end profits that were ahead of City expectations but still down more than 30% on last year. Sales at the group were static at pounds 123.6m (2003: pounds 123.2m), while...

BPIF results hit by training fall, pension costs.(British Printing Industries Federation)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The BPIF has released preliminary figures showing a profit, excluding pension costs, of pounds 265,000, while income, excluding training, is up by 8%. Michael Johnson, BPIF chief executive, said: 'Operating income is going up, but we've...

Trade bodies compile survey.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Three industry organisations have launched an industry-wide survey in an attempt to lay down guidelines for improved industrial relations. Members of the BPIF, SPEF and GPMU will this week receive a survey that will canvass their opinions...

PrintWeek Five-a-side Challenge Cup.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... While football's in our minds and our hearts are in our mouths, it's time to announce the seventh PrintWeek Five-a-side Challenge Cup. This year's event will take place on the 19 September at the Goals Soccer Centre in Leicester. So, if you...

Gask & Hawley is new owner of JCM.(acquires JCM Print Services)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Gask & Hawley has bought JCM Print Services out of administration and plans to re-open the Liverpool-based factory early next month. The acquisition will form part of the Manchester group's G&H Web Offset division, which also includes a...

Neston calls in administrators.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Neston Colour has been placed into administration with the administrators looking for a sale of the business. The Wirral-based web-offset firm went into administration on the 9 June, with Kroll Corporate Finance actively looking for a...

Livery Co expands members.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Companies from the graphic arts and communications industries are being invited to become corporate members of The Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company. The Livery Company, which is celebrating its 600th anniversary, has already...

Scorpio ups staff and starts to buy.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Scorpio Print Finishing, based in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, will create 50 new jobs over the next few months and is eyeing up possible acquisitions. The move amounts to a staff increase of 25% for the company and results from 'considerable...

Redactive shifts titles to DPD.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Redactive Media has moved the pre-press production of two of its titles to Atelier's Digital Publishing Desktop (DPD). The British Legion's magazine The Legion was the latest title to switch, following the National Association of Head...

Friedheim launches Riordina.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Friedheim International is targeting an innovative new finishing device at web printers and binderies looking for greater efficiency. The OMG Riordina was shown for the first time at Drupa. It's a 'de-collator' that takes a stack of mixed...

Legal Notices.
June 24, 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 PETITIONS Colourmast Ltd RO: 76...

Troika, FFEI unveil twin-side proofer.
June 24, 2004... Troika Systems has linked up with Fujifilm Electronic Imaging (FFEI) to launch an economical automatic double-sided proofer. Troika Flipper features an FFEI-made hardware add-on that fits onto HP DesignJet 5500 and 5000 printers,...

100% safe CTP plate cleaner.(from Hydro-Dynamic Products )(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Print consumables specialist Hydro-Dynamic Products (HDP) has launched a new plate cleaner, part of its Totalrespect range. The product, which the company says is 100% safe with all metal CTP plates, combines a general purpose cleaner...

Burlington adds Creo UpFront.(Burlington Press)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Burlington Press has invested in Creo pre-press kit including Synapse UpFront production planning software, as part of an ongoing investment to improve efficiency at the Cambridgeshire firm. At the heart of the B1 firm's investment is a...

Shorts: AdsML to release its 2.0 standard.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... AdsML is to release its 2.0 standard in October for public consultation. The second phase of development will enable users to search classified ad content, simplify multi media usage and allow advertisers to exchange electronic business...

Shorts: Printwell (UK) installs platesetter.(from AB Dick UK)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Printwell (UK) has installed AB Dick's Presstek Dimension 400 platesetter with Compose Express WorkFlow and PRI station to replace a Heidelberg Herkules imagesetter and Delta and Signastation workflow. The company produces stationery for...

Shorts: Crossprint buys workflow and platesetter.(from Fujifilm Graphic Systems)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Isle of Wight printer Crossprint has bought a workflow and platesetter from Fujifilm Graphic Systems. The firm has invested in a Fuji Rampage Open Workflow system including Preps imposition. It has also bought an Epson 7600 digital proofer...

Shorts: ImageHaus installs an Agfa Apogee digital workflow.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Watford-based pre-press and design company ImageHaus has installed a an Agfa Apogee digital workflow. According to the firm the kit has resulted in a 25% gain in production capacity as well as saving clients money on storage costs. Apogee...

Shorts: The next Digital Ad Lab meeting will be on 14 July.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The next Digital Ad Lab meeting will take place on 14 July at William Goodenough College, London House. The agenda includes Drupa highlights, font management in OS X and 'digital workflow from a broader viewpoint'. Contact: Hannah Newberry...

Shorts: The UK newspaper industry donates to Mencap.(Mencap)(Fujifilm Graphic Systems)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The UK newspaper industry has donated pounds 6,880 to Mencap. The collection was organised and managed by Fujifilm Graphic Systems at the 2004 Newspaper Awards held on 28 April at the London Hilton, Park Lane. Fujifilm national sales manager,...

Shorts: The Creo Veris Proofer receives SWOP certification.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The Creo Veris Proofer has received Specifications for Web Offset Publications (SWOP) certification. The development means that the machine meets specifications for the preparation of advertising materials. SWOP also provides guidelines for...

Shorts: NewsColor launches its patented Remarque.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... NewsColor has launched its patented Remarque stochastic screening for newspaper printing and proofing. NewsColor claimed that the product, which 'drops into' existing RIPs, results in reduced makeready times and cuts ink consumption.

Phoenix promotes variable jobs with Indigo 3000.(Phoenix Color Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Leicester-based print firm Phoenix Colour has installed a new HP Indigo 3000 as it attempts to convince more of its clients to incorporate personalisation and special colour work. The latest addition, an investment in the region of pounds...

Ink-jet buoyed by spotlight at Drupa.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Ink-jet technologies were the ground-breaking stars of the show at Drupa according to digital print consultancy IT Strategies. 'Ink-jet certainly was big news,' said consulting partner Marco Boer. 'We saw the clear emergence of at...

Domino sells A series number 50,000 to Italy.(Nimax)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Ink-jet printer manufacturer Domino has shipped out its 50,000th A-Series printer from its Cambridge factory. It recently sent the printer, which it has been producing since 1998, to Italian distributor Nimax. The printer is used in...

Xaar manages to reverse dive in ink-jet sales.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Ink-jet technology firm Xaar has reported a strong second quarter, with sales for the first six months of 2004 expected to top pounds 16m - a year-on-year rise of more than pounds 2.5m. The company expects to beat forecasts for the...

News and mags in 2.7% capacity rise.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Cepiprint figures on the European demand and supply of newsprint and magazine grades show an annual capacity growth rate of 2.7% from 2000-2003. Capacities for newsprint, SC magazine and coated mechanical reels have increased by 1.8m...

Paper Pricewatch: Woodfrees, June 2004.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The woodfree market continues to send out a mixed message but prices in Europe remain stable, writes Andy Scott. According to the Association of European Fine Paper Manufacturers, Cepifine, coated woodfrees remain more buoyant than the...

Shorts: Thibierge & Comar announce award winners.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Thibierge & Comar has announced the winners of its 2004 annual awards. Glasgow-based design agency ocean70 won first prize for its corporate two-colour brochure for Bishops Solicitors, which was printed by J Thomson Colour Printers, using a...

Shorts: Premier Paper awarded third ISO 14001.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Premier Paper has become the first paper merchant to be awarded ISO 14001 three times in succession. It was the first merchant to gain the international environmental standard certification in 1997. The merchant has also been given the ISO...

Shorts: Shin Moorim Company sets up UK office.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Shin Moorim Paper Manufacturing Company has set up a UK office in Byfleet, Surrey. The South Korean company's UK operation opened on 1 May and is headed by managing director Ho Kim. The company produces more than 500,000 tons per year of...

Shorts: The CPI launches first edition of Industry Facts.(Confederation of Paper Industries )(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... The Confederation of Paper Industries has launched its first edition of Industry Facts, the annual fact card previously published by The Paper Federation of Great Britain. The card includes all CPI sector bodies and gives statistics from 1993...

Shorts: ArjoWiggins launches new range.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... ArjoWiggins has launched a new range of Conqueror uncoated paper with guaranteed performance on HP Indigo, offset litho, NexPress and Xerox colour presses. The range, known as Multi Technology, replaces the existing Indigo Sheets range of...

Shorts: Caledonian Paper presented with award.(Scottish Health at Work award)(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Caledonian Paper has been presented with a silver Scottish Health at Work award, following the introduction of regular health checks and an on-site gym. The canteen has also begun serving healthier food. The Irvine-based company received the...

Shorts: PaperGate and ArjoWiggins to hold I-Paper Congress.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... PaperGate and ArjoWiggins are to hold an International I-Paper Congress from 1-3 July, following strong interest in the I-Paper launch at Drupa. The congress, to be held in Ludwigsburg, will look at applications and standards for the paper,...

Colne VCS delivers buyers' info pack.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Print and design firm Colne VCS has launched a campaign targeting print buyers to drum up business and ease the production process for clients. The Hemel Hempstead firm's Print Buyer's Survival Guide targets current and prospective...

BGP lands one-off Future job.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Future Publishing has awarded a contract to print a one-off title dedicated to digital DJ technology to Benhamgoodheadprint (BGP). The 100pp title, aimed at 16- to 20-year-old music lovers, will appear as a one-off special to complement...

Bezier prints First Choice POS.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Bezier has produced point of sale (POS) material for travel agent First Choice's Travel Shops and Holiday Hypermarkets. The firm produced 40,000 pieces, which included shelf strips, hanging signs, window stickers and posters to run in all...

EU Tenders.
June 24, 2004... Please read the important notes at the foot of the page, as PrintWeek cannot supply any additional information or pass on your details. The tenders below are abridged. It is essential that you obtain a full copy of the tender before...

Comment: Seriously, power really is a serious business.(Power 100 features gains importance over the week)
June 24, 2004... 'People take this thing quite seriously, don't they?' said one Power 100'er at our photoshoot last month. Don't they just? The Power 100 is the only feature we run that can enrage and delight in equal measure - a fact that itself delights...

Opinion: Beat the clock on data laws and archive now.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Have you heard of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the US? No? Prepare yourself for a totally new ball game. After scandals such as Enron and Worldcom the US government has defined new financial regulations which demand provisions for...

Profile: Mark Simpson - Large-format specialist shifts from screen to litho via digital.
June 24, 2004... Started as a screen printer in the the 1970s simpsongroup is looking at whether litho is the future. Mark Simpson's got big ambitions. The 41-year-old managing director of large-format printer simpsongroup has just made a pounds 1m...

Wallis: Butler and Tanner glorious past let down by clanger.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Novel graphic design invariably excites interest if not universal approval. The new logo for the Butler and Tanner group (PrintWeek, 10 June), is not an exception. At the risk of sounding a jeremiad, I confess to not having great...

Analysis: Rivals turn up the heat for thermal CTP.(Computer to plate)
June 24, 2004... Thermal was once seen as the best overall technology for CTP but that's changing, writes Michael Mittelhaus. Everyone knows that CTP was not the highlight of Drupa so it's no surprise that a sea-change in strategy managed to sneak under...

Power 100: Stalwarts, stars and sliders revealed in PrintWeek's annual power broker list.
June 24, 2004... Was there ever any doubt? For the second year in succession Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert has clinched the top spot in PrintWeek's annual Power 100 list. Nominated by one Power 100 voter due to his 'balls of steel', this was an...

Product of the Week: Fujifilm Luxel V-6.(Fujifilm Graphic Systems)(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 24, 2004... After a spate of worldwide sales at Drupa, Fuji's Luxel looks set to take B2 CTP by storm, writes Simon Eccles. Two years after Fuji's first foray into violet B2 internal drum platesetters comes the Luxel V-6, another violet B2 internal...

Me & my machine: Encad NovaJet 1000i.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 24, 2004... Enigma's upgrade to the 1000i has enabled it to step up production of its POS material, finds Philip Chadwick. Steve Brown, managing director of Enigma Digital may think that his latest machine, the wide-format Encad NovaJet 1000i, is not...

Buyers' Guide: Large-format digital.(Buyers Guide)
June 24, 2004... Ever improving speed and technology are making sure LFDP gains more of a competitive edge. The large-format digital printer (LFDP) market is continuing to expand, reflecting an increasing demand for more flexible and specialised print...

Jo's Help Line: Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles.
June 24, 2004... Z-CARDED Q: A client of mine has asked me to source Z-Cards for her. I seem to remember something about them closing down, is that correct? And do you have any contact details for them or a new version of Z-Cards? Any help would be...

Insite: www.duraweld.co.uk.(Duraweld)
June 24, 2004... Duraweld's new-look website is a simple, business like offering - functional with a very special feature lurking a click away. The homepage offers a scrolling news bar complete with images, as well as a full site search facility and, of...

Diary Dates.(Illustration)(Calendar)
June 24, 2004... Vision in Print Conference 8-9 July 2004 Warwick University Contact 020 7404 5444 visioninprint@hsaevents.co.uk BPIF Excellence Awards 2004 13 September 2004 Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square London Contact...

Tried & tested: Shoei SPK 74.(Encore Machinery)(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 24, 2004... One of the first folders to feature electronic knifing, demand for 74's far exceeds supply. The Japanese-made Shoei SPK 74 range of folding equipment was introduced to the UK in 1988, and it is still in production. The 74cm-wide machine...

Print's Past: Designer printers.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... In the past the average printer never paid much attention to design. The customer would trustingly surrender his job over to the printer who would knock it in to some sort of ill-considered shape. After 1945, British industry became...

Post Script: The witches of the Swiss Alps.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... When you think of the Swiss you think of a peace loving nation with a taste for chocolate and cheese. But the Euro 2004 clash between England and Switzerland brought out another side of the land-locked nation. In hundreds of the...

Post Script: Desmond adds pounds 5 Mail prize to his pay packet.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... Last week Post Script brought you news of the Daily Mail's recent promotion, Lucky Pay Packets, produced by Europrint (PrintWeek, 17 June). Picking up the top prize of pounds 50,000 takes quite a lot of luck but one fortunate reader has won a...

Post Script: Who Prints That Then? Trent Bridge programme.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... By all accounts, it's been a mixed sporting summer so far for England. Our footballers lost to France but have thankfully sinced redeemed themselves, our rugby lads have been hammered by the All Blacks, and Tim Henman went out in the first...

Post Script: Memory Lane.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2004... 1 year ago Howitt sales director Mike Normyle left the company abruptly for 'personal reasons'... Wyndeham Press Group posted improved results with pre-tax profit doubling although its share price fell by more than 10% 5 years ago...

Post Script: Profile - Irene Duffy.(Interview)
June 24, 2004... Irene Duffy is sales promotion manager at Heidelberg UK. She claims to have seen 'just about everything' in the industry having been in it for three decades. Some of her answers are a little on the evasive side - for example we're not sure...

Print slot query over NatMags weekly.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2004... NatMags' expected launch of a new womens' weekly title is likely to pose some interesting production issues for the publisher. Suitable press slots for a sizeable weekly are in short supply and it's not clear whether the publisher's...

Williams Lea wins Microsoft PM deal.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2004... Williams Lea has been awarded a 'multi-million pound' ongoing print management contract by computer software giant Microsoft. The London-based print and facilities management group won the pan-European print contract following a...

Pims spends pounds 7m on revamp.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2004... Pims has invested pounds 7m overhauling its litho operation in a bid to grow sales by 30% with a new factory, presses, sales staff and sales offices. It is part a company strategy to move to magazine and longer-run catalogue production...

Administrators near JCM result.(JCM Print Services )(Brief Article)
June 17, 2004... Negotiations for the sale of Liverpool-based JCM Print Services remain ongoing and are 'at a very delicate stage', according to administrators for the company. At the time of his appointment, joint administrator David Moore, a partner at...