Print Week articles from June 2011

Print Week archives from June 2011

Blue aims to boost turnover to pounds 50m after Aldridge buy.(Blue Printing Company acquires WF Aldridge & Co)
June 24, 2011... Blue Printing Company is targeting a turnover of pounds 50m after buying WF Aldridge & Co, which traded as Aldridge Print Group, out of administration. Aldridge went into administration with Grant Thornton on 15 June and was sold to Blue...

Lick status uncertain as staff sent home.(Lick Group )(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... The future of Lick Group was in doubt as PrintWeek went to press, after staff were allegedly sent home on Monday (20 June). In addition, former managing director Linden Kitson appears to have left the company at the same time, according to...

Maurice Payne Colourprint 'merges' with Oxford firm.
June 24, 2011... Management at Maurice Payne Colourprint (MPC) claim to have merged with an Oxford-based company, which they have attempted to keep out of the public eye. Meanwhile, former employees are reaching crisis point after going more than two months...

Firms cleared in Sessions dismissals case.(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... The three companies caught up in an employment tribunal over the purchase of elements of failed printer Sessions of York have been cleared after the case was thrown out last week (17 June). Having purchased the company following its...

Polestar to cut jobs and capacity.
June 24, 2011... Polestar Group will cut around 150 office staff, as well as 25% of its web offset manufacturing capacity, following a review of the business. The group plans to cut 150 middle management, administration, sales and support jobs, in addition to...

Administrator appointed to Ecoat Finish by firm's lender.(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... Ecoat Finish, the finisher formerly known as Best Cover UV, will not go into liquidation on 27 June as originally thought, because it has gone into administration. It emerged last week that the Leeds-based company had closed its doors, with a...

Obituary.(Obituary)
June 24, 2011... 'We started a company without two halfpennies to rub together and guided it through two recessions and one major robbery to enter our 20th year in business in 2011' Whitney Woods co-founder Paul Whitney, who died on 1 June, on his greatest...

Editor's Comment: Challenges should inspire all to innovate and collaborate.(Editorial)(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... This week's issue is our magazine special, and, frankly, the timing is perfect. This very organ has been packed with stories over the past few months on the turbulent world of web offset, with this week's confirmation of Polestar's plan to slim...

Press giants claim marked rise in both sales and orders.
June 24, 2011... The two biggest press manufacturers have said that both orders and sales are in double-digit growth, although a continuing malaise in the web sector has forced KBA to propose cutting 700 jobs. Heidelberg said in its full-year results to 31...

Study: digital print is better for books.
June 24, 2011... Digital printing technology can reduce overproduction by 22% and the carbon footprint of a book by up to a fifth, a study commissioned by HP claims. The research, which has been independently reviewed in accordance with ISO standards, looked...

Seven Days in Print: BPIF celebrates the glamorous world of Excellence.
June 24, 2011... The BPIF celebrated the best in British print last week at a glamorous ceremony featuring burlesque-style dancers and 'bagpipe' rock Eclipse Colour (inset) scooped the evening's top prize, being crowned the federation's Company of the Year (over...

Seven Days in Print: Pick of the posts.
June 24, 2011... - Green choices When we make choices between digital and printed communications, we must be aware of the environmental choice we are making, then at least it is a choice made with good conscience and based upon facts. Print is not the most...

Seven Days in Print: Poll.
June 24, 2011... Will price rises in web offset be good news for sheetfed printers too? No: 31% Yes: 69% Next question: Will proposals to tighten up legislation around pre-pack sales improve the situation? Have your say at printweek.com ...

Seven Days in Print.
June 24, 2011... 368: Kompac Technologies - Maximum sheet width (in mm) that can run through the manufacturer's new EZ Koat 15 UV and aqueous coater, page 13 pounds 100k: Basysprint - Starting price of the Belgian pre-press specialist's new range of UV...

Seven Days in Print: Who bought what.
June 24, 2011... - Barclay's buys Ricoh digital press Barclay's Print has brought digital printing in-house after becoming the second UK company to invest in a Ricoh Pro C901 from Heidelberg. bit.ly/pw-24barclays - Fosco adds second FB7500 ...

Seven Days in Print: Hot topics - The most read stories on our website.
June 24, 2011... 1. Orchestra in administration, Communisis buys Bristol site: 5,661 Communisis has bought Orchestra Bristol out of administration in a pounds 2.25m pre-pack deal 2. Ecoat nears liquidation as Crake exits print: 5,249 The finisher...

Seven Days in Print: ICANN expands domain name range.
June 24, 2011... A proposal to dramatically increase the number of internet domain name suffixes has been approved paving the way for an almost limitless variety of domain endings, including.print and.packaging. The existing domain name endings, such as.org...

Seven Days in Print: Domino results 'as expected'.(Domino Printing Sciences )(Financial report)(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... Domino Printing Sciences has said trading was 'in-line' with group expectations after it recorded an upswing in both revenues and pre-tax profits for the six months to 30 April 2011. The Cambridge-based digital manufacturer cited increased...

Seven Days in Print: Tullis post pounds 3.4m earnings increase.(Tullis Russell )(Financial report)(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... Tullis Russell has recorded a pounds 3.4m increase in pre-tax earnings for the year to March 2011, despite 'challenging' market conditions. The independent Scottish paper manufacturer closed the year with net positive funds of pounds 11.5m....

Seven Days in Print: Wallace extends in-house services.(Wallace Print Group )(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... Screen printer Wallace Print Group has brought a raft of services in-house after investing in a Seal laminator. The pounds 10,000 machine was installed at the Rochester company earlier this month and, according to managing director Gary...

Briefing: Web-to-print - Next-gen W2P systems open up market for SME printers.
June 24, 2011... Wholesale adoption of e-commerce has so far failed to spread into the printing industry, but recent developments may make it a whole lot easier. Although far from a new concept, e-commerce has so far failed to take off across the vast...

Reader reaction: How has web-to-pri nt changed the way printers operate?
June 24, 2011... Iain Storey, Operations director, Portobello Press 'The basic things web-to-print does have been around for 10 years. The integration with workflow is probably where you're seeing improvement, both for the customers and suppliers, because...

Briefing: Web To Print - Opinion - An effective online offering can revitalise your business.(Xerox Forum)
June 24, 2011... I recently attended and spoke at the Xerox Forum, an event run in Berlin by Xerox Europe. I was asked what I would recommend printers invest in over the next year. I suggested printers should develop their web-to-print (W2P) offering to make it...

Knowledge Bank: Legal Notices.
June 24, 2011... This information is extracted from the printand publishing-related notices that appear in the London Gazette. Further information is available from its website at www.gazettes-online.co.uk. Winding Up Petitions Lexicon Print Finishers...

Knowledge Bank: Events.
June 24, 2011... Informa launches new cross-media event Informa Exhibitions has unveiled a new event focused on cross-media marketing, aimed at printers, marketers, design and creative agencies and brand owners. Cross Media 2012, which takes place between...

Knowledge Bank: Killer app - Digital shines on Silver stock.
June 24, 2011... Precision Printing has printed Think Digital, a project commissioned by paper manufacturer M-real Speciality Papers to raise the profile of digital printing in the design sector. Some 2,700 copies of the booklet were printed on M-real's Silver...

Knowledge Bank: EU tenders.
June 24, 2011... PrintWeek cannot supply any additional information or pass on your details. These tenders are abridged. You must obtain a full copy of the tender before contacting any of the organisations listed. Translink requires print services Journal:...

Heidelberg names Watkiss & Morgana preferred suppliers.
June 24, 2011... Digital finishing equipment manufacturers Morgana and Watkiss have said they are looking forward to increased sales after being selected as preferred suppliers for Heidelberg's digital finishing solutions. Having announced earlier this year...

Basysprint unveils UV platesetters for special finishes.
June 24, 2011... Belgian pre-media specialist Basysprint has announced a new series of hybrid UV platesetters able to handle a range of plate treatments for different applications. The flatbed UV-Setter 450x and 850x, fourand eight-page machines respectively,...

Sun Chemical ups publication ink prices.
June 24, 2011... Ink giant Sun Chemical Europe has increased the price of its publications ink products by up to 20% following 'unrelenting raw material cost increases'. The company said it had also been hit with 'extreme' supply shortages, especially the...

Mactac adds repositionable ultra-wide film to portfolio.
June 24, 2011... Adhesive substrate supplier Mactac has targeted the sign, wide-format and digital markets with the launch of its ultra-wide PermaGard PG7285XL film into Europe. The company has added the substrate, which is a repositionable, 2.75mm,...

Kompac launches EZ Koat 15 UV-aqueous coater into UK.(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... Kompac Technologies has launched the Kompac EZ Koat 15 flood coater into the UK market. The firm, which manufactures and supplies products for the print industry, said the product is a high-powered UV and aqueous coater, capable of coating...

Perfect Print Solutions aims to double turnover.(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... Perfect Print Solutions, a finisher set up at the end of last year, has said it aims to double its turnover after installing a Hunkeler mailing line. The Amersham-based firm installed the pounds 250,000 line, which features a camera recognition...

G3S has full range of environmentally friendly Biomedia.
June 24, 2011... Wide-format printer G3S has said it now has a full range of its environmentally friendly Biomedia substrate, which will be available to other printers. Biomedia, which is produced by the G3S subsidiary of the same name, is a biodegradable and...

Blackmore will save after investment.
June 24, 2011... Blackmore, a Dorset-based commercial printer, has said it will save around pounds 15,000 a year on ink costs after investing in Alwan's CMYK Optimizer software. The company said it has been able to save between 14%-25% on ink costs, depending on...

Product Portfolio: Digital - Me & My ... Domino Bitjet+ v4.5 inline digital print system.(Product/service evaluation)
June 24, 2011... An investment made to handle work for magazine publishers has proved invaluable for a whole host of other applications. The town of Merthyr Tydfil, nestled on the edge of the Brecon Beacons national park in the Welsh valleys, has always been...

Product Portfolio: Presses - Star product - Roland 900XXL.
June 24, 2011... As befits its 'XXL' billing, this 64pp giant stands alone due to its unmatched output capacity. - When was the machine launched? The Roland 900XXL first appeared in 2004. Over the years, modifications have included a wider sheet size and...

Business Buyer insight: Publishers give their views on a sector in flux.
June 24, 2011... Magazine printing is a diverse business, covering a range of disciplines and technologies, but everyone agrees things are changing rapidly. According to publishing trade body the PPA, almost 90% of the adult population of the UK read a...

Technology Personalisation: What does it take to make it personal?
June 24, 2011... The digital era established the prospect of printing magazines customised for each reader, but is it any closer to becoming a reality? Around 10 years ago, magazine publishers began to get a sense of just how powerful digital print could be....

Community: This week in 2010.(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... 'Alito Color buys Lexicon to create a pounds 30m-turnover group' Alito Color announced that it had taken a controlling stake in Lexicon Press, the former TPF manufacturing hub, and Centre Web, which it said would together be rebranded Alito...

Community: Overmatter.
June 24, 2011... Cornish printer KCS Print has done its bit to pique local school children's interest in print by allowing them to design and print their own newspaper covers. Year-six pupils from Launceston Primary School created their own newspaper front...

Community: Jo's help line.
June 24, 2011... Jo Francis, contributing editor of PrintWeek, tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles. We are working towards ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 for our printing plant. We are looking for a company to help us through the process, as we have...

Community: Q&A - Martin Nestor Production director, First 4 Print Finishing.(Interview)(Brief article)
June 24, 2011... Martin Nestor is married with four children, two of whom have been persuaded to follow in their father's footsteps and embark upon a career in print. With 38 years in the business, Nestor at least ought to have plenty of paternal advice to...

Communisis snags pounds 18m BBC contract with Orchestra deal.
June 17, 2011... Communisis has taken on the BBC TV licence contract after buying marketing services business Orchestra Bristol out of administration in a pounds 2.25m pre-pack deal. Nigel Morrison and Alistair Wardell of insolvency practitioner Grant...

IPs hope to sell SPD as going concern.(Smith Print Design)(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... Gateshead printer Smith Print Design (SPD) continues to trade after going into administration last Wednesday (8 June) with insolvency practitioners Eric Walls and Wayne Harrison of KSA Group. Walls said: 'We are hopeful that we can make a...

Oce unveils new JetStream presses at Printing Summit.
June 17, 2011... Oce has expanded its range of full-colour, continuous-feed inkjet presses with the launch of the JetStream 1400 and 3000 at its Production Printing Summit in Poing, Germany, last week. The 100-metre-per-minute JetStream 1400 and 200m/min...

Crake's Ecoat Finish set to enter liquidation.(Best Cover UV )(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... The finisher formerly known as Best Cover UV is on the verge of liquidation, with director Darren Crake set to walk away from the industry. A meeting of creditors has been called for 27 June, at which a liquidator is expected to be appointed...

NICs 'prevent' SMEs hiring staff.
June 17, 2011... Printers have backed calls by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) for the National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday for start-ups to be extended to include existing companies. The FSB called for the extension after its annual...

Andrews Finishing closes as customer base 'disappears'.
June 17, 2011... Printers were mourning the closure of one of the industry's best-loved finishers this week after Slough-based Andrews Finishing closed its doors. Andrews was expected to go into liquidation yesterday (16 June), after all 60 employees were...

Fantasy Football league.
June 17, 2011... The Ricoh-PrintWeek Fantasy Football season ended with an enthralling game between the monthly league winners and a Ricoh-PrintWeek team at the Ricoh Arena. To find out the name of the overall league winner, who takes home prizes including...

Editor's Comment: Move to London will assert Ipex's place on global stage.(Editorial)(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... Birmingham or London, does it really matter where the UK print industry's largest trade show is held? The answer is yes, but it's not a question of geography. It's what's going to be inside the halls that will really matter and will...

Loveurope purchases Asset Graphics to boost services.
June 17, 2011... Loveurope has bought fellow London-based creative production company Asset Graphics and appointed a new European business director to spearhead the group's push into Russia. The pounds 10m-turnover global advertising production business...

Tweak boss sets up SME W2P platform.
June 17, 2011... A former stock photography magnate has launched what he claims is the first complete web-to-print (W2P) solution for the SME market. Jerry Kennelly, founder of Stockbyte and Stockdisc and Tweak.com, said that his new venture, Tweak Printer,...

ODC says franchisee wrangle now settled.
June 17, 2011... On Demand Communications (ODC) has come to a settlement over the legal claims made by its Kall Kwik and Prontaprint franchisees. Following two days of mediation, the franchise owner said a number of franchisees will stay in the business,...

Seven Days in Print: HFP works chosen for Royal Academy summer show.(Henningham Family Press)(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... East London screen printer and book publisher Henningham Family Press (HFP) has had two of its screen-printed works selected for the prestigious Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Its collaborative pieces Credit Crunch and The nth Convention...

Seven Days in Print: Pick of the posts.
June 17, 2011... - Proskills can help find funds Your article on 3 June 'Back to the drawing board to train your staff for free', rightly highlights the commercial importance of training, and the impact it can have on workforce morale. It is a shame, however,...

Seven Days in Print: Poll.
June 17, 2011... Q: Will manufacturers becoming more involved in buying and selling print as well as machinery be a good thing for the print industry? Yes 22% No 78% Next question: Will a rise in pricing in the web offset sector be good news for...

Seven Days in Print.
June 17, 2011... 250: Premier Paper Group - Products in the independent paper merchant's newly launched recycled paper range, Evolution, page 13 40k: Portobello Press - Chillies once sourced for a client by the boutique printer, page 14 98.1%: Tangent...

Seven Days in Print: Canon to merge Swiss op with Oce.
June 17, 2011... Digital giants Canon and Oce have announced the decision to combine their print businesses in Switzerland. The move marks the first attempt to consolidate the two firms' European print operations since the completion of Canon's acquisition of...

Seven Days in Print: Survey: new marketers value print.
June 17, 2011... Royal Mail is pushing its new interactive mail service, revealing the results of research to show the next generation of marketers recognise the value of door-drop campaigns. The postal operator surveyed marketing students at the University of...

Seven Days in Print: QuadWinkowski raises prices.(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... One of Europe's largest printers, Poland-based QuadWinkowski, has raised its prices after it experienced continued cost increases in raw material and transport costs. In a letter seen by PrintWeek from senior vice-president of sales and...

Seven Days in Print: Harlequin Graf faces liquidation.(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... Creditors of Harlequin Display Group's large-format print division, Graf, which traded as Nowelle, have been urged to turn out in force for this month's meeting of creditors. The meeting will be held on 23 June at the London office of insolvency...

Seven Days in Print: Cromwell's Hemmings case dropped.
June 17, 2011... The court case of former Cromwell Press director Andrew Hemmings has been discharged, although the prosecution may ask for it to be reinstated. A spokeswoman at Chippenham magistrate court said the discharge had been requested by the...

Seven Days in Print: Unite begins H&S scheme campaign.
June 17, 2011... Unite has launched a campaign to warn members in the paper and corrugated packaging sector about potential pitfalls of behavioural safety initiatives brought in by employers. According to the union, the programmes are often brought in by the...

Seven Days in Print: Sport collapse costs printers.
June 17, 2011... Printers were the big losers when Daily Sport and Sunday Sport publisher Sport Newspapers went into administration last month. The company owed more than pounds 500,000 to print companies, with Broughton Printers (pounds 194,000), West Ferry...

Seven Days in Print: Paper mills to make storage charge.
June 17, 2011... Paper manufacturers will start charging customers for any paper that is held at wharf for 60 days or more. Previously mills offered to hold stock at wharf locations for an unlimited period, but paper will now be invoiced on the 60th day. An...

Seven Days in Print: Taylor Bloxham focuses on service.(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... Taylor Bloxham has invested in training for its staff to improve its customer service. The Leicestershire-based company has initiated company-wide customer service training to NVQ Level two, with the help of the BPIF, including staff at...

Seven Days in Print: Who bought what.
June 17, 2011... Quantum Print & Packaging has bought the UK's first Heidelberg Diana X 115 folder-gluer with WH Leary Array 6 high-pressure glue application system. Production director Peter Thomas said the Diana would open 'a number of doors' as well as...

Seven Days in Print: Hot topics - The most read stories on our website.
June 17, 2011... 1. Andrews Finishing closes doors due to declining web offset sector: 5,268 Slough-based finisher Andrews Finishing is set to go into liquidation, after closing its doors this week 2. Web offset shake-up continues as big three cut...

Briefing: Ipex 2014 - Industry divided over Ipex's move to the capital for 2014.
June 17, 2011... The UK's biggest print show has a new home: London's Excel. But while this may attract a wider audience globally, have UK firms been forgotten? Informa Exhibitions' decision to move Ipex to London from 2014 - permanently - has unsurprisingly...

Opinion: New location will be a boon to every UK print company.
June 17, 2011... Tube, train, car or plane - how people will travel to Ipex 2014 at Excel London has certainly generated much debate in recent days. Getting there is one point, but it is the visitors' journey home that concerns me. How will they feel leaving the...

Knowledge Bank: Legal Notices.
June 17, 2011... This information is extracted from the printand publishing-related notices that appear in the London Gazette. Further information is available from its website at www.gazettes-online.co.uk. APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATORS English Corrugating...

Knowledge Bank: Events - Public sector tendering demystified.(Conference news)
June 17, 2011... Publisher and event organiser Public Service has released details of a conference that aims to help SMEs win public sector contracts. Win the Contract: Selling to the Public Sector will take place on 20 September 2011 at the Barbican in London....

Knowledge Bank: Killer app - Hawthornes turns on the tap.(Interview)
June 17, 2011... Hawthornes has printed a 45pp case-bound brochure for luxury kitchen and bathroom product manufacturer Abode. The company used both litho and digital technologies to produce 400 copies of the brochure, which was used to launch a range of...

Knowledge Bank: EU Tenders.
June 17, 2011... PrintWeek cannot supply any additional information or pass on your details. These tenders are abridged. You must obtain a full copy of the tender before contacting any of the organisations listed. North Eastern Universities Purchasing...

Ricoh Pro C751 makes global debut at Graphitec '11 show.
June 17, 2011... Ricoh unveiled its new Pro C751 light production machine at the Graphitec show in Paris last week, with the range receiving an enthusiastic response from potential customers. A delegation of UK printers was present as the device - complete...

Kodak unveils 'virtualised' workflow software products.
June 17, 2011... Kodak has announced a virtualised version of its Unified Workflow Solutions for Prinergy Connect workflow and Insite Prepress Portal. The company has teamed up with VMware for the new version, which enables multiple instances of software...

Lumen rolls out Excelerate UV LED series.
June 17, 2011... Lumen Dynamics has launched its Excelerate FC-200 series of air-cooled UV LED print-curing products designed to boost production speeds. Intended for single-pass, narrow-format applications, the FC-200 series delivers an irradiance of...

Premier Paper unveils 'eco friendly' Evolution products.
June 17, 2011... Independent paper merchant Premier Paper Group has launched its latest range of recycled paper, Evolution. The company said the range is suitable for digital and conventional litho printing, and includes satin, silk, gloss and uncoated...

Kolbus says latest sewing machine is 'more flexible'.(Brief article)
June 17, 2011... Kolbus UK has launched a more flexible version of its Kristec sewing machine, the Universe, which it believes will prove attractive to a wider range of users. The Universe can be built to customers' specifications, according to Kolbus UK...

Friedheim and Duplo UK sign agreement for Komfi machinery.
June 17, 2011... Friedheim International and Duplo UK have signed a distributor agreement for Komfi machinery. The deal will include sales, service and spare parts for the manufacturer's range of thermal laminating and UV-spot varnishing machines. ...

HB Fuller unveils Lunatack HL 3426 adhesive to UK.
June 17, 2011... HB Fuller, the adhesives manufacturer, has unveiled Lunatack HL 3426 bookbinding adhesive to the UK and European markets. According to the US-based company, the adhesive has been designed to extend the life of books when read in 'adverse...

DuPont Packaging Graphics announces new site.
June 17, 2011... DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced the planned start-up of the new Cyrel Round manufacturing facility at its Neu-Isenburg, Germany site in the first quarter of 2012. According to global business director Matthias Heinzel, the new site is...

Product portfolio: Pre-media - Me & My ... Kodak Prinergy Evo & Insite Storefront.(Product/service evaluation)
June 17, 2011... A wholesale revamp of this printer's front-end has delivered a simplified online operation and MIS integration. London's Portobello Road is home to one of the most famous street markets in the world and, for a number of years, among its...