Print Week articles from May 2003

Print Week archives from May 2003

NexPress sales fall well below targets.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Kodak's first-quarter results have revealed that sales of the NexPress 2100 digital press, its joint venture with Heidelberg, have fallen well short of expectations. Only 225 NexPress 2100 units have been sold, but Heidelberg predicted it...

Gray nets CEO job for Vision in Print.(Richard Gray to be introduced as CEO)
May 2, 2003... Richard Gray will be introduced as the chief executive of Vision in Print, the print industry forum, at its launch conference on Wednesday (7 May). Gray, currently business manager for print and publishing at Pira, was chosen from a...

Cradley to lose Broadcast deal in Emap review.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Cradley is believed to have joined TPL by losing out in Emap's supplier review. The West Midlands firm is thought to have lost the contract to print Broadcast to Headley Brothers in Ashford. William Gibbons & Sons is also understood to be...

Babcock backs Howitt project.(Babcock & Brown helped finance Howitt's Equator Print gravure project)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... PrintWeek can reveal the identity of a major financier of Howitt's Equator Print gravure project. Babcock & Brown provides operating leases, asset-based debt finance and finance for industrial projects. Its clients have included PFI...

Alito's pounds 4m Leytonstone move.(Alito Color Group spending pounds 4 mil in consolidating operations)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Alito Color Group is investing pounds 4m in consolidating its operations in a single factory and has bought new equipment to grow its direct mail business. The firm plans to move from its Islington and Romford sites to a single 'state of...

STOP PRESS: Crest Packaging has made 30 more redundancies ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Crest Packaging has made 30 more redundancies, taking the total to 134 since receivers announced its closure.

STOP PRESS: St Ives' share price rose this week ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... St Ives' share price rose this week after it said SG Hambros Trust Company (Guernsey) had bought 500,000 ordinary shares at 380p each. SG Hambros is a trustee of the group's UK and Overseas Employee Trusts, of which several directors are...

STOP PRESS: An open meeting regarding the Safeway takeover ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... An open meeting regarding the Safeway takeover battle was taking place as PrintWeek went to press. Several BPIF members had reserved places but the GPMU felt the Competition Commission had not given suppliers sufficient notice.

STOP PRESS: The proposed Proskills Sector Skills Council ..(to re-work parts of formal proposal)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... The proposed Proskills Sector Skills Council comprising the print, paper, coatings, glass and extractive industries has been asked to re-work parts of its formal proposal.

STOP PRESS: Printcafe has reported ..(first quarter revenues)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Printcafe has reported total first-quarter revenues of pounds 5.8m (dollars 9.4m), down 24%, as predicted last week. The company made a net loss of pounds 6.3m.

West Ferry ties up Sport deal to 2008.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... West Ferry, the Docklands-based newspaper printer, has extended its contract with Sport Newspapers to produce The Sport and The Sunday Sport titles until 2008. Chief executive Bill Wenman said: 'We are very pleased to have secured terms to...

50 staff go from George Over.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Administrators at Rugby-based George Over have made nearly half of the company's staff redundant in an effort to reduce overheads. The 108-strong workforce has been reduced by 50 since Deloitte & Touche was appointed at the end of March to...

Confidence fall in Picon survey.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Business confidence levels among the industry's suppliers have dropped for the first time since early 2001, according to Picon's latest trends survey. General business confidence was down across all sectors, except consumables. ...

Ken Girvan Printers revealed as first beta site for the Python.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Ken Girvan Printers has been revealed as the first beta site for HighWater's new B2 platesetter, the Python. The Peterborough firm has been using a HighWater Platinum 2230 for five years but needed a more productive machine to handle increased...

SHORTS: Secondhand dealer Nyland Graphics ..(announces number of installations in UK)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Secondhand dealer Nyland Graphics has announced a series of installations in the UK, including a 2000 Tigra perfect binding line at Worcester-based Ebenezer Baylis, and a 1995 Normbinder with inline inserting and trimming for Polestar Jowetts...

SHORTS: Buhrmann's paper merchanting division ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Buhrmann's paper merchanting division suffered a 7% fall in organic sales in the first quarter of 2003, according to preliminary figures. The paper merchanting and office products group said the decline was mainly due to a 20% fall in the...

SHORTS: The Digital Academy in Berkshire ..(set up alliance with Bartons)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... The Digital Academy in Berkshire has established an alliance with print business advice specialist Bartons to enable it to offer advice on business improvement programmes, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, alongside its...

SHORTS: PDQ of York has fitted five easy fill ink guns ..(to latest 5-color Komori Lithrone press)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... PDQ of York has fitted five easy.fill ink guns to its latest five-colour Komori Lithrone press in a bid to cut waste and mess. The technotrans equipment was supplied by the printer's inks partner, Sun Chemical.

SHORTS: South-east London printer Pennington Fine Colour ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... South-east London printer Pennington Fine Colour has invested in a six-colour Heidelberg SM102-6P perfector, which will allow it to offer four-colour work with two specials or varnishes, all in one pass. Close Asset Finance backed the spend.

SHORTS: Heidelberg has developed the WK 400 H ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Heidelberg has developed the WK 400 H, a mobile sample gluer with servo drive for the Stitchmaster ST 400 saddle-stitcher. This means it is now possible to apply inline gluing to the even pages at the back of brochures.

SHORTS: Ditone Labels has installed a Gallus ..(RCS 330 press)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Ditone Labels has installed a Gallus RCS 330 press at its Cambridgeshire site as part of a pounds 2m investment programme. Managing director David Stevenson said the investment was the most significant in the company's history.

SHORTS: Agfa chief executive and president ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Agfa chief executive and president Ludo Verhoeven told the group's AGM that the first months of 2003 had shown that this year would be more difficult than last. The AGM also approved the appointment of four new directors, including Christian...

SHORTS: UPM-Kymmene is to sell its Rosenlew ..(flexible intermediate bulk container operations)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... UPM-Kymmene is to sell its Rosenlew flexible intermediate bulk container operations to management and an international group of investors, the largest shareholder of which is 3i Group.

SHORTS: Beccles-based William Clowes has become ..(latest book printer to join BPIF)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Beccles-based William Clowes has become the latest book printer to join the BPIF, taking the membership of the federation's book production section to 35.

SHORTS: Appointment at MeadWestvaco.(James Buzzard named president)
May 2, 2003... MeadWestvaco has appointed former executive vice president James Buzzard to the newly created position of president, while Cynthia Niekamp succeeds Karen Osar as senior vice president and chief financial officer.

First UK showing for Lastra LV-1 plate at Northprint.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Lastra's LV-1 violet photopolymer plate will be shown in the UK for the first time at Northprint by Esko-Graphics (E-G). It will be imaged by Esko-Graphics' PlateDriver 8. Despite being shown at Northprint, the date when the plate will...

Thomson sales hit by Scots IT decline.(Thomson Litho reports disappointing results)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Thomson Litho's latest results have revealed the devastating multiplier effect created by the decline in the Scottish IT sector. The East Kilbride-based printer lost almost 60% of its UK sales revenue in the year to 30 June 2002 after its...

Record lunch on St George's Day.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Last week's St George's Day lunch is set to break the previous record of pounds 15,000 raised for charity. Organiser Peter Howell said he hoped the eventual total would be close to pounds 17,000. The top bid at the charity auction came...

Quebecor's net income suffers 47% drop in Q1.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Quebecor World's first quarter was hamstrung by overcapacity, higher energy prices and under-performing operations in France. Although revenues for the period grew 5% to pounds 954m (dollars 1.53bn), thanks in part to its acquisition of the...

New appointments for Perivan.(Perivan White Dove Press appoints Mark Shields to senior salesman)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Perivan White Dove Press' ambition to become one of the UK's top colour printers has taken a step forward with two appointments. Managing director Mark Croucher has brought in Mark Shields, formerly senior salesman at CTD Capita, to...

P&W rolls out its new identity.(Pillans & Waddies showcases new corporate identity)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Around 200 customers, suppliers and key contacts attended the unveiling of a new corporate identity for Pillans & Waddies in Edinburgh last week. The change of name follows Ormolu's takeover of Waddies last May, and means that the famous...

PrintWeek, Xerox host industry talks.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... PrintWeek has joined with Xerox to hold a series of Business Advice Seminars as part of the Pride in Print initiative. The first, on 3 June at Leeds Football Club, will feature a six-strong speaker line-up covering topics from cost...

Rich List hails print's wealthy.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Print featured heavily in this year's The Sunday Times Rich List. Hans Rausing's fortune of pounds 4.8bn, acquired in packaging, made him Britain's second richest man. Richard Desmond of Express Newspapers, which owns 50% of West Ferry...

Delta Packaging's new six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Delta Packaging's new six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 has been officially switched on by the honorary German Consul Frank Hewitt. The pounds 1.5m purchase by the Belfast company will be followed by a further pounds 5.5m investment in...

Sodra triples Q1 pre-tax profits.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Pulp pricing increases enabled the Swedish producer Sodra to triple its pre-tax profits in the first quarter of 2003. However, despite this rise, president and chief executive Anders Wahrolen claimed that the demand for pulp would be weak...

AUP staff in fight to keep firm open.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Polestar AUP in Aberdeen could be forced to close with the loss of up to 30 jobs if a plan is not put forward to save the loss-making firm. A 30-day consultation period began on 24 April, but Polestar chief operating officer Chris Pavlosky...

Mixed profits for paper firms.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Three of the world's largest paper groups have reported mixed fortunes in the first quarter of 2003. Stora Enso continues to forecast a bleak market outlook due to economic uncertainty caused by the Iraq war. Chief executive Jukka...

LEGAL NOTICES.
May 2, 2003... 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 COMPANIES IN LIQUIDATION Copex Enterprises Ltd...

Komori to report decrease in sales.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Komori has revised its forecasts for the year to 31 March and says it will report a net loss and a 4% decrease in sales. UK marketing director Philip Dunn said the pounds 11m (Y2.2bn) net loss, compared to an pounds 18m profit in 2002, was...

Aiza buys out Standard Group.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Leicestershire-based firm Aiza has bought the assets of fellow print management company the Standard Group, which went into administration following the suspension of a major contract. Administrator Andrew Andronikou of Hacker Young said...

Yale sets up new DM division.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Yale Press is setting up a direct marketing division and is in acquisition talks to move further into direct mail. The core business of the London company will continue to be commercial printing but it will also offer database management,...

SHORTS: Alpha Colour Printers in Gloucester hopes to boost sales ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Alpha Colour Printers in Gloucester hopes to boost sales by 20% with a five-colour Speedmaster CD 74-5L with coater. It replaces a 12-year-old sheetfed press and joins a Topsetter platesetter, which was installed in January, and an ST300...

SHORTS: Morane, the Banbury-based manufacturer of encapsulation and lamination film, ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Morane, the Banbury-based manufacturer of encapsulation and lamination film, has achieved the ISO 14001 environmental standard. The firm is a subsidiary of Bunzl and is a supplier to the print finishing and distribution sectors.

SHORTS: Nottingham self-adhesive label printer Brenell Labels ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Nottingham self-adhesive label printer Brenell Labels has taken delivery of a 265 Plus 1 flexo press from KDO International, continuing a 20-year relationship. The press offers four-colour printing and three die stations.

SHORTS: Remploy has invested pounds 60,000 at its Hartlepool site ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Remploy has invested pounds 60,000 at its Hartlepool site to increase its share in the food packaging market. The investment consisted of setting up a 'clean' room, by sectioning off the general engineering area. Remploy, which offers work...

SHORTS: Close Asset Finance is supporting a pounds 450,000 investment ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Close Asset Finance is supporting a pounds 450,000 investment at Hayes printer MTM. It is financing a new B2 press and CTP system, both from Heidelberg, over five years. The firm was formed six years ago by Matthew McCarthy and David Walsh. MTM...

SHORTS: Appointment at Tharstern.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... MIS supplier Tharstern has appointed Ian Miles as account manager. He has 30 years' experience in the industry, most recently as production manager at Barnet-based Marva Group, where he oversaw the installation of a seven-terminal Tharstern...

SHORTS: Recruitment agency Blayze Unguem says its print division ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Recruitment agency Blayze Unguem says its print division has enjoyed a successful first year since its launch in May 2002. Former Spectrum Flair sales director Barry Harding heads up the firm's sales and marketing division.

SHORTS: The 6th Print Buyers Forum ..(Calendar)
May 2, 2003... The 6th Print Buyers Forum will take place from 3-4 November at a Lincolnshire hotel, and is free for buyers who have a pounds 500,000 annual spend on print and paper. Suppliers at last year's event included Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Jarrold...

DAL launches new proofing strip tool.(Digital Ad Lab )(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... This week's Digital Ad Lab introduced a tool for cheap and simple accuracy checks for prints and proofs. St Ives group technical director John Charnock presented the simple control strip and visual reference he developed to standardise...

DuPont rolls out CromaPro XP.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... DuPont is targeting the lower-cost proofing market with its new CromaPro XP RIP for ink-jet colour printers, distributed in the UK by Togo Software. DuPont's CromaNet software is integrated into CromaPro XP, along with its colour...

KPG sales hit by CTP popularity.(Kodak Polychrome Graphics)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Kodak Polychrome Graphics' first-quarter sales were hurt by the widespread move from film output to digital pre-press and CTP. The firm, which is 50% owned by Kodak, suffered a 16% drop in sales year on year, according to Kodak's...

Agfa has secured the contract ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Agfa has secured the contract to supply 90% of the Northcliffe Group's plate needs until 2006. Under the multi-million pound deal Agfa, which has supplied Northcliffe with a variety of pre-press consumables over the last 10 years, will supply...

SHORTS: Vision London has invested pounds 75,000 ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Vision London has invested pounds 75,000 with Turning Point Technologies in Xinet FullPress OPI software and WebNative digital asset management, an SGi Origin 300 server, extra RAID and tape device storage and FlashNet archiving software. The...

SHORTS: The British Library has published ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... The British Library has published a book documenting the progress of an early 19th-century provincial typefoundry into a national institution of its heyday. Stephenson Blake - The Last of the Old English Typefounders by Dr Roy Millington charts...

SHORTS: Fujifilm ISIG has started a training and support system ..(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Fujifilm ISIG has started a training and support system for its range of workflow products. The Valiano Meeting and Support Centre gives customers real-time instant and interactive information, such as demonstrations and online support, but in...

SHORTS: Cacidi Systems, a developer of plug-ins ..(Cacidi Systems launches Catalog Extreme 4.0 software)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Cacidi Systems, a developer of plug-ins for Adobe In-Design, has launched its Catalog Extreme 4.0 family. It claims it is the fastest way to produce print-ready files for production of adverts for catalogue, magazine and newspaper pages. Visit:...

SHORTS: OneVision has upgraded its PostScript and PDF ..(OneVision Software AG upgraded Asura, Solvero software packages)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... OneVision has upgraded its PostScript and PDF checking and editing software packages Asura and Solvero to version 5.2. Visit: www.onevision.com.

SHORTS: Fine Colour Packaging in Nottingham and Imega Print in Middlesex ..(printing companies install thermal platesetters)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Fine Colour Packaging in Nottingham and Imega Print in Middlesex have both invested in Screen PlateRite 8000 B1 thermal platesetters. CTP London, formerly known as Century Graphics, has also bought a PlateRite 8000II with Trueflow workflow.

SHORTS: Clement & Foster, London, has installed ..(Agfa Corp. supplies Grand Sherpa 50 digital color proofer)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Clement & Foster, London, has installed an Agfa Grand Sherpa 50 digital colour proofer. Unusually, it is being driven from the firm's Creo Brisque workflow, which drives its Lotem 800 plate-setter. Production manager Roger Meads is pictured.

SHORTS: Design2Print in Llandudno has installed ..(printing firm installs B2 thermal Luxel T-6000 CTP II machine from Fujifilm)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Design2Print in Llandudno has installed Fujifilm's B2 thermal Luxel T-6000 CTP II. It will be used for a range of work including business cards and glossy brochures.

SHORTS: Dynagram is poised to start shipment ..(Dynagram Software is introducing DynaStrip 4.0)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Dynagram is poised to start shipment of the final release of DynaStrip 4.0, which is now in the late stages of beta testing. The imposition software allows Mac users to operate in OS X, OS 9 and Classic modes. Visit: www.dynagram.com.

SHORTS: Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 2, 2003... Last week's story about EFI was lacking in one small but important matter. Unfortunately, we left out a zero off the figure for the amount of Fierys it had sold, making its impressive total of 1,000,000 (1m) seem like a respectable, though less...

Presstek cuts costs by laying off 20% of staff.(Presstek Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Presstek is to cut a fifth of the staff at its New Hampshire office and Lasertel subsidiary in a bid to save pounds 2.5m (dollars 4m) a year. The cuts were revealed as Presstek released its results for Q1 of 2003. Net income was...

Avonset shuts doors with the loss of 18 jobs.(digital printer Avonset Creative Services)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... West Country digital printer Avonset Creative Services has ceased trading with the loss of 18 jobs. Managing director Roger Williamson said he was in discussions with an unnamed insolvency practitioner about placing the firm into...

Scitex Digital bids for huge sales rise.(Scitex Digital Printing plans to increase sales, introduces new printing press)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Scitex Digital Printing has set its sights on achieving sales of pounds 630m (dollars 1bn). With last year's revenues of pounds 99m, it's an ambitious plan, aiming to grow by at least 30% per year. 'There is a good chance of reaching...

Xerox easy-vi to aid print of variable work.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Xerox has introduced easy-vi, a package of hardware, software and services designed to help printers create and manage the printing of business cards, brochures and documents. Easy-vi (variable information) was created in conjunction with...

M-real joins Perfected Paper's software client list.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Perfected Paper Solutions has announced the sale and installation of its Publishers Paper Management System software to the European manufacturer M-real. Paul Venediger of Perfected Paper Solutions said the sale was 'a vindication that we...

Sodra focuses on energy use.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Swedish pulp firm Sodra is to place stronger emphasis on energy issues once trading of green electricity certificates begins on 1 May. Environmental director Roland Lofblad said the group already had a surplus of energy and electricity, but...

NetRegs launches green guidelines.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... NetRegs has launched a series of guidelines to help small- and medium-sized business in the pulp and paper industry better their environmental results. The guidelines were put on the NetRegs website after research, commissioned for the...

Klein is killed in tragic accident.(Papierfabrik Scheufelen managing director Heinz-Dieter Klein)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 2, 2003... Papierfabrik Scheufelen has paid tribute to its managing director Heinz-Dieter Klein, who died after an aeroplane accident on 18 April. Scheufelen director Dr Ulrich Scheufelen said he had 'seldom met anyone who approached his work with...

The carbonless paper market remains buoyant.
May 2, 2003... The carbonless paper market remains busy as price rises from merchants start to roll out, writes Andy Scott. One industry source said that carbonless manufacturers were still introducing new variations to products in a bid to hold their...

Access is now an acquisition target.(print management company Access Plus)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Access Plus, the Bristol-based print management company, has received an approach from an unnamed suitor just two months after announcing that it was on the acquisition trail. In a statement the company said negotiations were at an early...

Polestar wins BBC kids deal.(Polestar Colchester will print BBC Magazines' new Action Hero magazine)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Polestar Colchester has won the contract to produce BBC Magazines' new children's publication Action Hero. The monthly 32pp title, which launches in May with an initial print run of 110,000, will be printed on Colchester's 32pp Rotoman N,...

Lynx ads for Vertical, RoadAds.(Vertical Vision, RoadAds Inc. produce poster campaign for Lever Faberge's Lynx deodorant)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... Vertical Vision, the Hungerford-based digital printer, and truck-side advertising specialist RoadAds have teamed up to produced a poster campaign for Lever Faberge's Lynx brand. The 48-sheet poster, which illustrates how wearers of the...

EU TENDERS.
May 2, 2003... 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 contacting...

COMMENT: Phoenixes are turning up the heat on us all.
May 2, 2003... A reader told me last week that he sometimes has to steel himself before taking his PrintWeek out of its poly-bag every Friday because he finds the 'stories of companies going bust and paper prices going up too depressing'. Guess he'll be...

OPINION: Customer partnerships are key in tough times.
May 2, 2003... We are a global industry that has a problem. According to a recent report commissioned by the Dutch printers association (KVGO) and investment bank ING, many printers are facing insolvency. On average profits declined from 5.4% of net...

ANALYSIS: Direct mail set for growth as sector bucks the ad trends.
May 2, 2003... As the majority of the ad industry sets its sights low, direct mail is on the way up, as Rachel Barnes reports. If all the news we're hearing at the moment is anything to go by then printers specialising in direct mail are set to reap the...

WALLIS: Iraqi culture is the casualty as war hits the shelves.(libraries and cultural centers looted)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2003... War is a dreadful and terrible testament to failure in relationships between people. It extinguishes human life often indiscriminately, destroys national infrastructure and on occasions eradicates swathes of cultural heritage. Three quotations...

PROFILE: Hunter Lodge makes good on a promise.
May 2, 2003... At first it didn't even have a digital press. But, as John Davies reports, Hunter Lodge has made a real success of Quadriga's huge digital job. When a company that has crates of Stella Artois in its production room, which was given to it...

Curse of the Phoenix.
May 2, 2003... Phoenix companies continue to plague the industry. Helen Gregory reports on a growing problem. Phoenix printers are now appearing at a rate of one or two every week: that's roughly 75% of all print industry failures. With each phoenix...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Product of the Week - Ipagsa Rubi T-50.(Illustration)
May 2, 2003... The rumours have materialised with Ipagsa releasing its Rubi T-50 plate. Barney Cox reports on the technology. At the end of last year, the UK plate market was getting a little anxious about an imminent Spanish invasion. Unlike Drake's calm...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Me & My Machine - Pelagon Spinnaker.(Keene uses the equipment)
May 2, 2003... Jeff Keene tells Barney Cox how the Pelagon Spinnaker keeps production in motion and the workflow smooth. London-based repro house Keene has been at the forefront of pre-press workflows for a long time. It was an early adopter of automated...