Print Week articles from September 2002

Print Week archives from September 2002

Employee fury over Multiplex demise.(Multiplex Techniques)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Another Bunyard company, Multiplex Techniques (UK), has come under fire from employees angered at the manner in which the firm ceased trading. The staff, who were informed on 29 August, are owed two months' wages. Around 20 have not...

Heidelberg warns of 10% sales drop.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Heidelberg, the world's biggest printing equipment manufacturer and often viewed as a barometer of industry conditions, has warned of a 10% fall in sales this year after failing to see any recovery in the US and central Europe. The German...

Polestar: further pay rise talks.(Polestar Petty)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Polestar Petty in Leeds is in talks with the GPMU in a dispute over its agreement to give staff a two-year staggered pay increase. Last year, the company signed an agreement to give staff a two-part pay rise, with the first award given in...

Sign up for the Top 500 survey.
September 6, 2002... Calling all pre-press, print and finishing companies - this is your chance to shine in the PrintWeek Top 500 2002. The Top 500 is the most eagerly anticipated survey of the year, and is a barometer that charts the fortunes of the 500...

De La Rue presses on with its equities buyback programme.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... De La Rue's strategy of buying 10% of its shares for cancellation is continuing. On 3 September it bought 280,000 of its ordinary shares for 309p from Cazenove & Co. The transaction is the latest of several to take place between De La Rue...

STOP PRESS: The printing sector has been commended for its uptake of Modern Apprenticeships ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The printing sector has been commended for its uptake of Modern Apprenticeships in a new report on skills in the media and creative industries from the Department for Education and Skills.

STOP PRESS: London Digital Printing Group is under the control ..(new management team)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... London Digital Printing Group is under the control of a new management team and has taken delivery of an HP Indigo Press 3000. Brothers Nicholas and Tim Green join Les Bexfield at the company's helm.

STOP PRESS: DS Smith's AGM heard that the packaging and office products group ..(good start to year)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... DS Smith's AGM heard that the packaging and office products group had made a good start to the year. Volumes were in line with last year at St Regis Paper, while John Dickinson was achieving higher profits. Deputy chairman Peter Williams has...

STOP PRESS: Gardiner Graphics, trading as Gardiner Laminating, ..(no links to Gardiner Laminating Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Gardiner Graphics, trading as Gardiner Laminating, would like to make it clear that it has no links with Gardiner Laminating Ltd, and that it continues to trade. Gardiner Graphics bought the assets of Gardiner Laminating Ltd from Photobition's...

Avery MBO allows firm new freedom.(Avery Dennison Business Media becomes Sentega after management buyout)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Avery Dennison Business Media, the bespoke self-adhesive label specialist, has undergone an MBO, freeing up the new firm, Sentega, to explore markets previously prohibited due to conflict between divisions. The buyout is a result of a...

Paper quality 'main problem'.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Paper quality is the most common cause of print problems, according to a survey by ink manufacturer Bousfield. A number of printers said they used coatings to 'compensate for lower-grade paper', and to 'overcome problems associated with...

AlphaGraphics gets PrintSmith.(Printcafe software)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... AlphaGraphics, the global high-street print franchise chain, has signed up to make Printcafe's PrintSmith Report Writer a standard software package for its 300-plus outlets. AlphaGraphics will also promote Printcafe's PrintSmith Site web...

Heidelberg will demonstrate a gapless Mainstream Sunday ..(printing press)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Heidelberg will demonstrate a gapless Mainstream Sunday technology unit at this October's IfraExpo exhibition. The Mainstream press, launched in 2000, has a one-round-by-four-across configuration and is capable of printing 80,000 copies per...

SHORTS: Appointment at Optichrome Computer Systems.(Noeleen Farrelley, Alan Mills appointed)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Optichrome Computer Systems, the MIS developer, has made two appointments. Noeleen Farrelley joins the Woking-based company as customer service manager and Alan Mills joins as a sales executive, focusing on the Optimus 2020 MIS software.

SHORTS: The Printers' Charitable Corporation's 175th Annual Printing Luncheon ..
September 6, 2002... The Printers' Charitable Corporation's 175th Annual Printing Luncheon has just 50 tickets available for 10 October at the Stationers' Hall.

SHORTS: Roy Bailie, chairman of W&G Baird Holdings ..(speaker at British Printing Industries Federation)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Roy Bailie, chairman of W&G Baird Holdings and former president of the BPIF, will give the after-lunch speech. For tickets, contact: 01342 318882.

SHORTS: Warners (Midlands), the Bourne-based magazine printer and distributor, ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Warners (Midlands), the Bourne-based magazine printer and distributor, has ordered three further OMG Sin Cronos hopper loaders, from Friedheim International, to join its existing five. The eight automatic hopper loaders attach to its binding,...

SHORTS: C&R Printing Services in Leicester has invested pounds 500,000 ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... C&R Printing Services in Leicester has invested pounds 500,000 in a Heidelberg SM74 five-colour press. Machine minder Stewart Taylor (pictured), who has been with the company since it started 25 years ago, has had training on the new press. C&R...

SHORTS: Megaprint Group, the London-based promotional print specialist, ..(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Megaprint Group, the London-based promotional print specialist, has announced that 2001 was the most successful year in its 32-year history with a 112% rise in turnover. It reported pre-tax profits of pounds 2.7m on a turnover of pounds 17.6m...

SHORTS: Applied Optical Technologies has invested ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Applied Optical Technologies has invested more than pounds 250,000, including the building of a new research and development facility, at its Washington site in Tyne and Wear. The spend includes analytical and diagnostic apparatus for the...

SHORTS: Appointment at MAN Roland GB.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... MAN Roland GB has promoted Annette Andrews to customer relationship representative on consumables products. She has three years' experience in telephone sales and support at the company and will now be involved with its full range of...

SHORTS: Appointment at Heidelberg.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Heidelberg has appointed Henrik Engell-Jensen as head of Heidelberg Used Equipment (HUE), following Jon Guy's departure to become president of Gallus. Tom Finucane has been named as managing director of HUE's refurbishment plant in Slough.

SHORTS: In the Product of the Week on the Muller Martini Valore ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... In the Product of the Week on the Muller Martini Valore (PrintWeek, 30 August) our Alternatives column omitted to mention the Horizon StitchLiner 5500, a 5,500-books-per-hour saddlestitcher that works currently in conjunction with Horizon's VAC...

Inquiry into cause of Smith Anderson paper fire.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Smith Anderson lost 700-900 tonnes of waste paper in a blaze at its Fife paper mill last week. A spokesman for Fife Fire Service said an investigation was being carried out because the paper, known as blue touch paper and used on...

Sun Chemical's accounts slide further into red.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Sun Chemical has failed to stop the flow of heavy losses following its acquisition of Coates Lorilleux in January 2000. The company's accounts for the year to 31 December 2001 show that turnover fell 3% to pounds 340.46m, while its pre-tax...

Centurion boost to Communisis profit.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Communisis' new acquisition, Centurion Press, has already contributed to the group's growing profits. For the six months to 30 June Communisis reported an 8% rise in pre-tax profits before goodwill and exceptional charges to pounds 13.2m,...

Muller delivers to Impact Litho in record time.(Muller Martini)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Muller Martini has made its fastest-ever deal and delivery to Impact Litho, based in Basingstoke. The Wyndeham subsidiary ordered a Muller Martini Prima saddlestitcher last Thursday (29 August), and it is expected to be fully installed and...

Roland's MAG-In hits shelves.(MAN Roland introduces its inline die-cutting system)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... MAN Roland's latest inline die-cutting system for sheetfed presses is available for the UK market immediately. The MAG-In system, which is made by German company WSD, incorporates die-cutting tools that can be placed on a magnetic foil. ...

Leicester's Artisan remains on growth path despite profits dip.(Artisan Press)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Artisan Press, the Leicester-based web offset printer, grew turnover by almost 10% to pounds 48.5m in the year to 31 October 2001. The firm's just-filed accounts for the period show, however, that pre-tax profits fell from pounds 2.47m to...

Bezier restructure in 2000 'justified'.(latest results show profit growth)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Bezier claims its latest results vindicate its decision to restructure in 2000. In the year to 30 April 2002 Bezier Holdings' pre-tax profits climbed 9.5% to pounds 4.28m, on sales down 20% to pounds 35m. Sales from continuing operations...

DDJ to open factory to public.(DDJ Graphics)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Secondhand Komori dealer DDJ Graphics is holding an open house at its new 300 sq m factory in Bradford from 26-27 September. Visitors will be able to inspect two five-colour Komori Lithrones and a two-colour Sprint convertible perfector,...

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, ..(visits printer to see publishing of latest book)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, along with wife Jules and daughter Poppy, visited Frome's Butler & Tanner last week to witness the printing of his latest book. Called Jamie's Kitchen, the book accompanies a Channel 4 series to be screened this...

BPIF takes part in tobacco bill.(British Printing Industries Federation)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The BPIF is putting print's views forward by participating in consultation for the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill. The consultation runs until 15 November. The BPIF has already forced an amendment to the wording of the bill during...

KBA sets sights on NI's press contract.(Koenig and Bauer A.G., News International PLC)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... KBA hopes to secure the lucrative contract to replace News International's (NI) press lines - an order that would boost web sales in a static market. It is believed that NI has yet to reach a decision on whether to replace its press lines...

Funding for PGC NTO projects.(Print and Graphic Communication )(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The Print and Graphic Communication NTO has successfully bid for pounds 60,000 of support funding for essential activities between the end of recognition for NTOs and the launch of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs). The PGC NTO's new programme...

Oakhill profits take big knock.(Oakhill Group)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Oakhill Group, the Irish-owned group with several UK operations, has reported a dramatic fall in operating profit for its speciality print division, against a backdrop of difficult trading. 'On an on-going basis we continue to review the...

LEGAL NOTICES.(list of companies in legal battles)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... 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 Evans Colprint Ltd RO:...

Openshaw puts its JetSet on the road.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Openshaw is targeting screen printers that don't have in-house imaging facilities with Openshaw JetSet, which produces large-format film separations. The system, which is based on a Roland ink-jet printer, will also be aimed at users of...

OneVision extends Asura line.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... OneVision, the German pre-press workflow company, has released a new module for its Asura family of software that will link several servers to a cluster in a bid to improve throughput. Users of Asura Balance will be able to continue to...

Tecnograv restructures board.(following acquisition of Tronic Gravure)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Tecnograv Group has completed the restructuring of its board following its acquisition of Tronic Gravure (PrintWeek, 19 July). Chris Watson is to remain as chairman of the gravure pre-press group, but managing director Ian Hewson has become...

SHORTS: Guildford-based design consultancy Squeeze ..(installs flatbed scanner)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Guildford-based design consultancy Squeeze has bought a Creo iQsmart A3-plus flatbed scanner to provide cost savings and improved quality.

SHORTS: Director Dominic Millar has built the firm up over 15 years ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Director Dominic Millar has built the firm up over 15 years to service the London advertising community. The firm handles a large number of images used as cover shots for the music press.

SHORTS: Dalim Software is to host a multilingual website ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Dalim Software is to host a multilingual website offering translations in English, French and German. The site, www.dalim.com, provides information on systems installation, integration, training, and project consultancy.

SHORTS: Heidelberg's Topsetter CTP system has won the ID Annual Design Review ..(Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Heidelberg's Topsetter CTP system has won the ID Annual Design Review prize in the US. The prize was awarded for the overall system, which combines Heidelberg's plate magazine and imagesetter with the InterPlate HD online processor from Glunz &...

SHORTS: Imageco Visual Imaging in Leeds has installed Prolatus' Transport Server ..(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Imageco Visual Imaging in Leeds has installed Prolatus' Transport Server software. The 35-staff firm produces point-of-sale materials and graphics for retail outlets in the UK and Europe. Prolatus Transport allows customers to submit files and...

SHORTS: HighWater Designs has named Brett Gossage ..(HighWater Designs appoints support engineer)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... HighWater Designs has named Brett Gossage as a support engineer for the London area and has also appointed a number of third-party engineers for its Platinum CTP device. The firm has installed 20 Platinum systems in the UK since Ipex, and also...

SHORTS: Newcastle-based Batwatch ..(printing company installs flatbed platesetter from Agfa Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Newcastle-based Batwatch has strengthened its in-house printing and pre-press operation with the installation of an Agfa Palladio B2 flatbed platesetter. The company also uses Agfa's Apogee workflow and Print Drive to power an Avantra 44...

SHORTS: Collins Print in Cork, Ireland, ..(Resolution Imaging provides basysPrint UV-setter 57 computer-to-conventional-plate system to Collins Print)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Collins Print in Cork, Ireland, has installed a basysPrint UV-setter 57 computer-to-conventional-plate (CTCP) system supplied by Resolution Imaging. The firm, which produces B2 or B3 multicolour work including brochures and calendars, will...

SHORTS: CIP4, the International Co-operation ..
September 6, 2002... CIP4, the International Co-operation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress, will hold two seminars at next week's Seybold conference in San Francisco to update the industry on its progress. 'What is CIP4's JDF and...

MCG installs the UK's first flexo CDi Powerbeam.(MCG Graphics installs Cyrel Digital Imager from Esko-Graphics)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... MCG Graphics has installed the UK's first Cyrel Digital Imager (CDi) flexo imager with Powerbeam optics at its Hull base. The Esko-Graphics CDi system is the third to be installed at the repro company. MCG Graphics sales and marketing...

Dalim wins G+J DDMS contract for print plants.(Gruner + Jahr)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Gruner + Jahr (G+J) has enlisted Dalim Software to build an internet-based automatic pre-press production system for its printing plants. Dalim will develop the DruckDaten Management System (DDMS) for G+J's German print sites in Itzehoe...

Creo to show new Prinergy workflow.(software)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Creo is set to preview what it has billed as 'the first PDF end-to-end workflow solution for newspapers' at IfraExpo 2002. The Prinergy Newsrun software has been designed for edition planning, page tracking and pairing within the newspaper...

Best will target specific users with new wares.(pre-press software)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Best, the German pre-press software developer, is to focus product developments on specific target groups identified in a recent study. The firm said that in the past the only thing that differentiated its BestColor products was the size of...

SDP names MM Digital as UK distributor.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Scitex Digital Printing (SDP) has named Knutsford-based MM Digital as exclusive UK distributor for the Passport 4300 and Liberty 7122 printing systems. Both products were launched this week at the Digital Imaging Marketing Association...

HP Indigo going to On-Demand show in London.
September 6, 2002... HP Indigo has confirmed its presence at next month's Digital Solutions On-Demand exhibition in London. Marketing executive Paul Randall said the HP Indigo Press 1000 would be among the exhibits on the Hewlett-Packard stand. 'We're also...

Printcafe lays off 10% of workforce.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Printcafe has laid off around 35 staff, or almost 10% of its workforce, as it attempts to soften the blow from poor conditions in technology markets. Andrew Schaer, the firm's senior vice president of marketing, said the move was...

Saltwell Signs in Gateshead has installed ..(Seiko large format printer)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Saltwell Signs in Gateshead has installed the UK's first Seiko II IP-4500 large-format printer. Managing director Michael Timmins (pictured) said the Seiko fitted Saltwell's needs for a printer that could deliver high-quality images at fast...

Metromail invests.(in Xerox equipment)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Metromail in County Durham has installed a Xerox DocuPrint 180, increasing its cut-sheet capacity by 35%. The direct mail printer has experienced a growth in demand for complex variable data print jobs during the last 12 months, including...

Horne's accounts show retained loss of pounds 51.7m.(Robert Horne Group)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Robert Horne Group's recently filed accounts for 2001 show a pounds 51.7m retained loss on sales of pounds 386m. The merchant paid out dividends totalling pounds 52.9m. Managing director Toby Marchant said this was part of a securitisation...

McNaughton to widen text and cover portfolio.(James McNaughton Group introduces new paper line)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... James McNaughton Group will widen its product portfolio with the launch of six new text and cover grades. The range encompasses embossed, metallic, floral and environmentally friendly products. The firm has used 'colour trend analysis' to...

CPI will still lobby despite proposals.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) was cheered by the conclusions reached by the House of Lords' report into packaging and packaging waste, but will continue to lobby its cause. 'They seem to have picked up on an awful lot of...

Acquisitive SCA invests pounds 11m in Spain's Bertako.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... SCA has bought Spanish packaging company Bertako for pounds 11m (EUR17.5m) on a debt-free basis. The Swedish packaging group has also moved to buy North American protective packaging firm Packaging Resources in a pounds 3.8m deal. ...

Negative ad spend keeps newsprint prices down.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... The newsprint industry is still waiting for the promised, and much-needed, boost in pagination from the advertising sector to kick-start demand, reports John Davies. As ever, the price of newsprint remains unchanged from last month, with...

Big three win the Barclays contract.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Barclays has selected Ormolu, Alistair McIntosh/Williams Lea and Centurion/Communisis to share in its pounds 35m marketing print budget, following a review of 19 print suppliers. One source wasn't surprised by the outcome, as Barclays had...

Europrint wins Mail promotion.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Blackburn-based media games specialist Europrint has produced the first batch of 6.5m pop-up cards for Associated Newspapers. The Pop-Up Lucky 3 cards are part of the Daily Mail's and Mail on Sunday's latest game promotion, which will also...

EU TENDERS.(printing contracts tendered - UK)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... 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: Outperforming in an inhospitable climate.(printing industry)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... In a week when a company like Heidelberg revises its performance forecasts downwards, it would be tempting for the rest of us to chuck in the towel and get out of print for good. But there is still a great deal of money to be made in print....

OPINION: Conventional answer to a developing future.(selling used printing equipment to Africa)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... I was asked the other day whether there was an irony in my company supplying the most modern CTCP (computer-to-conventional-plate) systems as well as secondhand imagesetters to Africa. These are extremes in technology I accept. But I happen...

ANALYSIS: Next move for interest rates could be down rather than up.(economic forecast for Great Britain)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Contrary to some beliefs, interest rates could in fact move down, not up, as David Ross explains In its August Inflation Report, the Bank of England revised down its forecasts for GDP growth for the second half of this year, for next year...

WALLIS.(comments on email)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... E-mail: sex, debt baldness, sharks and enlargement E-mailing is a common practice in modern times. Abstinence from the activity invokes accusations of conservatism and can lead to social banishment. Before readers become suspicious, I hastily...

ANALYSIS: Funding dispute takes toll on training.(conflicts between Graphic Paper and Media Union and British Printing Industries Federation)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Peter Kiddell fears for the future of print skills while the main print bodies continue to argue over financing The spat between the GPMU and BPIF over the print industry forum bid, and the federation's exclusion of a statutory training...

ANALYSIS: Stora needs to tread carefully in the US in future.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Stora's US profit enhancement plan was no surprise, but what does it mean for the firm? Andy Scott reports Last week's announcement by Stora Enso that it was to push through a profit enhancement plan to aid its struggling North American...

Manchester's main attraction.(Heidelberg's two four-by-one Mainstream 80s )(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... All eyes are on Trafford Park's vast Mainstream installation, as John Davies discovers The newspaper community's attention is again focused on Manchester. But for once, it's not concerned with Veron's place in Ferguson's...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Product of the Week - DuPont FAST dry processor.
September 6, 2002... DuPont's FAST plate processor is completely unique. Simon Eccles finds out what all the fuss is about DuPont's FAST dry 'thermotechnology' processor is the first significantly new technology in flexo plate processing since the introduction...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Me & My Machine - Friedheim FormaFold.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The Karran Group bought a folder-gluer to ease the strain on hand-working. Now it wants another, says John Davies In order to relieve the pressure on its hand-working department, the Karran Group decided to seek out a folder-gluing machine...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Buyers' Guide - Laminating & encapsulating.(laminating, encapsulating equipment)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Laminating and encapsulating seems relatively untouched by the state of the economy. Darryl Danielli reports The laminating market seems to be one of the few sectors not suffering in the current economic climate. Clients are seeing the...

JO'S HELP LINE: Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles.
September 6, 2002... Quickcut query Can you tell me where I can get information on a data transfer system called Quickcut please? Les Carman, International Marketing Print Solutions, Polegate Quickcut's speciality is the validation and delivery of...

INSITE: www.ethical-junction.org.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Our conscience has been pricked by the staging of the World Summit and, unlike the US, Insite has decided to face up to its environmental and social responsibilities. A great place to start is the Ethical Junction, which describes itself...

DIARY DATES.
September 6, 2002... BPIF Excellence Awards 9 September London Marriott Contact 020 7405 4370 Seybold San Francisco 9-12 September San Francisco Contact www.seyboldseminars.com Graph Expo & Converting Expo 2002 6-9 October Chicago Contact...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Tried & Tested - Polar 76.(Polar-Mohr cutting machinery)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Twenty years of production haven't diminished the popularity of Polar's most successful guillotine, the 76 The Polar 76 is still the most successful guillotine Polar ever produced, with sales of over 30,000 during its production lifetime....

PRINT'S PAST: Cast-coated paper.(Glosskote, Kromekote)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Cast-coated paper first became available in the UK in about 1956. It was manufactured in the US, Canada and Belgium. UK stockists included Allied Paper Merchants, LS Dixon & Co, and Spicers, all of which handled the American product Kromekote;...

POST SCRIPT: Chief exec stuck in loo is nuisance to own staff.(Graphical Paper and Media Union)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The BPIF's commitment to training has been questioned recently by the GPMU, in a split that has lead to the union withdrawing its support for the Print Industry Forum bid and all Print 21 initiatives. But one tale to have reached the Post...

POST SCRIPT: Who prints that then? RAF calendar.(Simply Print in Loughborough)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Post Script is always keen to reward naked ambition. And the guys at Simply Print in Loughborough are suitably becoming to our attentive eye. It was asked to produce a charity calendar featuring the beautiful people at RAF Waddington in a...

POST SCRIPT: Memory Lane.
September 6, 2002... 1 year ago Michael Johnson was preparing to take up the post of chief executive of the BPIF... Goss shut its US production plant as the recession hit its order books... Ex-BPIF president and W&G Baird chairman Roy Bailie was among 700...