Printing World articles from August 2002

Printing World archives from August 2002

Inadequate work training reported.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Worked-based training in the UK is failing to tackle the problem of skills shortages, according to the annual report of the new Adult Learning Inspectorate. But the report found that most print training is effective, even though this was...

Cendris gets mobile.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Cendris UK, part of Dutch logistics company TPG, has won a three-year, #10m contract with T-Mobile for the digital printing and fulfilment of its phone billing and other customer communications. All the work, including fulfilment, will be...

Ceremonial sprint finish for Judges.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Judges Postcards had to put in a sprint finish when it won the contract to print postcards depicting the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on July 25. The St Leonards on Sea firm used freelance photographers at the stadium, who...

More jam for Hartleys.(Hartleys Printing deal with Marconi Interactive Systems)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Hartleys Printing, Cardiff, has won a two-year extension to its deal to supply literature packs for the BT Contour range of payphones for Marconi Interactive Systems. The original four-year contract was first awarded in 1996 and extended in...

Bright and breezy.(Urbis direct mail campaign by Breeze)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Breeze, the Manchester mailing house, has completed a prelaunch, direct mail campaign for Urbis, one of north-west England's most dynamic museums. The direct mail campaign targeted three different lists, most of these incorporating personalised...

Midas' tough trials win 12-colour SM 102 order.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Heidelberg UK has had to fight hard to win its latest order for a 12- colour SM 102. Senior partner Derek Jarman of Midas Press says: "Over a period of several days we had a team of our most senior production personnel down at Brentford running...

Bristow swims into Aquarius.(Robin Bristow)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Competition in the English Channel corridor has intensified as Robin Bristow, the former managing director of now-defunct Ashford printer Robquest, has become the sales director of a new print venture in the town called Aquarius Press. ...

Ad revenues reflected at Trinity Mirror.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 5, 2002... Trinity Mirror has followed hot on the heels of Financial Times publisher Pearson in announcing a big fall in advertising revenue. Total sales have fallen 3.6% to #554.8m. While Trinity Mirror's regional papers saw a slight rise in profit...

Cerutti sets sights on cartons with Bernal.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Italian gravure press manufacturer Cerutti is eyeing the carton printing market following its acquisition of rotary diecutting specialist Bernal. Bernal, a Detroit company, produces rotary diecutters used to produce drinks cartons and...

Wace wins again.(Sustainable Development Award)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Wace Corporate Print has gained a Sustainable Development Award from long standing client, Consignia, for its exceptional environmental awareness and commitment. Sales and marketing director, David Palmer- Jeffery says: `This is just reward for...

Say `cheese'.(Vinyl Graphics does work for Dairy Crest)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Vinyl Graphics has been helping Dairy Crest say `cheese' via its truck sides. Using its new Vutek UltraVu 2360 SC printer, bought specifically for fleet use by the Reading firm, it printed promotional material for 40 vehicles emphasising the...

Century adds Lithrone 528.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... A Lithrone 528 with ir dryer will come on stream at Penryn printer Century Litho, just as the main summer tourist season in Cornwall comes to an end. Nevertheless, says sales director Nigel Passmore, the timing is good because "it gives a...

Hyway on brink of rescue deal.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Hyway Printing looks to be on the brink of being bought, after three weeks in administration. The company in Rotherhithe, south London, called in administrators after Barclays reduced its working overdraft. Hyway specialises in report and...

Johnston steps in at Polestar.(Peter Johnston)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Polestar has a new group finance director in the shape of Peter Johnston, who has been filling the role in an interim capacity since March following the departure of Malcolm Robertson from the job. Mr Johnston joined Polestar in April 2001...

Direct result for HH.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Surrey print management company HH Associates has won a #2m one-year contract with Unilever in the UK to produce direct mail, leafleting and promotional print products for two of its operating companies, Lever Faberge and Unilever Bestfoods....

Picon's 12th council seat taken by Nixon.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Creo sales director Mark Nixon has become the 12th member of the Picon council. Picon chairman Michael Knight says: "Mark lives and breathes our industry and will have a valuable input to make to the council." Mr Nixon has 19 years'...

Stars in Lockerbie.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... A design concept in corrugated displays has been rewarded by a Silver Star at last month's Starpack awards, with DS Smith Lockerbie's design team repeating last year's silver success. DS Smith was commissioned by Comma Oils to produce a pack...

Passing the test.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Graphicomm, the Plymouth corporate stationery printer, has won a two- year contract to supply Test Valley borough council in Hampshire, with all its stationery and forms until July, 2004. The contract, which includes e-procurement, was won in...

JCM renews Littlewoods.(JCM Media, Littlewoods Promotions)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... JCM Media has renewed the contract it has with Littlewoods Promotions, the football pools company sold off by JCM's parent two years ago. Both firms were owned by the Moores family until a decline in the pools business at the hands of the...

Quebecor backs away from France.(Quebecor World Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 5, 2002... Quebecor World is trying to implement substantial cost savings at its French operations with the giant Didier-Quebecor factory north of Paris in the firing line. The company's interim report points out that while the remaining European...

Whitworth to leave IIR.(Ashley Whitworth)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Ashley Whitworth, marketing director of Ipex, is leaving exhibition organiser IIR, with plans to work outside the industry. He says: "It was a great challenge and I think we ran a fantastic campaign. I've now got a couple of projects...

Komori S40 investment for Crystal Offset.(printing prress)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... London commercial printer Crystal Offset has ordered a six-colour Komori S40 press as part of a #1m investment programme. The new press will join a Komori six-colour Lithrone 26 and Heidelberg 102 Speedmaster, and replace an existing...

Adroit move.(Adroit Design's latest contract)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Macclesfield print and design firm Adroit Designs entered the pop world with its latest contract that was as unusual as it was urgent. With a five-day deadline, Adroit was asked to design, print and fulfil all promotional materials including...

Three-year warranty.(Land Instruments International)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Land Instruments International, Dronfield, is claiming to be the first instrumentation firm to offer a three-year warranty as standard on a range of infra red temperature measurement products. As well as System 4 thermometers, Landmark signal...

Enter Emery.(Keywords Fulfillment Ltd. changes name to Emery Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Rapid growth for a Southampton fulfilment house has led to a rebrand and relaunch for the company to incorporate a new look and a new name. Emery Ltd replaces Keywords Fulfilment Ltd and a new logo and corporate colours complete the exercise,...

Print pioneer Quadracci dies in boating accident.(Harry Quadracci, QuadGraphics)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
August 5, 2002... Harry Quadracci, founder of QuadGraphics, the world's largest privately owned print group, has died in a boating accident. Mr Quadracci's body was found in four feet of water in a lake near his home in Wisconsin. He was 66. The...

Upturn hopes for paper producers.(SAPI Ltd., UPM-Kymmene Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 5, 2002... The print advertising market is showing signs of an upturn that should become noticeable before the end of the year, according to two of the world's largest paper producers that posted results last week. Coated fine paper manufacturer Sappi...

Packing a punch.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Cadbury Trebor Bassett's sponsorship of the Commonwealth Games has been aided by the supply of promotional packs by Alcan Packaging's factories in Midsomer Norton, Salterbeck and Dublin. Security staff by CTB supervised the printing and...

MAN Roland downbeat.(Man Roland Druckmaschinen AG)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... MAN Roland's performance in 2002 will be `much worse than last year', MAN's chief financial officer has admitted in an interview with a German newspaper. However, total MAN AG profits this year are expected to be higher than the g213m it made...

PMP to sell UK arm.(Hachette Filipacchi is in negotiations to buy Attic Futura)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... The Australian publisher PMP is getting ready to sell off Attic Futura, the UK magazine publisher, with Hachette Filipacchi negotiating to buy. Attic Futura's titles, which include Sugar, B and TV Hits, are printed at Cooper Clegg near...

Akzo's Q2 sales fall.(Akzo Nobel N.V.)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Akzo Nobel has seen second-quarter sales fall by 2%, although coatings enjoyed a 15% rise in sales because of lower raw material prices and the effects of restructuring. However, sales of pulp and paper chemicals, such as uv varnishes, have...

Bertelsmann refocuses back to its print roots.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... The departure of Bertelsmann's chief executive Thomas Middelhoff, who wanted to move to float the German media group faster than his board liked, could lead to the sell-off of television and multimedia assets as the company moves closer to its...

Pearson posts losses.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 5, 2002... As expected, Pearson has made first-half losses of #188m because of the haemorrhage of advertisers from its Financial Times flagship. Leaving aside one-off costs, operating profits actually rose from #60m to #76m. But there is no disguising...

Tribunals relegated in Government review.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... The Government has announced plans to cut back on the numbers of employment tribunals, which stop short of the idea of upfront fee or "tribunal tax" of #100, which caused fury among the unions when first mooted. Instead, the DTI report on...

More rights provisions.(GPMU lobbies for extension of Employment Relations Act)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... The GPMU is at the forefront in lobbying the Government to extend the provisions of the Employment Relations Act to workplaces with fewer than 20 staff, and give workers more rights from day one in their jobs. The DTI's review of the ERA...

Signs of recovery hopeful at Oakhill.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Oakhill, the Irish print group that owns Hythe Offset in Colchester and book printer Bell & Bain, says that it may be seeing signs of recovery. After allowing for the effects of disposals and the closure of one of its UK printers, Speedprint in...

Security about turn at Novar.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Security printing is now considered "an excellent business with the potential to grow and strong cash generation," says Novar, which until July 8 had been trying to sell off its graphics arts businesses. Novar, which mainly makes aluminium...

Appointment of liquidators.(multiple printing companies sign liquidators)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... * Gowers Elmes Publishing Ltd Publishing. Liquidator: DP Hudson, Begbies Traynor, The Old Exchange, 234 Southchurch Road, Southend on Sea, Essex SS1 2EG * Clear Color Ltd Reprographic and printing services. Liquidator: L Bednash, Pearl...

Single router.(Hermstedt's NetShuttle DSL)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Hermstedt is to launch NetShuttle DSL, a single router that enables a network to reach the Internet with one ADSL connection and one account. NetShuttle DSL can be connected directly to the splitter of the ADSL line and offers transfer speeds...

HP snubs Dell.(Hewlett-Packard to longer supply peripherals to Dell)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Hewlett Packard has told Dell that it will no longer supply its peripheral products to the computer company to sell. This follows widespread expectations that Dell is to introduce its own range of desktop printers. The move is unlikely to...

Agfa goes arty.(Afga Monotype releases collection of 140 fonts)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Agfa Monotype has released the complete collection of 140 fonts from the P22 type foundry on Fonts.com. The collection joins more than 10,000 fonts on Fonts.com, and provides a blend of image and display fonts inspired by graphic styles from...

PS 6.1 for OS X.(Extensis Portfolio Server)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Extensis has announced the release of Portfolio Server for OS X. Portfolio Server now supports Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server in addition to Mac OS 9 and Windows. Portfolio Server 6.1 is available free to all registered owners of Portfolio Server...

Creo goes a bundle on Presstek plates.(with Trendsetter Quantum platesetters)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Creo is to bundle Presstek plates with its Trendsetter Quantum platesetters putting processless on a equal footing with standard thermal plates. Creo UK sales director Mark Nixon, says it ends an anomaly whereby printers wanting to use...

Pass4press nears take-off.(trial of new preflighting system)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... More than 250 advertisers are trialling a new preflighting system designed to validate digitally transmitted ads against core elements of the PPA Pass4press digital advertising standards. The initiative, developed by Httprint for PPA...

Schawk smiles in the face of adversity.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... US digital imaging specialist Schawk is seeing a slight upturn in demand for its services, which cover packaging prepress and brand asset management services. In his notes accompanying the company's Q2 figures, president and chief...

Selling and buying too.(Caraustar Industries to buy Smurfit Stone Container's Industrial Packaging Group)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Caraustar Industries plans to buy Smurfit Stone Container's Industrial Packaging Group for $79.8m. The business consists of 17 paper tube and core sites, three uncoated recycled paperboard mills and three partition factories in the US and...

Synthetic sheet.(PPG Industries launches Teslin printing sheet)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... New from PPG Industries is the Teslin synthetic printing sheet. A silica-based, porous, highly filled polyolefin material, it prints like paper, yet is durable and waterproof like plastic. Teslin is compatible with conventional printing methods...

Ahlstrom accolade.(Ahlstrom Paper's Rottersac mill gains ISO 14001)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Ahlstrom Paper's Rottersac mill in France, which operates two paper machines, super calenders, slitters and rewinders, has gained ISO 14001. The mill produces calendered papers, envelope windows and several technical applications. Ways to...

ICFPA will have a global viewpoint.(International Council of Forest and Paper Associations formed)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Trade associations in 39 countries representing industries accounting for 75% of the world's paper production, and more than 50% of the world's wood production, have formed the International Council of Forest & Paper Associations (ICFPA),...

Gould outlines invasion plans.(Gould Paper to enter UK, European markets)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Harry Gould, chairman and president of the giant US Gould Paper merchanting business, has outlined his plans to take on the UK and European markets (Printing World, last week) where he hopes to build up a large brokering business before moving...

Fewer papermill deaths.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... An industry safety initiative between April 1998 and March 2001 cut deaths and serious injuries by more than a quarter and led to a marked improvement in health and safety in the UK's papermills, according to new research published by the...

Burgo goes for origami.(corporate campaign)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Burgo's new corporate campaign uses origami as its theme and consists of five subjects, represented by images of animals, flowers and paper trees. Each subject is accompanied by a different headline, in which the opening phrase "comunicare...

Label Makers aim for peel appeal.(development of peel, reseal leaflet labels)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Bradford printer The Label Makers has answered the market call for peel and reseal leaflet labels. Its design studio has been working on the concept and sales director Kevin Lyons is enthusiastic about its new product. He says: "We foresee...

Heidelberg house.(Creative Colour Bureau acquires Heidelberg equipment)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Creative Colour Bureau, Glasgow, has spent #150,000 on finishing equipment making it a Heidelberg house from prepress to postpress. It has bought a Polar 92 guillotine, a Ti52 buckle folder with additional knife unit and a Stitchmaster ST100...

Kama in Jamaica.(Polygraph Kama sells its 10th machine)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Polygraph Kama, the German manufacturer of punching machines, has sold its 100th machine, the buyer being a packaging printer in Jamaica. Kama has enjoyed a good year, with sales now worth g6.4m and expected to rise to g7.4 in the current...

Fentons targets mail as its growth area.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Fentons, the Leeds company bought from the ashes of Margaret Fenton, the 70-year-old print firm at the end of last year, has identified mailing as core growth area and plans major expansion in its finishing activities. The company's...

T&B debuts at Fisherprint.(Fisherprint buys Theisen and Bonitz Flex B208 Cross VP line)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Peterborough commercial printer Fisherprint has added to its major investment in finishing equipment with the UK's first Theisen & Bonitz Flex B208 Cross VP collating, stitching and trimming line. It bought the line to give it greater...

Taylowe does diecutter double.(adds Bobst SP104-ER diecutter)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Polestar Taylowe has ordered a Bobst SP104-ER diecutter as the latest step in the #1.25m development programme taking place at the Maidenhead packaging works. It will be the second such line to arrive at the company in the past year and...

Rayleigh Acoro lifts SBA.(SBS Print Finishers moves into perfect binding)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... SBS Print Finishers in Rayleigh, has moved into perfect binding as a response to increased competition in the stitching market. The family-owned company has bought a Muller Martini Acoro A5, which now sits in its new factory. "More printers...

Cleared for take off.(Aero-Print back in business)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
August 5, 2002... Britain's best-known airline ticket printer was rescued from closure, just weeks after the September 11 attacks grounded many of its customers' planes. How are the new owners faring? By Alex Grant After 30 years as the UK's largest airline...

Charter marked.(MAN Roland GB introduces customer service charter)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... MAN Roland GB's introduction of a customer service charter means that its customers know where they stand. Others are taking note of the new approach By Gareth Ward We are living in a service society. The service industries stretch from...

Used, not abused.(used printing equipment market)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... The used equipment sector is meeting customer needs, and criticism of smaller dealers by Heidelberg Used Equipment is unfair By Mike Steele, BUPMSA chairman Judging by his note of farewell to the UK used printing equipment sector (Printing...

Ctp for the long term.(computer to plate systems analysis)
August 5, 2002... The choice of plate has a direct impact in any ctp operation. So where do we stand when it comes to thermal or violet and visible light? By Caryl Holland It is surprising how seldom plates and their processing are mentioned when the...

The wax of Waterstons.(company profile of George Waterston & Sons)(Company Profile)
August 5, 2002... In the year when the UK and Commonwealth are honouring the Queen's 50 years on the throne, George Waterston & Sons in Edinburgh is celebrating its 250th anniversary By Alastair Sutcliffe In 1752, 23-year-old William Waterston took over a...

AGI Media - Appointment.(Lee Newbon, Gary Mankoff)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... As Lee Newbon moves to become chairman of AGI Media, the MeadWestvaco company, he is succeeded by Gary Mankoff, formerly vice president and general manager of AGI Media in the US, who becomes chief operating officer. Copyright: CMP...

De La Rue Tapes & Holographics - Appointment.(Karen Cunningham)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Karen Cunningham, who won the title of De La Rue Innovator of the Year 2001, has been promoted to new product development manager at De La Rue Tapes & Holographics, Basingstoke. She was previously research manager at the firm's global services...

CMP Information - Appointments.(Andy Jordan, Bob Andrew, Martin Garrett)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Moves at CMP Information, publisher of Printing World, see Andy Jordan taking over the publishing responsibilities of all the building titles; Building Design, WNIB, Intra, Glass Age, Tile UK and all related activities as publishing director....

MAN Roland - Appointments.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Changes in top management at MAN Roland Belgium and MAN Roland Italia, the Belgian and Italian organisations of the former Omnigraph group of companies, see Werner Moriaux and Giuseppe Serafica replace the present chief executives Michel Raty...

KIP UK - Appointments.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Appointments at wide-format print specialist KIP UK, Daventry see David Taylor joining as direct account manager for the northern region, Darren Jones as technical support specialist, Roger Ashurst, Mark Biddulph and Paul Luxton will work in...

Smyth-Horne - Appointment.(Steve Stone)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Printers in central London and northern Home Counties will soon have Steve Stone knocking on their doors presenting Smyth-Horne's range of equipment. He has joined the Terry Cooper company as salesman. He has 28 years of experience in the...

Profectus Group - Appointment.(Ian Smith)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... The Profectus Group, has been joined by Ian Smith to guide its printing, repro and document management. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he set up Libra Business Services, which became Canon FM, and established the managed services...

National Printing Heritage Trust - Appointment.(Derek Nuttall retires as newsletter editor)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Derek Nuttall, founder trustee in 1988 of the National Printing Heritage Trust and its leading light ever since, is to relinquish editing the trust's newsletter after more than 30 issues. Mr Nuttall, who will soon be 70, says: "My only regret...

The Box Room - Appointments.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... Two new account executives have been taken on by multi-media agency The Box Room, Tamworth. They are Rachael Jackson and Christina Dawson. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

THE CV: Steve Oliver, Associate partner at The Midas Press.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 5, 2002... How long have you been in this role? I have been selling for 22 years and with The Midas Press for 11 years, I have been in my present role for the last two years. What is your background in print? I started as an apprentice...

OFT closes Xerox investigation.(Operating software licences at issue)(International Pages)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... The Office of Fair Trading is to shelve its investigation into allegations that Xerox breached section 18 of the Competition Act 1988, after Xerox made a commitment to change aspects of the way it licenses its operating systems and sells spare...

MPG at High Court.(Midlands Publishing Group sued for unpaid bill for ads)(International Pages)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Midlands Publishing Group, a Birmingham company that had once aimed to become a major printing group, faces winding up in the High Court this week. Ironically, MPG has been petitioned by the Financial Times over an unpaid bill of #3,000...

Downturn warning from MAN Roland.(2002 new orders dropped 34%)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2002... MAN Roland is warning of a downturn in business for 2002, despite favourable prospects in the global market for printed products over the medium and long term. It blames the worldwide slump in the advertising market. Pretax earnings of the...

Hyway's buyer.(UK sheetfed printer will be sold)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... The buyer of London sheetfed printer Hyway is likely to be revealed this week. As Printing World went to press last week, Phil Green, director at administrator RSM Robson Rhodes, said: `We have narrowed all the offers down to two, and out of...

Enter Integrapack.(New packaging machinery company)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Former Engleman & Buckham sales director Iain Buckham and ex-Linro sales director Karen Cobbett have set up Integrapack, a packaging machinery company which they say `aims to set a new industry standard for quality equipment and after sales...

Heaford celebrates.(Celebrates 20th anniversary in printing industry)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Manchester flexo and gravure prepress manufacturer JM Heaford is celebrating 20 years in business. During that time it has delivered more than 2,000 machines to customers in more than 70 countries. Spokesperson Mike Heaford says: `I see plenty...

Benham favourite for BT business directory.(Will feature purple pages)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Benhamgoodheadprint is the favourite to win the huge contract to print BT's new business directory which it is launching later this year with a print run of 22 million (Printing World, June 10). Being pitted as a rival to the Yellow Pages,...

June drop for manufacturing.(Manufacturing productivity declined 5.3% in June)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2002... Manufacturing productivity has dropped by 5.3% in June, mainly because of the four-day Bank Holiday weekend for the Queen's Jubilee and the World Cup. The drop is the first fall in output for six months and the largest single monthly fall...

Creo's Q3 shows small improvement.(Reports strong North American business)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2002... Although its Q3 earnings show a return to profit from the previous quarter, Creo's revenues are down on last year, according to its latest results. For the nine months ended June 30, 2002, Creo's revenues were $401.4m ($513.3m). Adjusted...

Bridge buys Barclay expertise and SM 102.(Direct mail specialist buys 10-color Heidelberg Speedmaster)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... Bridge Communications, the direct mail specialist in Romford, has taken advantage of the demise of Essex rival Carlton Barclay by recruiting seven former staff and buying its ten-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 along with three mailing lines....