Printing World articles from August 2005

Printing World archives from August 2005

Polestar hits fast forward for Sheffield capacity.
August 4, 2005... Polestar has brought forward plans to introduce more capacity at its Sheffield gravure plant. Ceo Barry Hibbert said the rapid development of the plant, which printed the first commercial job on its third Cerutti line this week, has led...

Kodak unveils.(product introduction)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Kodak will be unveiling a new MIS for the graphic communications industry at Print 05. Kodak said its Enterprise Management Solution (EMS) software, developed by Creo, provides a level of functionality that extends beyond traditional MIS....

Tim Taylor exits B&T for Screen role.(appointments)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Tim Taylor, Butler & Tanner's marketing director, has left the company to join Screen Europe. News of Mr Taylor's departure comes as the book printer's strategic review nears completion. Mr Taylor has obtained the position of European...

Amicus decision.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Amicus is seeking advice from a pensions specialist this week before making a decision on whether to take court action against Goss over redundancy payments. Thirty-six compulsory and 18 voluntary redundancies have been made so far at Goss'...

Margins sink at Quebecor.(company sales and revenue)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Margins sank at Quebecor World's UK operations in the second quarter as the company compensated for the loss of the Associated Newspapers supplement printing contract with lower margin work. The company took restructuring and other charges of...

New workflow.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Agfa and Hiflex have developed a new workflow with full JDF connectivity between Agfa's ApogeeX and Hiflex's MIS. The prepress workflow is in place at Tanghe Printing, Belgium. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Varnicoat pre-flighting software.(Polestar Varnicoat)(Square Group)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Polestar Varnicoat has ordered StingRay and Dev Zero G's PrintSure from the Square Group to boost its file transfer and web based pre- flighting. Varnicoat is the fourth site within the group to acquire the software after Purnell, Sheffield and...

IKKFOA invites contact.(Independent Kall Kwik Franchise Owners Association )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Independent Kall Kwik Franchise Owners Association (IKKFOA) is inviting potential buyers of its parent company Adare Group to contact it. IKKFOA said it will be happy to work with any new owner on strategies for growing and developing the...

Ethedo Press installation.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Ethedo Press, High Wycombe, has installed Fuji Open Workflow and is using Fujifilm's Brillia LH-PIE plates for its thermal ctp unit. Ethedo also opted for Liso screening for its high end POS and publishing clients. Copyright: CMP...

MacDermid announces disappointing financial results.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... MacDermid has announced disappointing financial results in its printing solutions segment for the first half and second quarter of 2005 but praised Colorspan's performance. The printing solutions business increased sales by $6.3m (#3.5m) or...

New certified process for proofer.(Kodak's Graphic Communications Group)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Kodak's Graphic Communications Group (GCG) has announced a new certified process for its Veris proofer. The Veris now supports two certified processes: the established Process for Proofing and the new Certified Process for colour confirmation....

Trinity to match NI with plan for full-colour.
August 4, 2005... Trinity Mirror has announced plans to match rival News International to bring full-colour printing to its national titles by 2008. The company said it will spend #83m on new presses at Mirror Colour Print sites in Watford and Cardonald in...

FoC is dressed to kill.(Freedom of Creation)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Dutch design company Freedom of Creation (FoC) has printed a dress using laser sintering technology. The piece of kit from Electro-Optical Systems (EOS), the Eosint P380, is a rapid prototyping machine that lays down layers of plastic...

NI set to win Waltham war.(Murdoch's News International)(News International )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Broxbourne councillors and Waltham Cross residents were resigned to defeat in the battle to halt planning permission for Murdoch's News International printing plant as Printing World went to press. Prior to the full application meeting on...

30 jobs go in St Ives rejig.(Reorganization and restructuring)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... St Ives has finalised the restructuring of its Woolwich and Romford financial sites at the expense of 30 jobs. The company's non-unionised Woolwich plant closed last week after a 30 day consultation process. Fifteen employees at the site...

Inca at Print 05.(Inca Digital Printers Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Inca Digital Printers will demonstrate its Columbia Turbo and Spyder 320 flatbed inkjet printers at Print 05. Inca will use the show to discuss its new Autospeed handling system designed to maximise the output of its Columbia and Columbia Turbo...

Kall Kwik appointment.(appointment of David Ivall )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Kall Kwik has appointed David Ivall as head of sales and business development. Mr Ivall joins from Royal Mail where he was area general manager and has 15 years' experience in sales and operations with BP Retail. Copyright: CMP Information...

Softcare for Adobe.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Softcare's Overset Manager and Notes Manager are now available for Adobe Creative Suite 2. SoftCare Overset Manager gives users control over text length and overset. SoftCare Notes Manager improves the native inline notes in InDesign and...

CPC installs press.(printing industry)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... CPC has installed a six-colour HP Indigo 3050 at its Malmesbury premises. CPC hopes the press will help it grow in the highly individualised corporate communications market, and will use it for applications such as digitally printed aerial...

Moore achieves ISO.(Moore Response Marketing Services)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Moore Response Marketing has achieved ISO certifications for all three of its European plants. The Netherlands, France and Belgium sites have all been awarded the ISO9001:2000 for quality management, and the Dutch and Belgian plants have also...

Dippon moves into offset litho.(Dippon Labels )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Dippon Labels is moving into offset litho next month with a Heidelberg Printmaster PM74-2. Dippon has also ordered a Polar 78X guillotine and plans to purchase a six-colour press later this year. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Borough of Sutton to appoint contractor.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The London Borough of Sutton is seeking to appoint a contractor to design, print and publish its six-issues-per-year residents' magazine. Each issue has a print run of approximately 90,000. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Bay grows with Fencourt staff and MLP presses.(Bay Print)(Fencourt Printers )(MLP UK)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Bay Print has saved the majority of employees of failed neighbour Fencourt Printers from unemployment backed by an order for two Mitsubishi presses. The Littlehampton, West Sussex, commercial printer has taken on 16 individuals caught up...

Asbo hangs over waste rule breakers.(anti-social behaviour orders)(printing industry waste laws)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Printers who do not comply with new waste laws could find themselves facing anti-social behaviour orders, the UK's pollution watchdog has warned. The Environment Agency said the use of Asbos could be an effective deterrent against...

Heidelberg Q1 below par.(Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG's first quarter results)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Heidelberg turned in a lacklustre result for its first quarter 2005 with sales coming in below analyst forecasts. The press manufacturer was expected to report revenues of E679m but the figure was slightly lower at E660m, partly due to...

Lulu.com performs on demand.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... A new book on-demand business has been launched in the UK this week backed by Xerox digital printing firepower. Established by Bob Young, the pioneer of open source software company Red Hat, Lulu.com enables authors to upload manuscripts...

Thomson set to breathe new life into Variquik.(Thomson Litho)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Variquik book press could be making a comeback under plans by owner Thomson Litho to develop the brand and make a show at Ipex, ceo Matt Thomson said. The rights to the press were bought by Mr Thomson during the break up of Bristol...

Risk weighed.(future printing company sales)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... More than one-quarter of printers would be at immediate risk if the economy slipped into recession, a new financial analysis of the industry found. Plimsoll Publishing assessed sales and profitability of the top 2,000 companies in the UK...

PCP lands #500K Foxtons magazine deal.(Precision Colour Printing )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Precision Colour Printing is to print the monthly property magazines for Foxtons, one of London's largest estate agents. The deal is worth more than #500,000 a year and involves almost 1 million copies of a 16pp magazine in 21 editions,...

Charterhouse contract.(Charterhouse Printing Ltd)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Charterhouse has won the Callaway Golf account. The contract includes pan-European brochure, direct mail and POS projects, all produced in several different languages and distributed throughout the golf manufacturer's European outlets. ...

PVS tenders.( Plant Variety Rights Office and Seed Division contract of official labels)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Plant Variety Rights Office and Seed Division (PVS), part of Defra, is inviting tenders for the printing, supply and distribution of its official labels. The PVS is the sole supplier of official seed certification labels are available to...

Northumbria Police Authority contract.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Northumbria Police Authority is looking to procure print services to supplement its inhouse digital print unit. The contract will include business stationery, posters and leaflets and may require design work. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd....

CDD contract.(CDD Prospectus Printing wins contract of The Open University's prospectuses)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... CDD Prospectus Printing has won the contract to print The Open University's prospectuses for delivery in January. The two brochures will be printed four-colour litho. CDD will also supply 250 tonnes of 70gsm and 26 tonnes of 150gsm white...

Hydrographic Office contracts.(contract for ctp thermal plates and printing inks)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has awarded a three-year contract to supply ctp thermal plates and chemistry to Fuji and a three- year contract to Pomeroy Pressroom Products to supply chart printing inks. Copyright: CMP Information...

Natural Environment Research Council tenders.(digital printing equipment and software)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The Natural Environment Research Council is inviting tenders for its supply of digital printing equipment, software and accessories to commence on January 1 2006 for four years. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Euro Packaging battle ends with secret deal.(Graphical Paper and Media Union)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... A secret deal has been struck to end the long running battle over job losses at Euro Packaging that became embroiled in a strike over union recognition. The Birmingham company, which makes bags for Tesco, Sainsbury's, Argos and Asda, faced...

Artisan opts for Agfa prepress.(Artisan Design & Print)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Artisan Design & Print in Oxfordshire has installed Agfa prepress technology after expanding onto a new site. After forming the company in a turkey shed in 1995 Artisan's managing director Neil Buckingham oversaw the move to the current...

OTM spend pays off.(data processing )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... OTM's #1m investment in two IGen3 digital presses has enabled the subsidiary of the Opus Trust Group to win a giant three-year contract with First Choice. The company is handling the data processing and printing of personalised travel...

BAPC scheme sees first fruits.(British Association for Print and Communication's training to printing companies' executives)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The BAPC has produced its first success stories from its free training and assistance schemes. Launched last year with funding from the European Social Fund, the BAPC's trainers have helped Partners in Print's general manager Paul Stokes...

BPIF hits out as good H&S reaps no reward.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The BPIF has hit out at the failure of the insurance industry to reduce premiums for printers with good health and safety practices. National health and safety advisor Dale Wallis said the Association of British Insurers' Making the Market...

Drent gets in Marathon.(Drent Goebel)(RDP Marathon)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Drent Goebel has taken a majority stake in RDP Marathon, a Canadian press manufacturer with extensive experience in sleeve technology. This represents further consolidation in the narrow to medium width web sector for presses capable of high...

Wares wins with Ratio.(bookbinder)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Wares, a bookbinder in Somerset, has won six new contracts off the back of its Kolbus Ratiobinder, the first in the UK, and a CMC Ritmica SH-30 inserting and wrapping line. The investment has enabled the Clevedon company to increase...

Greenaways grows west.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Financial printer Greenaways is eyeing expansion in the south-west after joining a partnership to offer services to firms in the area seeking an IPO. JBP Public Relations, Clifton, began the Exchange Team to create closer bonds between...

COMMENT: Develop and don't be depressed.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... One printing colleague I chatted with earlier in the week could have turned me into a manic depressive, so gloomy were his general observations on the state of the industry. The usual topics got a good run: low margins; silly prices;...

Letter: No mention of lives ruined.(Letter to the Editor)
August 4, 2005... I read with interest the excerpt from Rupert Murdoch's 1989 lecture, "The way it worked: Fleet Street" (Printing World, July 21). While I agree something had to be done, the way Murdoch, under Thatcher's protection, undertook the underhand task...

Letter: News alerts service enjoyed.(Letter to the Editor)
August 4, 2005... I enjoy receiving your daily news service I receive via e-mail. Do you have any plans to make this available as an RSS news feed for companies to add to their websites? I think that your daily news alert would lend itself quite well to the...

Manufacturing recession.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The percentage of manufacturers reporting an increase in output rose in June, according to data from the CBI. But the balance of confidence registered its fourth consecutive negative figure, backing up official data that shows manufacturing has...

MAN Group refocus.(printing machinery)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... MAN Roland's parent company has begun rationalising operations with the sale of its MAN Wolffkran crane hire business. MAN Group is moving to focus solely on the core business areas of printing, commercial vehicles, industrial services, diesel...

Banks to pay.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Chancellor Gordon Brown is forcing banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland that print their own notes to pay #80m for the privilege, overturning more than a century of tradition. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

UBM profits increase.(United Business Media)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Revenues rose 19.7% at United Business Media, parent company of Printing World publisher CMP Information, in the first half of the year. Pre-tax profits increased 30.1% to #81.3m. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Pearson back into profit.(company sales and earnings)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times and owner of Penguin Books, has moved back into profit after registering a 5% increase in advertising revenues. The company cut first-half losses by more than 70%. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Metso profits.(company sales and earnings)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Metso almost doubled profits to E53m in its second quarter. The company expects demand for rebuilds and aftermarket services in the pulp and paper industry to remain good. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Lockout fuels paper hikes.
August 4, 2005... Paper companies look set to increase prices on the back of strong demand and low inventories, as figures reveal the cost of the Finnish mill lockouts. UPM chief executive Jussi Pesonen said it is in negotiations with customers over hikes,...

Profits and sales up at Canon Europe.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Canon Europe's sales in the first half of the year rose 6.5% on the same period in 2004 following an increase in demand for colour documents. Total sales for the six-month period were #9.04bn. Operating profits were 6.6% higher than in...

Global Graphics returns to black.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Demand for digital printing and electronic document products has pushed Global Graphics into the black. Chief operating officer Jim Freidah said while the company's traditional commercial printing customer base performed well in the second...

De La Rue's results in line with expectations.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The absence of a major banknote-printing contract kept De La Rue's expectations for the 2005-06 financial year in line with earlier forecasts. The security printing firm said it was on track to meet the board's expectations after strong...

Elsevier to pull out of print?(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Reed Elsevier has warned it could abandon printed media. Chief executive Sir Crispin Davis told the Daily Telegraph half of the publisher's business would be online within four years and eventually "you could see Reed Elsevier as an almost...

Sappi posts #109m loss following costs rise.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Sappi posted a third-quarter loss of #109.7m as a result of higher wood, chemical and energy costs, as well as a failure to increase paper prices in Europe. The situation was compounded by the papermaker losing market share as a result of...

Compulsory winding-up.
August 4, 2005... The following cases are due to be heard at Bristol District Registry, The Guildhall, Small Street, Bristol * Tempo Press Ltd Mackenzie House, Coach and Horses Passage, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5NP on August 24 at 10.00am. Petition...

Appointment of liquidators.(Protocol (Gloucester) Ltd Design and graphics)(Rodney Howe Ltd Paper, printing and publishing)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... * Protocol (Gloucester) Ltd Design and graphics. Liquidator: PJ Gorman, Hazlewoods LLP, Windsor House, Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucester GL4 3RT * Rodney Howe Ltd Paper, printing and publishing. Liquidator: NA Bennett, Leonard Curtis & Co,...

Appointment of administrators.(Batwatch Ltd Printing)(contracts)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... * Mailing & Printing Company Ltd Mailing and printing. Administrators: A Andronikou and PA Kubik, UHY Hacker Young, St Alphage House, 2 Fore Street, London EC2Y 5DH * Batwatch Ltd Printing. Administrators: PA Flint and RD Fleming, KPMG...

Notices to creditors.
August 4, 2005... * Croftacre Holdings Ltd, Papermarc Sales Ltd and Papermarc Holdings Ltd Creditors to send claims to AWA Batty, Antony Batty & Co, New House, Suite 24, 67-68 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8JY by August 15 Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Final meetings.
August 4, 2005... * Print Channel.com Europe Ltd at David Rubin & Partners, Pearl Assurance House, 319 Ballards Lane, London N12 8LY on September 2 at 10.00am for members and 10.15am for creditors * GK Labels Ltd (formerly known as Shophollywood Ltd) at Shaw...

Disclaimer.
August 4, 2005... * M&G Print Services Ltd 14-16 Britten Road, Reading, Berkshire RG2 0AU wishes to make it known it has no connection with MG Print Services Ltd, as mentioned in Legals of July 28. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Stehlin to distribute Printek's blanket range.(Stehlin Hostag appointed by Printec)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Rod Hayes Stehlin Hostag UK has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor for the Printec range of blankets. This range of blankets targeted at the high-performance end of the market is manufactured in Brazil by DayBrazil. ...

Q&A X-Rite Colour Guide and Glossary.
August 4, 2005... Part 11 of the guide looks at colour management - calibration and profiles The first step to colour management is to look at your window into the digital world - your monitor. Making your monitor the reference is actually a two-part...

Production CV: Steve Fearnley.(printing industry)(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 4, 2005... Biography Steve Fearnley, 44, is production director of Folio, the Bristol trade finisher and Printing World award winner. He is responsible for a range of equipment and has a challenging mix of jobs How did you get into the printing...

The way it worked: Eric Gill.
August 4, 2005... Although Eric Gill is best remembered in our business as the designer of Gill Sans, Joanna and Perpetua, he was better known in a much wider field. He was commissioned to create the sculptures on Broadcasting House and St James's Tube station,...

HOLIDAY RIGHTS: Seasons in the sun.
August 4, 2005... Holidays are the two weeks that sustain us through the working year. So if you know your holiday rights you can lie back and enjoy yourself By Christine Lancaster and Douglas Taylor Now is the time of year when most workers take their...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Bristol fashion.(Folio)
August 4, 2005... Folio (Bristol), the independent trade finisher, has emerged from a bruising battle for survival with the Printing World Award for finishing. Victory in both is a vindication of a culture to win respect for the job. Robin Meade reports ...

Top quality print for Aston Martin.(printing brochures)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Folio's winning entry for the Printing World Awards was a high quality brochure for the Aston Martin Vantage. The finished piece was 48pp plus covers in a 49,500 run split in six languages. Text pages were spot varnished and incorporated...

CTP: Options on plates.
August 4, 2005... Richard Hill, KPG's European product marketing manager, gives his views on the current ctp market In the UK, about 60% of all commercial printers handling B2 sizes and above have metal ctp systems. However, when you consider that there...

CTP: The world scene.(printing technology)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... The UK was an early adopter of ctp and this has meant that it does not necessarily mirror the pattern of ctp worldwide. A number of differences around the world, compared with the UK, can be highlighted and provide useful insight into...

CTP: Technological moves.
August 4, 2005... The fear of being locked into a particular type of technology is still there, particularly now that processless or variants on minimum processing emulsions are beginning to make an appearance. No matter how closely the plate manufacturers...

What's new from KPG.(photopolymer plates)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... To complement its thermal technology product range, KPG has developed two violet photopolymer plates. The VioletNews plate was recently launched for the newspaper market, while a commercial version will be introduced later this year. ...

What ctp system best suits your business?(computer to plate)
August 4, 2005... Ctp is not for everyone and although the percentage of smaller printers using these systems is expected to grow significantly this year, there is still a large number of companies producing their plates conventionally. There is much they...

ONLINE ORDERING: Orders please.
August 4, 2005... Does every printer need an MIS with online ordering capability to be profitable? By Tom Hawkins Printers are fighting back. It has long been a buyer's market but faced with increasingly short lead times, overcapacity and pressure to...

Longer term partnerships.(Jade Press )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... * CASE STUDY - Medium sized design and print company Jade Press has been a user of the full Tharstern SQL version for six years and went live with the online purchasing module earlier this year. The company has developed a bespoke,...

Asda orders POS online.(point of sale)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... * CASE STUDY - Large point of sale printer Online purchasing is absolutely vital to point of sale printer Bezier. The company was an early adopter of PrismWin MIS in 1998 and has installed the PWC online ordering module to tie into the...

Domino appointments.(Domino Printing Sciences appoints Yann Gorrity )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Domino Printing Sciences has appointed Yann Gorrity as director general of the company's French arm, Domino SAS. Mr Gorrity replaces Gilles Buisson, who takes over as director general of Domino USA on September 1. Copyright: CMP...

Free upgrade.(ColorGate's service)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... ColorGate is offering a free upgrade for all its Version 4 products. It includes Speed Screen, a new raster technology that the company claims increases productivity within large format inkjet production environments. Copyright: CMP...

Adobe Awards.(Adobe's 2005 Design Achievement Awards)(Sophie Clements of the Royal College of Art)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Sophie Clements from the Royal College of Art in London has won the time-based media category at Adobe's 2005 Design Achievement Awards. The winners in each of the nine categories had to beat competition from 1,500 students from ten countries....

Editor's Choice Award.(Kodak's Digimaster E125)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Kodak's Digimaster E125 has been awarded an Editor's Choice Award in the 2005 Better Buys for Business High Volume Printer and Digital Duplicator Guide. Award winners are selected through analysis of their performance and value, as well as from...

Printer supported by InterPlot.(TCS400 with driver pack)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... Oce's TCS400 integrated large format multi-function printer is supported by the InterPlot driver pack from Bentley Systems, which is part of the InterPlot creation, storage and network distribution system. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.