Printing World articles from June 2002

Printing World archives from June 2002

Magazine waste issues examined.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Pira International and the Periodical Publishers' Association have started a ten-month probe of the magazine sector, with a view to cutting the amount of ink and paper wasted on publications which are never bought and then pulped. Roughly...

PPA hits out.(Periodical Publishers' Association protests new Royal Mail rates)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Magazine publishers say their "worst fears" about Royal Mail proposals to charge by size, not just weight, have been confirmed. The Royal Mail started consulting on so-called "format-pricing" two months ago. It promised that the new system...

German pay pact.(for printing industry workers)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... German print union Ver.di and the employers federation BVD have reached agreement on a pay deal after a series of one shift stoppages which hit commercial and newspaper printers across the country. German printers will receive a 3.4% pay...

Ideal situation.(Kall Kwik Widnes wins equipment)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Kall Kwik Widnes was the lucky winner of an Ideal 4850-95 EP keypad power guillotine after centre manager Donna McCubbing won the prize draw on the Babs' Ipex stand. Branch owner Roger Leach was delighted. He says: `I didn't even know she'd...

Entente cordiale.(Keywords Fulfilment receives contract)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Keywords Fulfilment, Southampton, is going Continental with its latest client win, French company TV Direct Distribution. Keywords has been appointed to handle the UK fulfilment of catalogue orders of TV Direct's health products. Diana Gebbett,...

SE goes ctp.(Southeast England)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... South-east England is making the transition to ctp with confidence, according to Screen dealer United Graphics in Maidstone. It expects to sell at least 15 Screen PlateRite thermal platesetters in the region by the end of the year, along with...

Harman harmony.(Harman Print Finishers develops direct mail finishing)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... It is not all doom and gloom in the finishing sector. A number of print finishers are continuing to invest, and Lee Harman, managing director of Harman Print Finishers near Crawley has decided to develop the direct mail side of his business....

BPIF and GPMU set for levy clash.(over Print 21 report)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The GPMU is on a collision course with the BPIF over its support for a statutory training levy. This was included as a suggested way to solve print's training crisis in the Print 21 report and the union is now accusing the employers'...

Des Page sells holding.(in Page Overton Associates)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Des Page of recruitment agency Page Overton Associates in Burton upon Trent, has sold his majority shareholding to Colin Ransom of M4R. Page Overton will continue to trade under the leadership of Mr Ransom as managing director and Mr Page...

Hula Hoops scoop.(KP Foods packages new snack in Amcor Flexibles product)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... KP Foods has launched its Hula Hoops Shoks snack in cube shaped packs from Amcor Flexibles Europe. A mini version of Amcor FlexCan, the stand- up flexible container was chosen by KP as a new pack format to ensure maximum on-shelf impact. The...

As seen on tv.(Copyprint appears in BBC program)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... A BBC TV production crew has paid a visit to BPIF member Copyprint which is to appear in the Health & Safety episode of a new series called Working for Yourself. Copyprint sales director and health and safety officer Des Brennan assisted the...

Polymer blameless in faulty fivers fiasco.(problem with new currency)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Experts at the Bank of England Printing Works at Debden "may have to go back to the drawing board" after it emerged that serial numbers can be rubbed off the new #5 banknote in as little as three minutes. Many commentators have blamed the...

Open house at Ry-Offset.(for secondhand Ryobi presses)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Ry-Offset is holding an open house at its Lee Green, London, premises to show some of the latest secondhand Ryobi presses it has to offer. Equipment to be demonstrated includes a four-colour Ryobi 524H, two- colour Ryobi 522E and...

S&M hits the buffers.(Smith and McLaurin)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Smith & McLaurin, the 150-year-old Scottish supplier of label laminates, was taken into administration last week. Blair Nimmo, corporate recovery partner at KPMG in Glasgow, says: "We are continuing to trade the business as normal and are...

Consolidation in Coventry print.
June 3, 2002... Masterprinters, Leamington Spa; Lithomaster, Warwick and Reynolds Press, Coventry have joined forces to form Graphic Solutions Group, with the aim of providing high quality graphic and print services and becoming a major UK player. The...

Four for Canon.
June 3, 2002... Canon has selected four UK suppliers for its latest range of large format printers: Computer 2000, AD Young Technical Services, Perfect Colours and Anage Printing Systems. The range includes the BJ-W9000, BJ- 8500, BJ-W3050 and BJ-W3000. ...

Accolade for CPC.
June 3, 2002... SC Johnson, the multinational household cleaning products manufacturer, has recognised Bristol's CPC Packaging as a Partner in Quality for the supply of folding cartons, blister packs and window patched cartons. SC Johnson's European strategic...

Build your own press.
June 3, 2002... Heidelberg Used Equipment has launched a new website on which customers are invited to build their own press specification. Customers submit a form online and the local Heidelberg representative will work with them to try and best match their...

At your service.
June 3, 2002... Repropoint, a member of the ColourLink network with branches in Woking, Portsmouth, Southampton and Guildford, is implementing a national contract service, to meet the needs of customers requiring same day plan printing. Mike Webb, managing...

Radio Times switches on to Graphic Facilities.
June 3, 2002... Graphic Facilities will handle prepress for BBC Publishing's flagship title Radio Times from the end of next month, ending more than 70 years' association with Polestar and its predecessors. The move paves the way for all digital production...

Ultrachem wins tribunal.
June 3, 2002... Ultrachem has won its legal battle with former accountant Andreas Soteriou. An Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed on all grounds the appeal against the decision last year that the company had been within its rights to dismiss him. A...

Kylie Minogue even glitzier.
June 3, 2002... Kylie Minogue has made another film appearance in the shape of the official brochure for her current Fever tour. The design team used 3M's new Radiant Colour film on the cover to make the pint-sized popstar even glitzier. `It is appropriate...

HP software for bespoke applications.
June 3, 2002... Hewlett Packard is releasing software to allow developers to create applications around digital printing. Three are aimed at network and office applications, one is aimed at allowing outside companies provide applications to drive HP Indigo...

Six sign for Picon.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Picon has attracted six new members, bringing to ten the number of suppliers that have signed up so far this year. The sextet comprises Weko UK, FC Imaging, Carlisle Brothers, Kolbus UK, MM Digital and IST UK. `This latest group of new members...

Northprint diary date.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Northprint organiser Reed Exhibitions says 80% of space has already been reserved for next year's show, which takes place on May 13-15. Exhibition director Andrew Furness says: `Northprint is an ideal way of spending the least amount of time...

Glasgow gloss.
June 3, 2002... Glasgow printer Labelgraphics has produced these self-adhesive waterproof film labels for plant food containers, using Avery Dennison Fasson Roll Europe's new Fasson PE Premium labelstock. They were printed uv flexo on a Gallus Arsoma press in...

ICS has first MM Valore.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Interprint Creative Services, Knaresborough, has become the first company in the UK to install Muller Martini's entry-level Valore stitcher. The machine was given a European debut at Ipex and appealed to Interprint, a large printing...

MMI goes on a recruitment drive.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Mail Marketing International is halfway through its #2.5m modernisation programme and expects to add to its 300 staff with 20 new recruits as a result. Investment at the direct mail company in Bedminster, near Bristol, so far has included...

Screen sees Positive moves.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... South-west London printer Positive Images has bought a Screen PlateRite 4000 B2 thermal platesetter complete with Trueflow from Screen reseller Bousfield. The spend is the Wimbledon company's first step into ctp and brings added capacity which...

Newspapers go global.(Toronto Globe & Mail printed by Asahi newspaper group abroad)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The Toronto Globe & Mail and the Asahi newspaper group in Japan are to begin live production at printworks set up by Oce in Johannesburg and London. Following the Financial Times starting live production at its first location in South...

Lynhurst limbers up.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Lynhurst Press, Essex has added to its Komori and Duplo equipment with a new Komori five-colour Lithrone 520 and a five-colour Lithrone 528 with coater, both with semi-automatic plate changing, as well as a Duplo System 4000 bookletmaking...

Monitor price cuts.(from TypeMaker)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... TypeMaker, the Birmingham colour management dealer, has trimmed more than #700 off the price of the Barco Reference Calibrator V monitor, which now costs #3,250 excluding VAT. Meanwhile, the Barco Personal Calibrator V has been replaced with a...

Back on Tyneside.(Print Design & Graphics)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The customer who effectively got Print Design & Graphics started in the carton printing business has returned as a customer to the Newcastle packaging printer after 18 years. Michael Lowe was the owner of PDG client AQF and has now re-emerged...

Cool move.(ICS Group relocates and expands)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Air conditioning and press cooling specialist ICS Group has relocated and expanded its service division Industrial Cooling Services to new premises in New Milton, Hampshire. It has increased its number of field based service engineers to 25....

Bullying action.(GMPU posts online forums for disgruntled workers)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The GPMU is using the Internet to counter workplace bullying by launching websites as forums for workers of two Oxford publishers to discuss issues affecting them. The union's Home Counties West branch says it is receiving an increasing...

NexPress at the heart of start-up.(Impress Digital)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... As new company Impress Digital opens its doors at Brunswick Business Park, Liverpool, a NexPress 2100 will be its driving force. With the start-up supported by Close Asset Finance, Impress Digital is the brainchild of Barry Hodgson who...

Landmark deal for Close Asset.(with Jantec)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Close Asset Finance has signed its 10,000th finance deal with Southampton printer Jantec, which only weeks earlier had bought a Speedmaster SM 74 five-colour and a Topsetter 74 ctp with CAF's support. It tied up an order for a Speedmaster...

Press hall spells new era for Furness.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Furness Newspapers, publisher of the North West Evening Mail, has begun construction of a new press hall to house the Solna D400 ordered last Ifra (Printing World, October 22). Total spend for the project is #5.5m and marks a major turning...

Scratching the surface.(problems at the Bank of England Printing Works)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The national press has had a great deal of fun with the failed launch of the new #5 note. Journalists took to scraping away at the surface to prove that the notes were really flaky and then printed the result on the front pages of the...

Potts in at No 48.(for fastest growing firm in UK)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 3, 2002... Thomas Potts, the print group that includes Premier Metropolis and CCS and that bought Fairway PSD in April, has been judged the 48th fastest growing firm in the UK. The group came in midway down the Deloitte & Touche Indy 100 table, for which...

In the market?(Pearson-owned magazines)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Pearson-owned magazines including Investors Chronicle and The Banker are up for grabs again after a planned mbo by Stephen Hill, former chief executive of their publisher FT Business, hit a hurdle. Hollinger, publisher of the Daily Telegraph,...

Job ads still low.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Recruitment advertising - a reliable barometer for the economy as a whole and printing industry alike - has fallen 30% in the past year, figures from Nielsen Media Research show. The decline continued unabated in January to March this year. ...

Smooth operation for euro change.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The transition to the euro last January went smoothly and would go even more smoothly in the UK were we to join the single currency, a new report argues. As a result, Britain could join the euro more quickly than expected once a referendum...

Emap plans printer cull.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 3, 2002... The writing is on the wall for printers that work for Emap. There are too many of them and the publisher is poised to ditch some. Production director Andy Franks says: "We don't want to drive anyone out of business, but we want to reduce...

De La Rue profits up.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 3, 2002... Although De La Rue's profits are up 15.7% overall to #90.6m in the year to March 30, the ink-on-paper part of the business did far less well than other areas, according to preliminary results. The cash systems division saw profits almost...

API sees losses cut.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 3, 2002... API, the finishing materials group, has managed to reduce its half-year losses and says it is on course to be back in the black in the second half. The company suffered an annual loss of #4.5m last year, and a year ago announced a...

Plastic bag tax worries BPF.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Plans to introduce a tax on plastic shopping bags have been criticised by the plastics trade association. The British Plastics Federation has accused environment minister Michael Meacher of "jumping on a bandwagon" by proposing that the UK...

Compulsory winding up.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The following case is due to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2 * Popprints UK Ltd 4 Saint John's Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 1DJ on June 12 at 10.30am. Petition by Mishcon de Reya. Copyright: CMP...

Getting the message.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Mike Jahn, a PDF evangelist with Agfa during the introduction of Apogee, has joined Enfocus Software, the developer of the Certified PDF checker and other preflighting software. His role with the Belgian developer will be Certified PDF...

Faster 3B2.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Advent Publishing Systems has packaged a collection of standard software modules used in association with the production of complex publications using its 3B2 application as the Advent 3B2 Library. The suite includes fully tested software...

Esma signs more.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Esma has signed several more suppliers as members as the organisation seeks to become the voice of specialist digital printing in Europe, based on large format display printing. An initial project will be to document the various colour...

Suitcase peddler.(FontDoctor)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Extensis is offering Morrison SoftDesign's FontDoctor at less than #20 for registered Suitcase 10 users, #30 less than the list price. Suitcase 10.1 can manage fonts in four font folders available on Mac OS X. Copyright: CMP Information...

Fuji's violet rivals thermal quality.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The distinction between violet diode plates and thermal technology on the grounds of quality is out of date according to FujiFilm Electronic Imaging managing director Andy Cook. He argues that with the photopolymer violet diode sensitive...

Dell may print.(expansion into printer products)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... US newspapers are reporting that computer manufacturer Dell is considering a move into printers, a decision which could have a hefty impact on Hewlett Packard which leads the market for desktop printers. Until now Dell has supplied printers...

Mtivity wins prepress deal.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Electronic Solutions has signed up with Mtivity, the specialist software company that emerged from Printmountain.com. Mtivity will supply applications that allow the London WC1 premedia specialist to connect to customers in advertising,...

Fisherprint aims for digital.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... An indepth investigation of digital workflows led Peterborough's Fisherprint to install an Agfa Avantra 44 imagesetter, now followed by a Galileo platesetter accompanied by a Sherpa proofer. The company is exposing violet plates producing...

Bright Spaark.(Spaark appointed European importer)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... German digital media specialist Spaark has been appointed European importer for Paper Tyger Super White, a smooth, lightweight, uncoated, laminated, acid-free paper made in the US. Spaark says the paper is tear, water, grease, oil and weather...

Backlit posters.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Folex has launched the Folajet backlit film with which it claims to have solved the problem of backlit posters looking slightly dull when they are printed in reverse to protect them from abrasion. The 125micron thick film is compatible with...

China aid for troubled Asia Pulp & Paper.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The Chinese Government has given credit to Asia Pulp & Paper to allow the debt-ridden conglomerate to build a $1.3bn pulp plant in China's Hainan province. The news breaks as spot pulp prices in Asia rocket, with suppliers pushing through...

Ahlstrom raises label prices.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Ahlstrom's LabelPack division, one of the largest manufacturers of speciality papers for flexible packaging and labelling in Europe, has announced a E80 per tonne price hike across all grades. Behind the increase is the price rise in...

Soros linked to Smurfit.(George Soros)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Billionaire investment guru George Soros is reported to be interested in taking a stake in Jefferson Smurfit. The Irish edition of the Sunday Times has claimed Mr Soros has held talks with Madison Dearborn, the private equity firm that is...

Esko's offerings.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The DMX HS high speed ctp platesetter has joined Esko Graphics' DMX 2737 and 3141 platesetters to make a complete range targeted at newspaper publishers wanting to expand into printing opportunities. DMX platesetters enable the output of a...

Read all about it.(newspapers approve company performance)(Brief Article)(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
June 3, 2002... Forty-three percent of the newspaper sector improved their company's performance last year, according to a new report from Plimsoll Publishing. Aimed at managers and decision makers, Plimsoll's 1,154 page newspaper report is available by...

Regionals celebrate.(Local Newspaper Week)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... With around 1,300 regional newspapers in the UK, according to the Newspaper Society, there should be cause to celebrate during Local Newspaper Week, which runs from June 24-30. David Newell, NS director, says: `With the focus on the Golden...

French success.(La Depeche du Midi to use new equipment from Idab Wamac)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The Toulouse publication La Depeche du Midi is replacing its existing Ferag mailroom equipment with a system from Idab Wamac. PCC 903 single copy gripper conveyors will be connected to the presses to move the copies one by one at high speed...

Austrian papers choose Roland.(Styria Medien newspapers to be printed by MAN Roland presses)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... All the newspapers published by Styria Medien in Graz will be printed in four colours following the group's order for four MAN Roland newspaper presses. Three Colormans of the nine-cylinder satellite design and one Uniset press join...

Sublima first for Norway.(from Agfa for the Agderposten Trykk)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Norwegian newspaper Agderposten Trykk, in Arendal, is the first user of Agfa's Sublima patented screening technology for newspaper production, using Lithostar silver plates. Agderposten Trykk used Agfa Sublima screening in combination with...

Enhance for Goss products.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Goss Graphic Systems has launched its Enhance programme for UK and European newspaper press customers, offering a range of enhancement packages and services for existing press users to add features, expand production capabilities and extend the...

The folding stuff.(services from Senator Print Finishers)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Senator Print Finishers in Leicester sticks to what it is good at and that is folding. Keeping it simple is the advice By Jim Larkin The received wisdom in all sectors of the print process is that any company has to find a niche or else...

Whoever pays the piper.(training for printers)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Since the Government scrapped NTOs in favour of Sector Skills Councils, the question now is who is going to fund training? By Gareth Ward Everyone agrees that this industry is in desperate need of organised, well funded training schemes,...

Enhanced workflow.(with EfI's Velocity software)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... EfI (00 33 11 41790021) has launched a range of workflow enhancement facilities for the 110 series of digital printers now marketed in the UK by a number of suppliers including Canon and Heidelberg. This project contains elements of EfI's...

Flagship software.(encryption software from PC Guardian)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... PC Guardian (01752 318078) is a leader in encryption technology and it has now produced a beta 3 version for its V7.0 of Encryption Plus Hard Disk. This is its flagship data protection software and new algorithms have been introduced to...

Collotype revisited.(research at University of the West of England)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The University of the West of England (0117 344 2208) has taken the gelatine and glass plates technology of Collotype used in the early 1900s for colour reproduction to create a software program that faithfully reproduces the accuracy of the...

Rewinding cores.(from Elsner Engineering)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Elsner Engineering (001 717 637 5991) a major manufacturer of rewinders has launched the shaftless drive V-5-30, an automatic rewinder that winds for a variety of materials to rolls, either cored or uncored. Thanks to sophisticated electronics,...

Versatility is the key to new Gallus presses.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... The continuing trend of creating central printing and production centres within the labelling and small carton sector has prompted the launch of several new platform printing systems. Gallus, the Swiss narrow width label press manufacturer,...

Hunkeler supplies sheeter solutions.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Hunkeler has extended the costbenefits of sheeting off from a reel to a wider range of digital printers with the introduction of the SF4-H sheet feeder. Earlier models of this sheeter have been developed for the Xerox DocuTech 6180 and the...

Swell idea from Folex.(polyester film)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Uv varnishes require blankets produced specifically for their use and Folex (0121 733 3833) has produced a stencil blanket that resists the tendency to swell. Called Folacoat Uv it is made from polyester ensuring that the blanket is...

Setting the tone.(prepress proofing systems)
June 3, 2002... Inkjet is rising to the challenge of contract proofing. Although it has some way to go, the quality of the printers and their Rips is improving By Laurel Brunner Most people would agree that inkjet proofing technologies are perfectly...

Pursuit of perfector.(162a from KBA)
June 3, 2002... KBA says it will build any press anyone wants. So it has built the 162a By Rod Hayes It is difficult to decide quite what KBA has in mind with its massive new eight-colour perfecting press. In recent years, it has been involved in the...

Good times roll in laminating and encapsulating.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Laminating and encapsulating continue to hold their own, despite print budgets being squeezed. Wembley Laminates makes the most of its location at the base of the M1 to target trade printers in London and the north with its encapsulation...

CN Group - Appointment.(Lord Inglewood)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Tory life peer Lord Inglewood is the new non-executive chairman of Carlisle's CN Group, taking over from Joe Harris who will be 70 later this year. Lord Inglewood who joined the board in 1997, is also an MEP for North-west England and will be...

Archant - Appointment.(John Fry)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... Archant, formerly the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group, has hired John Fry as chief executive following the retirement of Peter Strong at the group's annual meeting. Mr Fry was formerly chief executive of Misys International Banking Systems. Mr...

EGIN - Appointment.(European Graphical Industries' Network new vice chairman Chris Harding)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... GPMU national officer Chris Harding is the new vice chairman of the European Graphical Industries' Network (EGIN). He replaces Benedicte Sterne (Norway) as an active support for current chairman, Wim Visser of The Netherlands. The...

Bunzl Fine Paper - Appointment.(Steve King)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... After being head of finance for Bunzl Fine Paper's southern region for the past two-and-a-half years, Steve King has been promoted to the main board. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.