Printing World articles from June 2005

Printing World archives from June 2005

Environment Agency called to question over waste regs.
June 2, 2005... The printing industry has slammed the Environment Agency for failing to ensure the new hazardous waste regulations have been sufficiently publicised or explained to small printers. The waste management sector has been forced to take...

PrintIT gains support to tune of #20k.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Support continues to roll in to PrintIT, the industry-wide educational initiative aimed at attracting youth into the printing industry. Murray Lock, marketing director of MAN Roland, which has just donated #10,000 to the organisation,...

Vertis runs leaderless after Scott goes.(Vertis Direct Marketing Services)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Vertis Direct Marketing Services is currently running without a managing director after its existing managing director left the company three weeks ago. Linda Scott resigned from the Croydon based company to work for Stralfors in Redruth,...

Greenpeace condemns Asia Pulp and Paper.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Greenpeace has called for China's central government to establish a dedicated team to investigate the practices of Asia Pulp and Paper after accusing it of logging natural forests. Greenpeace is pushing for APP to guarantee the protection...

Direct mail seminar.(Breeze)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Manchester mailing house Breeze is holding a seminar on direct mail at Manchester United football club on June 23. The seminar will feature speakers from Royal Mail and the Direct Mail Association and topics covered will include reducing...

SPA changes its name.(Screen Printing Association)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The UK Screen Printing Association (SPA) has changed its name to the Digital & Screen Printing Association (DSPA) after adding digital printing to its portfolio of member services. Director Mike Turner said at least 20% of graphics...

Reasons for choice.(De Bondt Grafimedia)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... De Bondt Grafimedia in the Netherlands has installed Screen's Platerite Micra ctp system driven by the Trueflow workflow in a bid to modernise its services. The communication, design and printing company cited the system's price/performance...

National Inventors.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Xerox scientist Robert W Gundlach, who retired from the company in 1995, has been inducted into the US's National Inventors Hall of Fame for his inventions that led to the invention of the modern photocopier. His inventions unlocked the basic...

Multiple carton face printing.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Linx Printing Technologies has launched the next generation of its outer case order, the Linx IJ600 Twinhead. Expanding on the success of the original Linx IJ600 printer, the Twinhead enables multiple carton face printing from a single control...

Finnish strikes set off paper shortages.
June 2, 2005... As the lockout continues magazine printers across the country are increasingly finding it difficult to source the grades they need whether or not their main supply is from Finland. Wyndeham Heron produces magazines for IPC and National...

Stora Enso snaps up award.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Stora Enso which is at loggerheads with its Finnish union has been given some good news after being recognised for its investor relations and financial communications efforts in the IR Magazine Nordic Awards 2005. The company beat the other...

Algar leaves Polestar for Wyndeham Heron.(appointed Jim Algar as operations director )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Jim Algar's new role at Wyndeham Heron as operations director will be to oversee and ensure the current installation, Wyndeham Heron's second 64pp Lithoman, will be up and running by the end of summer. He is leaving his position as...

Agfa reveals inkjet joint projects.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Agfa lifted the lid on its long awaited inkjet joint projects at Fespa this week. The company unveiled the M-Press digital/screen hybrid press developed with Thieme and the Anapurna 100 flatbed device produced with Mutoh. Six M-Press...

PaperCo appointment.(appointed Ian Braithwaite as marketing manager)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... PaperCo has appointed Ian Braithwaite to the new post of marketing manager to provide an additional executive resource for marketing director, Bob Ide. Mr Braithwaite takes up his role following three months working at sister PaperLinx...

Antalis award.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Antalis has been awarded the Conqueror Stockist of the Year for 2004 by Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers. The prize was awarded to the company for successfully achieving the best performance against a number of criteria, including sales targets of the...

GMG success.(GMGcolor, Tuebingen, Germany)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... GMG, the developer and marketer of high end colour management and proofing solutions, has reported great success at this year's China Print. The company participated in the biggest and most important Chinese printing show with its own 81sq m...

UK's top franchisor.(British Franchise Association)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Kall Kwik has been crowned the UK's top franchisor by the British Franchise Association in its annual Franchisor of the Year Awards. Another company picking up an award at the event was Printing.com, a print specialist in Manchester. The...

Esko-Graphics is set for a brighter future.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Esko-Graphics has emerged from consolidation and is entering 2005 with solid optimism, record 2004 sales in strategic product lines, revitalised growth in the packaging markets, and much improved operational efficiency, claimed president and...

Kelley joins CPI to promote UK growth.(appointed Kevin Kelley as managing director )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... CPI, the book printing group that includes Bath Press and Antony Rowe, has appointed a new boss to spearhead the company's development in the UK. Kevin Kelley joins the company in the newly created position of managing director of CPI UK....

Johnston gets go-ahead.(Portsmouth Council)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Portsmouth council has given Johnston Press the go-ahead for the #45m extension to its News Centre print plant. The work is needed to house a new triple-width MAN Roland Colorman press to print News International titles under a 15-year...

Adare sells Great Northern Envelopes to an mbo team.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Adare has sold its Great Northern Envelopes business to an mbo team that is planning a raft of investment in the new business. The team of GNE directors, led by managing director Warren Shermer, took control of one of the largest envelope...

Newsfax to print Irish Times.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... East London newspaper printer Newsfax is to print an international edition of the Irish Times to be launched soon in the UK. About 7,000 copies will be available in London and the south-east at the same time as UK dailies. Expansion into...

Agfa unveils version 2.5 of ApogeeX.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Agfa has launched ApogeeX 2.5, the latest version of its workflow management software. Two versions of ApogeeX 2.5 have been added to target specific market segments, both of which have scalable architecture for optional enhancements and...

TNT wins in new postal market.(TNT Mail UK)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... TNT Mail UK has secured one of the largest contracts awarded by a national mailer to a new entrant in the newly deregulated postal market. The company has won a giant contract with Lloyds TSB to handle over 100 million items of its mail....

Tharstern to show links at user meeting.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Tharstern is demonstrating links between its MIS offering and Heidelberg's Prinect networking system at the firm's user meeting next week. The trials, taking place in Bradford on June 7, will show how estimators can establish digital links...

Waste issues.(Abitibi-Consolidated appoints new area managers)(government venture capital fund The Recycling Fund )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The recycling sector has been a hive of activity this week, with the first government-financed venture capital fund in the sector, The Recycling Fund, making its largest investment yet and the world's largest newspaper and magazine recycler...

Talisman snaps up a share of Colour Works.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Talisman Print Services has revolutionised its business by acquiring a 50% stake of Docklands printer Colour Works. The purchase has enabled Talisman to break into the B1 market and to add design to its services. Dave Reynolds, Talisman's...

Communisis partners up with Gillette.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Communisis has won a major contract as Gillette's European print partner and has appointed a new sales director for its direct mail division. Won after a six-month trial period, the Gillette account will be run from the company's Paris...

Consultancy role at MAN for Cain.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... MAN Roland GB will be taking full advantage of consumables expert Danny Cain, who has been given a consultancy role within the company. A former sales director with Sun Chemical, 60-year-old Mr Cain brings to the table 30 years of sales...

Harrison Scott heads down under for staff.
June 2, 2005... Harrison Scott Associates has joined forces in the print and packaging sector with Hamilton James and Bruce, a giant recruitment organisation in Australia. The partnership is aimed to fill positions in the Australian and New Zealand...

Fuji makes inroads to Turkey.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Fujifilm Graphic Systems is winning major business in Turkey as a result of the unique market conditions in place in what is potentially the largest growth area available to European suppliers. Graham Leeson, marketing manager Fujifilm...

Keep on trucking.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Delta Display used its NUR Fresco to produce vehicle graphics to advertise Electronic Arts latest game, Fifa Street. The advertisements appear on 60 of Tesco's fleet. The advertising is the brainchild of media company Agripa, whose Fleet Media...

Clarkeprint claims UK first.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Clarkeprint, a Birmingham print management printer, has become the first UK firm to install the new B2 Sakurai 75SD five-colour press with inline coater. Managing director Rob Dalby said: "The print market has changed immeasurably over the...

Troika splits its FlexoCam into two applications due to demand.
June 2, 2005... Troika Systems has revised its new FlexoCam and decided to spread its capabilities between two separate products. After launching the FlexoCam at the Flexo Show in March, Troika said it received unexpectedly high demand for the product. ...

Heidelberg optimism for new CD74 version.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Heidelberg has announced that it is to widen the scope of the long perfecting models in its Speedmaster CD74 range. These models will also be available with coating units and extended deliveries. The operating parameters have been widened...

Marlowe on the move.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Prepress services specialist Marlowe Graphic Services is investing #700,000 in a new home that it hopes will become a "centre of excellence" for equipment suppliers and printers. Building is underway on the 10,000sq ft facility in...

Sodra appointment.(appointed Gunilla Saltin as manager )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Gunilla Saltin has been appointed as the new manager of Sodra Cell Varo. She succeeds Lennart Igerud who is now a senior advisor within Sodra Cell. Ms Saltin has worked as process engineering manager at Varo since 2000. She has a Master of...

SCA appointment.(appointed Bodil Eriksson as senior vice president communications and investor relations)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... From September Bodil Eriksson will be the new senior vice president communications and investor relations at SCA. Currently executive vice president corporate communications within Axfood, she succeeds Peter Nyquist, who after ten years within...

McNaughton appointment.(appointed James Wright as manager of its Hemel Hempstead branch)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... James McNaughton Group has chosen James Wright as manager of its Hemel Hempstead branch. He has worked in the paper industry for more than 16 years in the paper industry with experience in sales for Beswick Paper, Guppy Paper and Robert Horne....

Judgment still stands.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Asia Pulp & Paper has been told by the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division First Department that the $68 million judgment awarded last year by the state's Supreme Court against certain subsidiaries still stands. Copyright: CMP...

Laid off Ailec staff may find work at rival Bay.(Ailec Mailing Services employees look to Bay Mailing)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The future of machine operations at the failed Ailec Mailing Services appeared in the balance this week although a neighbouring mailing house was set to offer work to some of the 130 people made redundant at the hand finishing division. ...

Classique opts for Polar guillotine.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Classique Design and Print, Colchester, will be replacing its Duplo 490 with a Polar 66 programmatic guillotine. The company said it decided to invest in the machine after the success of its Printmaster QM46-2 press led to a bottleneck in...

Footballers wide.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Canon was called up for an exhibition of footballers' pictures that kicked off last week at the London Eye. The company printed a collection of pictures taken by famous players, referees and commentators and then auctioned in aid of the British...

KBA reveals new style Polly Grafitec.
June 2, 2005... The Embax trade show in Brno, capital of the Slovak Republic, saw the first unveiling of the Polly Grafitec press in its KBA livery. Two presses were on display, the Performa 74 in a six-colour configuration and acompanying it was a five-colour...

COMMENT: Seize more than just the moment.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Many of the UK magazine printers are now starting to contemplate a major new phenomenon: the frightening speed at which `just in time' changes to `just in case'. Costs have been stripped out of our industry at a pace that can only be described...

Letter: Print buyers need training too.(Letter to the Editor)
June 2, 2005... It is heartening to see the words print buying used again, I thought the term had completely disappeared. The Association of Print and Packaging Buyers was set up to define the standards of print buying and to offer cost-effective training for...

Letter: New way to think ahead.(Letter to the Editor)
June 2, 2005... Firstly, thanks for reporting Express Print Solutions' sale of a new DocuColor 5252 to Cheltenham family print house, PrintWyze `Printwyze orders DC5252' (Printing World, May 19). It's our first sale in the West Country and we're very proud of...

Punch Graphix shares close up.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Investors took a shine to Punch Graphix when the digital printing company floated on London's Alternative Investment Market last week. Shares in the company closed at #1.10 on the first day of trading, up 12% from the issue price of 98p. The...

Stora Enso acquisition.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Stora Enso has taken full control of its Corenso United subsidiary after the European Commission cleared the firm's acquisition of the remaining 29% of shares from UPM Kymmene. Corenso has four coreboard mills and 14 core factories in Europe,...

Royal Mail proposals.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Royal Mail employees could become part owners in the postal monopoly if proposals for a partial privatisation are taken forward. The government has indicated that it would support the scheme, which would hand a majority stake to workers. The...

Gruner und Jahr sale.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Bertelsmann magazine publishing subsidiary Gruner + Jahr has signalled its intention to retreat from the US market after selling its consumer titles, Family Circle, Parents, Child and Fitness to US company Meredith for #192m. The sale also...

Reed Elsevier to expand.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Publisher Reed Elsevier is looking to expand its healthcare business by acquiring MediMedia MAP, a medical publisher with operations in the UK, Europe, US and Mexico. MediMedia MAP publishes books, journals and reference information through the...

Eurozone growth forecast.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The weak economic performance of the Eurozone dragged down the growth forecast for the 30 most advanced countries in the world for the second time in six months. The territory is only set to grow 1.2% this year said the Organisation for...

Weekly magazines help Emap balance its books.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Growth in both men's and women's weekly magazines helped Emap balance difficult conditions in its radio and French businesses in 2004. Magazines contributed to an increase in underlying turnover and profits at the publisher for the year....

DMGT's spend on colour print aids ads.(Daily Mail & General Trust)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Investments in colour printing provided a buffer to a slowdown in advertising spend at Daily Mail & General Trust, the owners of the Daily Mail and Northcliffe regional newspapers. In its first-half figures, the company reported a 7%...

De La Rue hands out #70m bonus after profits take a hike.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Investors in De La Rue will share a #70m bonus after the company reported a surge in profits last year. Buoyed by the contract to print notes for Iraq, the company earned #66.5m in 2004, which was 13% higher than the previous year and #3.5m...

IG welcomes Anker to the fold.(International Greetings)(Anker International)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... International Greetings has extended its global distribution base with the #35.5m acquisition of Anker International. Established in 1971, Anker International supplies a wide range of greetings cards, festive print products and photographic...

Compulsory winding up.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The following case is due to be heard at High Courts of Justice, Chancery Division, Companies Court, Strand, London WC2A 2LL * Capital Print & Design Ltd whose name changed on May 3 2005 to Capital (Gloucester) Ltd 29A Groves Industrial...

Appointment of liquidators.(Public Notice)
June 2, 2005... * FUS Ltd Magazine publishers. Liquidators: R Valentine and M Reynolds, Valentine & Co, 4 Duncastle Court, 14 Arcadia Avenue, London N3 2HS * White Crescent Press Ltd Printers. Liquidators: PJ Windatt and GS Pettit, BRI Business Recovery...

Appointment of administrators.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... * Fencourt Printers Ltd Printers and publishers. Administrators: MJA Jervis and DC Chubb, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 12 Plumtree Court, London EC4 4HT * Joseph Ward (Colourprint) Ltd Printers. Administrators: P Stanley and R Sadler,...

Meetings of creditors.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... * Opium Print Management Ltd at Fortune Peat, Bacus House, Acorn Business Park, Tower Park, Poole, Dorset BH12 4NZ on May 27 * EPS Graphics Ltd at Elwell Watchorn & Saxton LLP, 2 Axon, Commerce Road, Lynchwood, Peterborough PE2 6LR on June...

Notices to creditors.
June 2, 2005... * Precision Colour Systems Ltd Creditors to send claims to R Bailey, Ernst & Young LLP, 1 More London Place, London SE1 2AF by June 29 * Graphics Realisations (P&P) Ltd (formerly Photobition Print & Promotions Ltd) and Graphics...

FACTS & FIGURES: Regionals show rude health.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Unlike its national counterpart, the regional newspaper industry is in rude health, according to figures issued by the Newspaper Society. The trade association claims in its annual report that the #3bn sector is more dynamic than ever as...

FACTS & FIGURES: Staffing levels set to fall next year.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Employment levels are expected to fall at almost half of firms across Britain in the next year. According to a survey of 1,300 firms by the Chartered Institute of Personnel, the jobs boom, which has seen employment hit record levels, could...

FACTS & FIGURES: Balance of power shifts in adspend.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Almost half of marketers in the US plan to reduce their budgets for traditional print media advertising this year to support greater investment in electronic media. A study from Forrester Research shows that online advertising spend will...

FACTS & FIGURES: Green business means business.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... * 90% of small businesses believe that environmentally friendly policies should be adopted by all companies, whatever their size * 75% recycle paper and use low energy products where possible * UK small businesses are increasingly...

CAMPAIGN - VALUE OF PRINT: The silver lining without a cloud.(MetalFX)
June 2, 2005... Some of the greatest innovations are deceptively simple. MetalFX is not just simple, it is also a striking and effective way of adding real value to the print you produce By Rod Hayes Nothing kills a bad product quicker than good...

McCrimmon cracks print puzzle for Sudoku.(Mayhew McCrimmon)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Mayhew McCrimmon, Southend, is doing its bit for the current Sudoku craze by printing Puzzler Media's Sudoku magazine. Mayhew McCrimmon already prints a number of titles for the publisher and was specifically chosen to print the latest...

Q&A Do printers need service contracts?
June 2, 2005... Bob Higgins, contracts manager for Heidelberg UK, looks at why service contracts make business sense Why should printers have a service contract? A service contract eliminates unexpected costs and prevents downtime by checking for, and...

Getting there: Richard Lewis.(Brief Article)(Biography)
June 2, 2005... Biography Richard Lewis, sales manager, Fox Print Services began his career at Star Illustrations selling linotype ad setting What was your first job in the industry? And where? Working with Laurence Dalton at Star Illustrations in...

Why buy: Bobst SPanthera.
June 2, 2005... Automation in the bindery is still something of a rarity. Bobst makes the first steps towards lessening the hand stripping involved in die- cutting By Tom Hawkins Automation continues to blow through the printing industry like a...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Making the most of digital.
June 2, 2005... The Inca Eagle has enabled Creative Display in Bradford to improve its service and widen choice for its clients By Rod Hayes If there were to be a debate about what form of printing is the most visible, people would probably settle for...

THE PRINT FACTORY: All in the mix.
June 2, 2005... Buying and merging two ailing companies might not seem like a recipe for success, but The Print Factory is confident it can make the marriage work By Mark Foxwell The Print Factory is working tenaciously to bring two printing...

PROFILE - Mitsubishi Litho Presses: Worldly wise.(Company Profile)
June 2, 2005... Mitsubishi Litho Presses is one of the top dogs in the Asian press market. It is now training its sights on taking on the big boys in Europe By Rod Hayes On a like-for-like basis, a Mitsubishi Diamond 3000 B1 press is probably the...

NEWSTEC: Rewrite the news.
June 2, 2005... IIR says it could do something radical with Newstec or tweak what it has, but like the industry it serves, the show is facing change By Robin Meade Event organisers say they have a blank sheet of paper on the table for the next Newstec...

ENTRY LEVEL CTP: Survival of the fittest.(computer-to-plate)
June 2, 2005... There are strong arguments for printers in the two-up, B3 market moving into ctp. Here we look at the options By Tom Hawkins Faster platemaking, reduced costs, quicker makeready, more jobs on press and higher revenues as a result. When...

What about secondhand?(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Prices for ctp devices have fallen in recent years as the technology has matured, but what if the capital outlay is still a bridge too far? This was the situation facing Julie and Ian Chard of Chard Print, a small B3 company in New Milton,...

Take JDF into consideration.(Job Definition Format)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... So far no mention has been made of JDF. Indeed, there is an argument for not mentioning it at all given that it is a technology that exists largely in theory at B1 let alone B3. However, as with most technologies, they are perfected at a...

Agfa updates ApogeeX.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Agfa has launched ApogeeX 2.5, the latest version of its workflow management software. New features of the software include enhanced production plan editing to enable users to make quick last minute changes to any running job, a `discard'...

Quickcut ICC 2.0 for individual specifications.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Quickcut has announced a new version of its ICC colour management software. Quickcut ICC 2.0 integrates the Adobe Colour Engine with new features such as enhanced RGB and CMYK conversion flexibility, intelligent file compression and...

Major ad players approve of VCSP.(Vio's certified soft proofing system)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... The advertising industry's major players have pledged their approval of Vio's new certified soft proofing system (VCSP). Advertising agencies Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, The Facilities Group, Visual Aspects and Madison Bell Media have already...

Fotojet SMWW2X arrives.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Folex has launched a super smooth satin-matt inkjet paper with printable coating on both sides for the digital production of high quality brochures, mailers and newsletters. Folex claims that its Fotojet SMWW2X differs from all other...

M-real title helps show what readers really want.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... M-real is exploring ways of engaging readers in its latest magazine. A keynote feature by Stephen Armstrong examines how readers worldwide respond to the physical aspect of a magazine while Mario Garcia, head of Garcia Media in the US...

McNaughton gives debut to Graphic family.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2005... Graphic is the latest family of paper, board, self adhesives and envelopes offered by James McNaughton. It is divided into three categories with the first being Graphic 1 coated range. It comprises Graphic Art (gloss) and Graphic Silk, high...