Printing World articles from May 2005

Printing World archives from May 2005

Polestar partners Indian firm Express KCS in prepress link.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Polestar has made a move that is certain to trigger widespread industry discussion. It has established a major prepress operation in India by entering into partnership with a substantial Indian repro house. Express KCS will use its India...

Lastra announces FC deal.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Lastra Imaging (UK) has not let any grass grow under its feet since signing a distribution deal with MAN Roland GB. It has announced that it has acquired the UK business of FC Imaging. The effect of the agreement is that customers who...

Screen in Spain win.(new Screen TruePress 344 used by Estudios Uriarte, Sprint Digital)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Europe's first two installations of the Screen TruePress 344 have been made and the sites could be a pointer to where Screen sees the market for this radical press. The first press has gone into a Spanish prepress house in Vitoria,...

RW invests.(RW Reprographics)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... RW Reprographics, Leeds, has invested over #100,000 in a Xerox Docucolor 5252 and an EFI Fiery EXP5000 digital front end. Managing director Richard Walmsley said: `We have seen a massive increase in the demand for our digital print services;...

Heidelberg delivers 1,000th Printmaster.(Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG)(Forstner)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Heidelberg has delivered its 1,000th Printmaster PM52 since unveiling the printer at Chicago's GraphExpo in 2003. The recipient was German printshop Forstner, Oberviechtach. The press will allow Forstner to produce brochures with runs of 50,000...

North of England's first Xerox 4110.(Word for Word)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Digital printer Word for Word, Rotherham, has installed the north of England's first Xerox 4110, which it hopes will enable it to provide faster turnround and provide a platform to go out and win new business. The 110ppm black and white device...

Alpha-Cure appointment.(Frances Shuttlewood appointed)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Uv curing lamp manufacturer Alpha-Cure has appointed Frances Shuttlewood to develop its website. Ms Shuttlewood's appointment follows the opening of Alpha-Cure's third factory in Daventry and the company's sales director Steve Haines said: `To...

Alcan awards.(Alcan Packaging)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Alcan Packaging Cumbria has won two gold and two silver awards at the European Flexographic Technical Association (EFTA) print awards. Alcan won the Medium Web Process category with its packet for Anthon Berg milk chocolate with hazelnuts and...

Sun in Rochdale gravure inks superplant project.(Sun Chemical Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Sun Chemical is to open a new superplant facility at Rochdale to manufacture publication gravure inks. When completed it will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The project will complete the relocation of publication gravure ink...

Artwork wins Oce fight.
May 5, 2005... Artwork Systems has won a closely fought battle to secure a groundbreaking contract at the print management division of Oce. Its workflow product Odystar has been chosen to streamline the way work is handled in Oce's Business Services division...

Victoria Smith appointed to pivotal PrintIT! project role.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Picon has appointed Victoria Smith as assistant project manager of PrintIT! PrintIT!'s success since its launch in March has led to the need for extra resources to support project manager Steve Wicks. Ms Smith will support Mr Wicks in...

Acorn contracts.(Acorn Web Offset)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Acorn Web Offset, Normanton, has gained more than #550,000 worth of business following its Red Carpet direct mail campaign last June. Major contracts include a two-year deal to print The Dalesman and Dalesman Publishing's other titles, the...

Freeth Cartwright acts for Polestar.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Legal firm Freeth Cartwright acted for Polestar in developing and leasing its new Sheffield gravure site. Freeth Cartwright advised the printing company on contamination and remediation issues, the development and leasing documentation and...

Ex-Lovejoy actor launches company.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Ex-Lovejoy actor Chris Jury has launched a corporate development company for businesses based on a `Creativity in Action' philosophy. Imagine Training works with companies, either in half or one-day inhouse masterclasses through to three-day...

Thermometers set up from computer.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Land Instruments has launched Solonet, offering an integral web browser and Ethernet capability to allow thermometers to be set up remotely from a computer. Each thermometer is accessible from a unique IP address, providing an on-screen data...

Wyndeham Argent contract.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Wyndeham Argent has won the prepress contract for new IPC Tx magazine TV Easy and will carry out repro in its specialised IPC Tx studio. The studio uses Macs running with Quark and InDesign, a Dalim Twist workflow, Argent's unique Zamba...

Parkside disposal sale signals end of chapter.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The lingering agony of Parkside Performance Films has now come to an end. In one of the largest print related auctions seen in the UK for many years its last assets were disposed of by auctioneers Sanderson Weatherall. Parkside Films...

Xera-Logic puts on Xerox shows.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The latest Xerox software, digital printers and associated finishing kit will be shown by reseller Xera-Logic in Scotland next week. There will be 20-minute snapshot seminars and the Xerox wide format showliner with the Rockhopper II...

Autobond scores trio of unusual firsts.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Autobond, the sheetfed laminating machine manufacturer, has scored three unusual firsts over the past couple of weeks. There are many visual links between a Heidelberg press and an Autobond machine. Colour and feeder are two examples that...

World's first full-colour inkjet printed can.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Crown Holdings and Jetrion LLC have produced what they claim to be the world's first full-colour inkjet printed can. Jetrion's inks were used to produce ultra high resolution images on a coated metal substrate using single-pass drop-on-demand...

OTM appointment.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... OTM, the marketing services operation of Opus Trust, has appointed Renata Jones to the position of marketing co-ordinator. Ms Jones will be based at OTM's Leicester print and mailing facility. She has already overseen the company's rebranding...

New trade show.(Messe Frankfurt Ausstellungen )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... A new trade show will take place on March 1-4 organised by the Messe Frankfurt Ausstellungen on the initiative of ESMA (the European association of manufacturers of machinery and consumables for the specialist printing industry.) It grew from...

Silicone coated thermal paper.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... S+E Release has developed a uv silicone coated thermal paper, which enables laminators to manufacture self wound stock. `T-Liner' is designed to reduce transport and storage costs and is targeted at product identification, inventory labels and...

Ipex shaping up nicely with open day record.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... As the buzz of Northprint dies down the industry is already building up for Ipex, with the show's organisers revealing that the event will be the biggest yet. More than 400 manufacturers and suppliers have signed up for the exhibition,...

Browns in Speedmaster first.(Browns CTP gives order to Speedmaster Packaging)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Browns CTP in Oldham has ordered the world's first Speedmaster CD 74- 12PLX, the longest B2 perfector sold to date, and with it the UK's first CutStar roll sheeter in this format. The press will be housed at a purpose built factory that the...

Fields buys Kimoto 410.(Fields Press to invest in Kimoto Company Ltd)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Fields Press, Manchester, has become the first UK company to invest in the latest version of Kimoto's laser-based polyester platesetter. The 410 has been designed for small offset printers and can handle plates with a size up to 410 x...

Punch to float graphic arts arm on AIM.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Punch International, owner of Xeikon, Basysprint and Strobbe Graphics, is looking to secure #20m through the flotation of its graphic arts division on London's AIM market this month. The listing, which is the first by a Belgian group on...

Howitt opts for Mitsubishi.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Howitt has chosen Mitsubishi as the press supplier at the heart of its #3.6m capital investment programme. The Sutton-in-Ashfield firm, which has traditionally been a Heidelberg house, opted for a six-unit Diamond 3000LX with uv coater....

Xerox reseller EPS gets flying start at Northprint.(Express Print Solutions)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Express Print Solutions (EPS) recently became a member of its production print reseller (PPR) programme. This is an initiative developed by Xerox to bring Xerox products to a wider audience, and EPS has done just that in very commanding style...

Canon teams with RSA on waste.(Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Canon has teamed up with a leading charity on an initiative to raise environmental awareness. The company last week joined the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) to unveil the WEEE Man sculpture at...

Corby talks still going on.(Quebecor and Amicus enters int a contract)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Quebecor and Amicus were locked in talks this week with an agreement on working terms at the plant going right down to the wire. Management at the web offset company met Amicus representatives on Tuesday to finalise employment conditions at...

Printoff Graphic Arts celebrates.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Printoff Graphic Arts has celebrated 16 members of its staff each serving more than ten years at the company. From the staff of 42, the longest serving members have notched up 209 years between them at the Nelson company. Chairman and founder...

Fespa sold out.(Federation of European Screenprinters Associations)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Fespa is now completely sold out. 500 exhibitors will cover 27,000sq m of space at the Munich trade show on May 31-June 4. Exhibitions director Frazer Chesterman said 30,000 visitors are expected to attend the event, with 15,000 online...

J and G at Newstec.(J&G Environmental )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Printing industry waste management company J&G Environmental will be present at Newstec in a bid to spread its message that up to 85% of the millions of tonnes of waste generated by printers can be recycled. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd....

Imprimerie Nationale slashes workforce.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... French government printer the Imprimerie Nationale, is reportedly slashing its workforce from 1,900 to 500. Founded in 1539 by Royal decree, the plan for the printer is now to produce mainly official documents, currency and passports. ...

Global Forest and Paper Summit.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The Global Forest and Paper Summit 2005, Vancouver on June 1-3, will open with the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Forest and Paper Industry conference focusing on current industry performance and emerging issues, and will be followed by Vision...

MBO and H+H joint open house hailed a success.(Friedheim International trade shows)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... More than 70 visitors took advantage of a package put together by Friedheim International, to visit the combined MBO and H+H open house. Visitors paid their own fares for the event and Friedheim took care of accommodation. Neil Elliot,...

Boxes buys R700.(Boxes Prestige )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Carton printer Boxes Prestige is embarking on an ambitious growth strategy in eastern Europe backed by a three-press deal with MAN Roland. The Northampton firm begins commercial work this week on a fully- automated six-colour Roland 700...

Geoff Neil Litho puts flags out for CD102.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Fighting dragons is all in a day's work, according to Geoff Neil, the managing director of Geoff Neil Litho. He was talking on St George's Day at an event called to celebrate the installation of six-colour Heidelberg CD102 at the printer's...

Benchmarking from BAPC.(British Association of Print and Communications)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... A benchmarking service being provided by the British Association of Print and Communications to its members is attracting considerable interest. Printers can compare how their business is performing relative to both peer groups and industry...

Ferrania appointments.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Ferrania Photocolour has appointed Hannah Lattimer as sales and marketing co-ordinator and Mark Bryant as national account manager. Mr Bryant, previously senior national account manager at Fuji Photo, will manage Ferrania's existing business...

Seminar on Radiation Curing.
May 5, 2005... London Oil & Colour Chemists' Association is holding a seminar focusing on Radiation Curing: Update and Outlook with the co-operation of RadTech Europe on June 16, at Enfield's Royal Chace Hotel, featuring technical and market reviews and...

Getty Images Exhibition.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Getty Images is holding a photographic exhibition celebrating the `Spirit of Cricket'. Free to view at Getty's Images Gallery in west London, historic images include spectators of the 1938 Ashes clapping Sir Don Bradman at Headingley and Ian...

Artwork Systems events.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Artwork Systems is following up its recent seminar to launch PA:CT, its certified PDF for the packaging market, with two one-day events in the UK on May 24 and 26 from 10am-4.30pm in Watford. Speakers will include Artwork Systems managing...

Granted SWOP certification.(ONYX Graphics Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Onyx Graphics has been granted SWOP certification for workflow software products, including ProductionHouse and PosterShop, allowing ad agencies, publishers and printers to produce prints that meet colour printing specifications for publication...

BPIF moves to improve electoral print standard.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Following the chaos ensuing from last year's postal voting pilot schemes, the BPIF has been working with several printers to raise industry standards for the printing of postal ballot forms. This week's elections have been big business for...

BCA invests in DigiFold.(BCA Group)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The BCA Group of Edmonton, North London has invested in a Morgana DigiFold to finish work being produced on a Xerox 5252. The father and son business had operated for many years as a repro house and print management company, but as the printing...

Edelmann debuts Evo.(Edelmann Graphics )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Edelmann Graphics has rolled out its Evo Print V-48 litho web press for long run four-colour printing. The machine is loosely based on the company's Web Print 48Five with features also integrated from the Color Print. New developments...

Life is sweet.(Alcan Packaging contracts with Thorntons PLC)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Luxury chocolatier Thornton's has delivered a sweetener to Alcan Packaging in the shape of a contract to print the packaging for the company's new range of individual cakes. The flexo-printed wrappers for the toffee and hazelnut varieties...

IPS wins Unilever contract.(Intelligent Print Solutions)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Intelligent Print Solutions has won a contract with Unilever to manage print for UK Ice Cream & Frozen Food and UK Foods. IPS will manage the production of corporate and product literature, point of sale and direct mail for brands such as...

Tenza puts RFID into envelopes.(Tenza Technologies)(Radio frequency identificaion)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... A new service has been launched by Tenza Technologies, Europe's largest manufacturer of Packing List Envelopes, the type used by freight forwarding and dispatch organisations. It is now supplying a range of envelopes that incorporate RFID...

Mega merger to shake up gravure marketplace.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The European Commission lit the touch paper for a major shake up of the European gravure market this week after it cleared the merger of the printing units of media giants Bertelsmann and Axel Springer. The move creates the largest gravure...

Capital upgrades MIS to Optimus 2020.(Capital Print & Display)(Management information systems)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Capital Print & Display, east London, is in the process of upgrading its MIS to Optimus 2020. The large format specialist, which is expecting a May delivery of one of three KBA 205s ordered in the UK, has used Optimus Classic since 1996...

Shares slide at Sappi after annual earnings forecast.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Shares in Sappi fell last week after the paper manufacturer revealed that annual earnings are likely to be lower than last year's levels. Increases in the price of raw materials and pressure from a strong euro and rand continue to dog the...

COMMENT: Prepress move makes sense.
May 5, 2005... Polestar is in the news this week. The investments it makes have triggered a number of exciting developments. The huge investment Sun Chemical is making in Rochdale to expand gravure ink production is just one example. Also the need to support...

Letter: Raises perpetual question.(Letter to the Editor)
May 5, 2005... I've just been reading the article `Screen test' (Printing World, March 17) on LCD monitors and it has thrown up the seemingly perpetual question of reference white point. I use Monaco Profiler to profile my CRT monitors and have done for...

Letter: Cost on its own is not the key.(Letter to the Editor)
May 5, 2005... I read with interest your `The industry needs good buyers' editorial, (Printing World, April 21). I do agree right across the industry there is an urgent need for training - this is an ongoing issue which the various industry organisations and...

MAN Roland's priorities.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The head of MAN Roland's parent company said returning the printing machines business to solid profits was one of his top priorities. Chief executive Hakan Samuelsson made the comments in an interview with news agency Reuters. He added that the...

Strong sales boost profits at Pitney Bowes.
May 5, 2005... Strong sales of mailing machinery and services boosted first quarter profits at Pitney Bowes. Revenue exceeded forecasts by stepping up 12% to #690m. Net income was up to #78.3m. Chairman and chief executive officer Michael Critelli said the...

HP news story.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... A report by US journal BusinessWeek claims that HP is looking to cut the headcount at its imaging and printing business by 10%. The news story stated that the cost cutting move was initiated by Carly Fiorina and has the support of new ceo Mark...

Oce dividend.(securities)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... At its annual general meeting of shareholders in Venlo, Holland, Oce fixed the dividend for the 2004 financial year at E0.58 per ordinary share. After deduction of the interim dividend the final dividend amounts to E0.43 per ordinary share. ...

Ikon results.(earnings)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Document management company Ikon said that its 2005 financial results will be at the low end of expectations. Excluding the impact of restructuring charges, the company said continuing operations would generate earnings per share of between...

Lanxess pulls back losses.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Chemicals company Lanxess, which produces inorganic pigments used in toner, pulled back losses to E12m in 2004 thanks to lower exceptional items and improved performance. However, the company revealed that it is in discussion over the...

Canon climbs thanks to colour and MFD printers.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The continued call for colour documents and printers with more functionality gave a steady lift to sales at Canon in the first quarter of 2005. The Japanese company's flagship IRC3220/IRC3100 colour machine spearheaded a 2.1% increase in...

Schawk leaps ahead with acquisitions.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... President David Schawk said the acquisitions of Winnetts and Seven Worldwide helped the US prepress company take a "giant step forward" in the first quarter. The purchases were the major driver behind a strong revenue increase at Schawk....

Baldwin doubles net income in third quarter.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Baldwin Technology has doubled its net income in the third quarter of 2005. For the third quarter to March 31, the company reported income of $1,509,000 (#788,627), or $0.10 per diluted share, compared to $705,000 (#368,444) for the same...

Presstek hits high as AB Dick breaks even.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Presstek achieved record revenue in the first quarter of 2005, with AB Dick breaking even ahead of schedule. The company reported consolidated revenue of $70.4m (#37.8m) in the quarter to April 2, compared to $54.1m (#28.3m) in the fourth...

Appointment of liquidators.(printing industry)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... * Colourbox Ltd Printers. Liquidator: RG Butcher, Butcher Woods, 79 Caroline Street, Birmingham B3 1UP * Dot Swallow Ltd Printers. Liquidator: PA Roberts, 29-30 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6ET * The Standard Advertising Tape Company Ltd...

Meetings of creditors.(Calendar)
May 5, 2005... * Beech House Publishing Ltd at Mistry Associates, 6-8 Henry Square, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7TF on May 6 at 11.00am * Cornwall Litho Ltd at The Greenbank Hotel, Harbourside, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 2SR on May 5 at 2.00pm Copyright: CMP...

Final meetings.(Calendar)
May 5, 2005... * Coventry Binders Ltd at Tenon Recovery, Arkwright House, Parsonage Gardens, Manchester M3 2LF on May 25 at 11.00am for members and at 11.30am for creditors * Paperexchange.com Ltd at 66 Wigmore Street, London W1A 3RT on May 26 at 10.00am...

FACTS & FIGURES: Check the state of the trade.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Trading was difficult in the first few months of the year as the post Christmas slowdown began to bite, but the situation was better than many printers had expected. The BPIF's Directions quarterly survey recorded a negative balance of -15...

FACTS & FIGURES: Print in communication.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Although online media is growing its share, print is still dominant in the business information landscape. A far reaching survey conducted by the Business Information Forum and supported by the Department for Trade and Industry found that...

FACTS & FIGURES: Failed businesses in decline.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The number of business failures in the printing, paper and packaging sector has fallen dramatically this year. Against a backdrop of rising business failures in the economy as a whole, the sector improved 73%. In the first three months of...

CAMPAIGN - VALUE OF PRINT: Outstanding candidate in secure seat.
May 5, 2005... Security printing is where Smith & Ouzman excels. Unlike some politicians, what it also does is listen meticulously to what its customers want By Debbie Pout When do you vote, if indeed you do? The busiest time in a polling station...

The software side of Smith & Ouzman.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Security is the key to success for Smith & Ouzman. It has 60 years' experience and this is where its reputation lies. It has a speciality in features such as holograms, nanotext, barcoding and watermarks. And personalisation. ...

SR expertise is key for Radio Times campaign.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... South London printer SR Communications' personalisation and colour expertise won it the contract to print a major Radio Times' direct mail campaign. The specialist personalised direct mail printer recently produced 70,000 brochures for a...

Q&A Special data versus tristimulus data.(question, answer)
May 5, 2005... The X-Rite Colour Guide and Glossary Serialisation: Part Eight So far, we have examined the principal methods for describing colour. These methods can be separated into two distinct categories: firstly, the spectral data actually describes...

Getting there: Adrian Morton.(Interview)
May 5, 2005... Biography Adrian Morton is UK sales director of Edale. He joined the industry in the 1980s, working for Outline Engraving as a trainee salesman, selling repro and plates to the corrugated sector What has been the best moment of your...

Why buy: Roland 200.(printing presses)(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 5, 2005... Fast job turnround is a key feature of the Roland 200. It also has a small footprint, even allowing for loading and unloading By Rod Hayes The dilemmas facing modern press designers are there for all to see when looking at the...

Why buy: Key features.(MAN Roland UK's modular presses)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... * The MAN Roland 200 is a modular press available in up to five colours * Shortening the feeder and eliminating any swan neck has dramatically reduced its footprint * The control console is over the delivery, but can be separate and...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Cracking the ctp problem.(Kinmel Paper Solutions uses Kimosetter 340 for its printers)
May 5, 2005... Not many ctp systems are affordable for the small offset printer, but Kinmel Paper Solutions in Rhyl has found one with the Kimosetter 340 By Mark Foxwell Small offset printers are facing some major problems. One of them is the cost of...

POLAND: A Polished act.(printing industry)
May 5, 2005... Poland is on the march. Armed with an increasingly skilled workforce, it is moving into the quality arena and is poised to challenge for a greater share of the export market By Tom Hawkins Turning into what looks like a disused...

Major growth areas.(printing industry)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Although the B1 sector has stabilised, there are still major growth areas in the Polish printing industry. Digital markets are still under represented and Creo, Xeikon and Duplo are examples of companies looking to raise their profile as a...

PAPER: A positive outlook.(paper suppliers expects increased profits)
May 5, 2005... Paper suppliers reported largely improved results in the first quarter, which look set to continue as prices increase By Catherine Carter Lower sales and deliveries may have dogged the paper industry according to first-quarter figures,...