Printing World articles from November 2002

Printing World archives from November 2002

Heidelberg takes Gallus into fold.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Heidelberg's management board and Ferdinand Ruesch, the owner of Gallus, have crossed the final frontier of their successful business partnership with Heidelberg taking total control of the label press manufacturer. Heidelberg has held a...

Share price carries on sliding.(Heidelberg's shares continue to fall)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Heidelberg's share price has continued its downward trend after the company announced in its first half figures that its forward order books were 20% down on last year. Shares fell to E23.10 on the announcement and are now priced at less...

Desbiens is Quebecor's Mr International.(Quebecor World appoints Michel Desbiens )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Quebecor World has appointed a new chief executive of international operations, Michel Desbiens, to oversee all of Quebecor's operations outside North America. "The creation of this position is vital to the long-term strategic development of...

KM adds towers.(Kent Messenger Group)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The Kent Messenger Group, Larkfield, will add two more shaftless Goss Colorliner 70 towers to its Visa press next spring. This is the third stage in an upgrade which started in 1999 with Visa towers replaced by Colorliner versions. The press...

Smiles in Swindon.(Multisets buys finishing machine )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Swindon security printer Multisets has bought a #200,000 Tamarack Versa- Web 500 finishing machine to affix labels, scratch-offs, holograms, laminates, hang-tag reinforcements and security devices. The machine allows Multisets, 40-years-old...

Branding change.(Wyndeham Group alters names of subsidiaries )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Wyndeham Group is changing the names of all its subsidiaries to include the group name as part of the operating unit. This means that Albert Gait, the Grimsby timetable printer, is changing its name to Wyndeham Gait to reflect its membership of...

Read all about it.(Greater London Authority to launch newspaper )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The Greater London Authority is publishing its own bi-monthly newspaper to help counter the sometimes false impression Londoners gain from its activities in the Evening Standard. But to show that there are no hard feelings, the contract to...

Big plans set for The Paper Co.(PaperlinX unveils strategy for The Paper Co.)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... An Australian paper giant is on a mission to shake up the UK's merchanting industry and took its official bow in London when PaperlinX unveiled The Paper Company, its brand for the former Bunzl Fine Paper business. Bunzl is to be the first...

Hanson on drugs charge.(Ken Hanson)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Ken Hanson, a 50-year-old secondhand machinery dealer from Rossendale, Lancashire, appeared in front of Bradford magistrates last week charged with illegally importing a Class A drug. In a raid on premises in the Dudley Hill area of...

Sappi slips.(sales and profits fall )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Sappi's sales have fallen 10% from $4.1bn to $3.7bn in the last year, and profits are down by almost as much from $797m to $741m. The world's largest coated paper producer has suffered as much as the rest from stagnant demand, the costs of...

DMA shapes up to growth.(Direct Marketing Association )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The Direct Marketing Association is shaping up to cope with a continually growing membership, dividing into special interest groups and concentrating on three areas of strategic concern. Although there is no group dedicated to print, this...

Grin and bear it.(Paddock Wood company receives visitors)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... P1 Printing Practitioners' managing director Derek Holden greeted Pudsey Bear, plus Countryfile presenter John Craven and M-real product manager Cecilia Nordberg-Carter, when they visited the Paddock Wood company. The occasion was the run of...

Binderfast is back.(Duraweld introduces new product)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Scarborough company Duraweld has introduced Binderfast II, successor to its 1990 ring binder. It has been updated with a broader range of samples, cover materials and finishes, ring mechanism styles and capacities for A4 and A5 binders. For...

Beta testing.(GBM tests new Kodak products )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Two new Kodak products, Color Metallic paper and Night & Day film are being beta tested by GBM, Manchester. Color Metallic paper is intended for the reproduction of metallic and iridescent colour images, while Night & Day is targeted at...

Getting closer.(Studio One Origination installs equipment)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Studio One Origination, London WC1, is coming closer to sister print operation Tranquil Storm in north London, following the installation of a Galileo platesetter at the prepress set up and an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster at the printer....

MSPs wait on The Herald.(Herald group sale )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... As Printing World went to press, Karen Gillon MSP, convener of the education, culture and sport committee of the Scottish Parliament, was waiting for a response from the Competition Commission and the DTI about the fate of the Herald group in...

Magnet mbo has the Wright stuff.(new ownership at Magnet Harlequin)
November 11, 2002... Uxbridge prepress services and asset management specialist Magnet Harlequin is under new ownership following a management buyout which has allowed chairman Gerry Bett, company founder, to step aside. However, managing director Alan Wright,...

AIT showcases large format.(large format injet printers on display at Applied Image Technology's London demonstration centre)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Applied Image Technology is claiming its London demonstration centre now holds the biggest collection of large format inkjet printers to be assembled under one roof. Up to ten of the latest models from Encad, Epson, HP, Mimaki, Mutoh and...

Irish press heads east.(Irish Times' printing press sold to Russian publishing company)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The Irish Times' old Uniman press will soon be printing in Moscow. The 18-year-old press, recently replaced by a new Geoman 3/8 at a cost of E70m, has been sold to a Russian publishing company. It will be dismantled at the company's offices in...

Tokyo office.(CGI Graphic Communications opens office in Tokyo, Japan)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... CGI Graphic Communications, the London E14 global financial research printing group has opened a base in Tokyo. The company is part of Automatic Data Processing which offers printing and communications services via its World Research Link. ...

Albrecht steps up.(Albrecht Bolza-Schunemann to be president of Koenig and Bauer AG)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Albrecht Bolza-Schunemann is to be president of KBA when Reinhart Siewert steps down in June next year. As he is already a board member through being deputy chairman, the move will cut the number on the executive board to six. Claus...

Is this a record?(VML digital printing press production results)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... VML, the Anglo-Irish digital printer that bought four NexPress 2100 digital presses from Heidelberg at Ipex, has notched 1 million A4 impressions in one month. This is the first time a colour sheetfed digital press has reached this milestone...

Bindery deal hopes rise.(Montgomery Litho Group's purchase of Hunter and Foulis bookbinding works)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Andrew Montgomery, finance director of the Montgomery Litho Group, is hopeful that a financial package will be put in place to save the Haddington bookbinding works of Hunter & Foulis and the jobs of its 70 employees. Mr Montgomery and his...

Polestar works get joint chief.(Jeff Heyes and Mick Tobin take over Leeds, England factory management)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Polestar has merged the management of its Watford factory and Petty in Leeds, but says there are no immediate plans to merge management of other sites. Although nearly 200 miles apart, the two web offset works have similar equipment, 64pp...

Coffers empty at Flair.(Flair press collapses)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Flair Press, Northampton, crashed earlier this year with trade creditors owed #5.7m, among these Close Asset Finance was left with a debt of #1.1m after the sale of the Flair premises over which it held a charge. According to Allan Graham...

Intygra PPL steps up.(rebranded from PPL)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... PPL, the Nottingham print management company which took over rival Bridge Direct last March, has rebranded as Intygra PPL to reinforce the fact that it is a project management company, "far more than a simple print broker". Originally...

Seamless workflow edges forward.(Shira and Vio collaboration for input of printing files using JDF protocol)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Shira and Vio have collaborated to create a seamless workflow for input of files to production of imaged plate or film using the JDF protocol. Shira has long been involved in linking different proprietary systems and understanding...

Champagne time again.(Veuve Clicquot is holding Business Woman of the Year competition)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Many of the industry's top women know they are the equal of any man, but are they equal to any woman? The annual opportunity to prove they are has come round again with the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year competition calling for...

Ink data from BCF.(British Coatings Federation; ink sales)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The British Coatings Federation reports ink sales in Q2 of 2002 remained depressed, although up 0.1% on 2001. Average selling prices were down 1.7% on Q2 a year ago. Increases in sales weight were paste ink (up 8.3%) and newspaper inks, up 5.8%...

New look Sprinter.(Trevor Peters Design gives Hopback Brewery van a new look)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Trevor Peters Design, Salisbury, designed and produced the new livery for Hopback Brewery of Downton after it took delivery of a new white Mercedes Sprinter van. It was wrapped in vinyl with the resulting `mobile billboard' image. ...

Bravo and Prima get automatic treatment.(Muller Martini relaunches saddlestitching equipment)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Muller Martini has brought automatic makeready to the mid-range saddlestitching market for the first time with relaunched versions of its Bravo and Prima stitchers. The new machines come at a premium of around 25% compared to the standard...

Fully digital in Kirkaldy.(printer Ingliss Allen)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Kirkaldy printer Ingliss Allen is now fully digital, having swapped its Avantra 44 imagesetter for a Galileo platesetter. Standard Macs have been replaced by G4s, and Dell Rip servers installed to drive the platesetter through Agfa's Apogee...

Archives row splits Stationers.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... A heated debate over the future of its archive is splitting the usually genteel world of the Stationers' & Newspaper Makers' Company. The City guild has a world renowned collection of texts dating back to the beginning of printing in this...

Merry Christmas.(Royal Mail launches Christmas stamp collection)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The Royal Mail has launched its Christmas stamps collection which includes a competition to win #1m. Books of 12 first class stamps sold between November 5 and December 21 contain instant win cards. Designed by Carol Sharp, the stamps feature a...

Cool website.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Ringwood industrial cooling specialist Coolmation has launched a website at www.coolmation.co.uk to profile its range of products and nationwide services. Case studies may also be accessed along with other news of product developments. ...

GBM goes for update.(creates new corporate image)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Manchester visual communications company GBM which has given many other firms new looks has turned its attention on itself. Its inhouse packaging design team has created a corporate new look, which, says GBM, better reflects today's image. ...

Redgate makes debut.(Redgate Press)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Redgate Press, Crawley, is up and running after 12 months in the planning and a #750,000 investment. Director Matthew Crowley says: "Daryl Sullivan, Redgate's other director and I have both come from sales backgrounds and although this is...

Shuttleworth buys #1m Jenem.((pounds sterling) 1 million)
November 11, 2002... Jenem, the MIS supplier, has been taken over by its competitor Shuttleworth for #1m, in a deal which is expected to herald more consolidation of MIS suppliers. The marketplace has become over-saturated and most suppliers say it is slower...

Print suppliers `hopeful'.(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
November 11, 2002... UK printing equipment suppliers are less profitable than expected in Q3, but are getting more hopeful about the domestic market, according to new figures from Picon. Export optimism is down from +4 to -11 points, but domestic optimism is up...

Xeus lifts Silicon.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Despite tough times in print, Silicon Systems has seen its client base treble in size in just one year and is confident this success will continue following its recent launch of the SSL-1450 Xeus graphics server. Managing director Robin...

PrintCity does the double.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... PrintCity members Agfa Gevaert and Gammerler have strengthened their ties with the graphic arts alliance by extending their memberships to additional PrintCity groups. Agfa, already a member of the commercial and knowledge management...

Watch the birdie.(Computers Unlimited signs distribution agreement with Best)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Best, the Germany colour management company, is to target the UK digital photography and fine art markets with its products. Computers Unlimited has joined Best in a distribution deal which will see CU selling Best Rips and software into the...

Ruby anniversary.(CEM Press in business 40 years)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Specialist decor printer CEM Press, Nottingham, celebrates 40 years in business on November 14. After starting life as a commercial printer, the company migrated into the textile and wallpaper arenas using print disciplines from silkscreen and...

Initial response.(AMI Supplies acquries part s of Wavetown)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Hemel Hempstead company AMI Supplies has taken over some staff and a percentage of the assets of the former Wavetown company, including all customer-related contracts, goodwill and other specific assets. More staff will be joining the sales...

Polestar club time.(Polestar Digital produces mailing to Tesco club cardholders)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Polestar Digital is once again producing a mailing to Tesco clubcard customers with packs comprising personalised statements, magazines, vouchers and inserts going to over 10 million recipients in November. The personalisation incorporates...

Biddles heads for single site.(Kings Lyn, UK)
November 11, 2002... Biddles is leaving Guildford after more than 100 years in its Surrey location to link with what was once its satellite operation in Kings Lynn. The decision to move comes with the end of the lease on the factory which will expire in June...

Odyssey offers simple archiving.(Adare launches new company, Odyssey Online)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Adare, parent company of high street print centres Kall Kwik and Prontaprint has launched a new communications company with a range of services targeted at customers using its printshops. Odyssey Online has been created to end the...

Sheetfed supremo.(KBA Planeta hires Jens Junker as sales vice president)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... KBA Planeta has appointed Jens Junker as vice president, sheetfed press sales, for the UK, Ireland, Canada, South Africa and US. Mr Junker was previously vice president, operations for Karat Digital Press. KBA UK managing director Christian...

How was it for you?
November 11, 2002... Few in the industry will be sorry to see the back of this year. Not those in web magazine printing, not those in prepress and certainly not those connected with Heidelberg. But it has been an Ipex year and the buzz, while not recapturing...

Letter: My role with the NITB.(Letter to the Editor)
November 11, 2002... The clear implication that your readers are invited to draw from last week's article in Printing World is that there is a connection between my stepping down as chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the publication of the PAC...

Letter: The importance of flexibility.(Letter to the Editor)
November 11, 2002... Your feature on catalogues (Printing World, October 28) raised some interesting points about print training and value added service. However, Andrew Pindar's comment that the Pindar Group "has invested in services beyond the industry norm...

Letter: A course that is eminently suitable.(Letter to the Editor)
November 11, 2002... I read with interest last week's article on the Professional Certificate in Management at Loughborough University. It gives the impression that this is a new course but Loughborough has been running the course for several years as a general...

Indie's losses.(Independent News & Media)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The scale of Independent News & Media's losses in the UK last year have come to light. The Independent and Independent on Sunday publisher made an operating loss of #15.6m in 2001, up from #9.8m in 2000. Parent company IN&M had already warned...

Stable Polestar.(Polestar's credit rating remains stable)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Polestar's credit rating is being kept at B/Stable by credit rating agency Standard & Poor. The credit limit was upgraded by S&P at the time of its annual results in April and has been kept at B ever since. `Polestar's facilities have generally...

Direct mail booms.(rises 5.9 percent over last year)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Despite the stalling economy, direct mail volumes have risen 5.9% last year to a staggering 4,939 million items, according to new figures from the Direct Mail Information Service. This is faster than Europe as a whole where there was an...

ICSM website can help trace the bad boys.
November 11, 2002... Industry credit checking agency ICSM is relaunching its website today at www.icsmcredit.com with more search facilities and additional information for printers and suppliers. ICSM members can now access company information reports from...

Printing.com makes a profit.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Printing.com, the quoted chain of printing franchises, has broken into profit for the first time. The company has made a pretax profit of #160,315 in the six months to 13 October, compared to a loss of almost #400,000 in the same period a year...

KPG does Asia deal.
November 11, 2002... Kodak Polychrome Graphics has increased its presence in the Japanese and Asian markets, which are dominated by Fuji, through a deal in which it takes on the Mitsubishi plate business in these areas. Earlier this year, Lastra took over the...

Quebecor has mixed fortunes.(profits and printers in North America)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Following RR Donnelley's disappointing results last month, other printers in North America have issued Q3 figures showing they are clearly not enjoying any great recovery so far this year. Although Quebecor has broken into the black for the...

Tough times as Thomas Potts warns of no profits.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Thomas Potts has warned that it will make a loss in the six months to September 30 because of "very tough trading conditions" and the loss of two of CCS Potts' major customers, a mobile phone company and a major retailer. And because of...

Compulsory winding up.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The following case is due to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL * The Print Bureau (London) Ltd 59 Scarle Road, Wembley, Middlesex HA0 4SR on November 13 at 10.30am. Petition by Customs & Excise The...

Appointment of liquidators.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... * Nisar Ltd Trading name: Sinar Paper Stationery wholesaler. Liquidators: RP Rendle and GEB Mander, Baker Tilly, City Plaza, Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5AF * Perfect Print Finishing Ltd Print finishing. Liquidator: PM Levy, Levy & Partners,...

Meetings of creditors.(Calendar)
November 11, 2002... * Graphfirst Ltd at 60-62 High Street, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2SP on November 13 at 11am * CD Graphics Ltd at 37-41 Castle Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG14 1HH on November 11 at noon * Streamline Publishing Ltd at Royal...

Final meetings.(Calendar)
November 11, 2002... * The Hallamshire Press Ltd at 93 Queen Street, Sheffield S1 1WF on December 3 at 3pm for members and at 3.15pm for creditors * Salesprint Temple Group Ltd at Ernst & Young, 1 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2DB on November 29 at 10am for...

Disclaimer.(Correction Notice)
November 11, 2002... * Martell Press Ltd Hopes Lane, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 6UW wishes to make it known that it has no connection whatsoever with Martello Press as mentioned in Legals, Printing World, November 4. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Danish dealer.(HighWater signs Integration X as dealer for Denmark)
November 11, 2002... HighWater has signed newspaper systems specialist Integration X as a dealer for Denmark. The company offers ad handling, proofing, workflow and press set up solutions across a platform called XFlow. It already uses Harlequin Rips which provide...

DC12 lands on proofs.(being used by DawkinsColour)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... DawkinsColour is using a DC12 for proofing purposes, improving the quality of the proof generated by driving the Xerox engine through KPG's Matchprint Professional Server. This creates a colour accurate proof for customers in fine art and...

Hello sailor.(National Maritime Museum using Creo EverSmart Supreme scanner)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich is using a Creo EverSmart Supreme scanner to handle the digitisation of its photo library. The museum is believed to have more than 250,000 images with customers ranging from conventional publishing to...

Square dealing.(signs with Prolatus for integration partnership)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The Square Group has signed with Prolatus to be an integration partner for the company covering central London. The move comes ahead of the roll out of a revamped range of solutions from Prolatus on Mac OS X and X serve. Copyright: CMP...

Encad adds Best Rips.(color software)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Encad is adding the Best Color software Rips to the options for driving its large format inkjet printers branding it as the PosterXtreme Rip. Best brings colour management, tools for profiling and production output expertise to the three...

B2 platesetters make their mark.(Afga reaches over 20 installations of Palladio platesetter)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Interest in ctp from the B2 market is growing rapidly with Agfa notching more than 30 installations of its Palladio platesetter since Ipex. One of the latest is Fleet Litho, a Tunbridge Wells digital printer and repro house. It is located...

Canto breaks barriers.(with 10,000 server installations)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Canto Software has broken the 10,000 server installations barrier for its Canto Cumulus asset handling software, a number that it believes is probably ten times greater than its nearest competitors. These have 25-1,000 installations, the...

Walsall world beater?(Scan Logic devises link to standard databases)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... A UK software house has come up with a tool to link standard databases and digital presses to create variable information print files, and proving the connection by driving Heidelberg's Digimaster and Xerox Docutech through its EP Win program....

Scitex Vision swallows Aprion Digital.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Scitex is pumping additional funds into its large format inkjet businesses and merging Scitex Vision with Aprion Digital. While Scitex owns all the shares in Scitex Vision, the operation which produces large format inkjet presses, it owns...

Recycling website.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The European Recovered Paper Council has set up a website on paper recovery and recycling in Europe at www.paperrecovery.org. Setting up this site is part of the monitoring process following the launch of the European Declaration on Paper...

Pulp mill share sale.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Sodra Cell is to sell its share of Baltic Pulp to Metsaliitto Group at the turn of the year. The main reason for the sale is the changed market balance for long fibre pulp in Europe. Baltic Pulp is a project company charged with investigating...

Speedy service.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Customers of Antalis can receive samples and dummies from its Samplelink service with one call to their local Antalis office. All sample requests are despatched the same day, with dummies despatched the following day. Copyright: CMP...

M-Real offers Silver Image for digital.(paper range)
November 11, 2002... M-real says it is bringing quality to the digital copying and printing sector with its latest launch. Silver Image is a range of papers which used to be partly produced at M- real's Silverdalen mill, but after its acquisition of Zanders,...

Reshaping papers.(UPM-Kymmene extends preprint paper line)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... UPM-Kymmene has extended its range of preprint papers, which now comprises five qualities to suit different applications from high volume printing to business correspondence. Marc Ferry, product manager for preprint papers, says: "We have...

IBM targets choice.(new range of business papers )(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... IBM has put together a new range of business papers selected on performance and value, to make the choice easier for users. Available from Howard Smith Paper, IBM's exclusive UK distributor, there is a product said to meet every application...

Golfing delight.(Nick Burgess wins golf tournament)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Nick Burgess, director of Business Forms Express, was delighted to win The Reel Paper Company's first annual golf tournament. Playing off a handicap of 18, he scored 36 points in the Stapleford competition to win the crystal trophy, presented...

Flintshire Morgana.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... A Morgana FSN rotary numbering system has been purchased by Boswell Print & Design, Flintshire, to speed the production of draw and raffle tickets. The FSN enables eight up numbering of tickets at 9,000 sheets/hr, has a suction feed and can...

Data on the move.(Hunkeler Web Finishing RFID tag usage)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... The potential growth in the use of RFID tags which can transmit data as well as receive it has prompted Hunkeler Web Finishing to produce a system of applying them in a variety of ways to pre-diecut labels. In addition, the unit which is now...

Modular wrapper.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Horizontal poly-wrapping systems can now be obtained from Major Packaging Systems. The Eclipse 640 is UK manufactured and is modular in design with individual drives enabling a wide variety of additional functions to be incorporated. ...