Printing World articles from September 2003

Printing World archives from September 2003

Royal Mail threat to covermounts.(direct mail pricing)
September 4, 2003... The Royal Mail has made small concessions, but has not shifted its determination to introduce size-based costing to letters and packages sent by post. The changes will be finalised by April next year and introduced 12 months after that....

St Ives has Andover bother.(pay disputes)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... St Ives has settled a pay dispute at the company's Plymouth web printing plant, but could yet face strike action at Andover. "There were a number of problems at Plymouth but a settlement was reached last Friday. It's all quite...

Bezier breathes life into lenticular images.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Bezier is looking for a partner to test a new way of producing lenticular images that it has developed. The firm says it has overcome the problems associated with display. Lenticular images need to have preprinted sheets carefully positioned...

Floating an idea.(Emma Richards and Andrew Pindar to speak at IoP's annual lecture )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Round the world sailor Emma Richards is teaming up with her sponsor Andrew Pindar for the IoP's annual lecture in Stationers' Hall on October 13. They will try to convince the audience that the technological changes of the last decade have...

PCC lunch date.(Printers' Charitable Corporation )(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 4, 2003... The Printers' Charitable Corporation is pleased with the early support it is receiving for this year's Annual Printing Luncheon, which takes place at Stationers' Hall on October 23. Only two weeks after printed tickets were available, one third...

Fespa 2005 trail begins.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The sales campaign for Fespa 2005 has begun with a new exhibitor brochure and the appointment of Michael Ryan as international sales manager. Mr Ryan comes from an exhibition background and will manage sales of the 2005 event which takes place...

Expo innovation.(Graph Expo )(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 4, 2003... Graph Expo visitors will be able to download complete exhibitor information and floor plans wirelessly to their Personal Digital Assistants via data stations located in the venue. Over 550 exhibitors are expected at the show, which takes place...

Eagle hovers.(Man Roland develops Eagle Eye for presses)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... A sheet imperfection detecting device can now be installed on MAN Roland presses. Called Eagle Eye, it has been designed to spot imperfections as small as 0.6x0.6mm and will also pick up scumming, water drips and any other press induced...

New force born through merger.(Goodman Baylis)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Goodman Baylis, formed this week when Birmingham printer John Goodman moved onto the Ebenezer Baylis site in Worcester, is aiming to become a new force in print. Chairman Clive Parkes says the company is already the largest sheetfed...

Tfg in AQ4s purchase.(DuPont Digital Cromalin AQ4 proofer installed at Tfg)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The latest repro house to install DuPont's Digital Cromalin AQ4 proofers is Tfg, the new name for The Facilities Group. The company has been a long time user of DuPont's equipment, but a move to the AQ4 was not a foregone conclusion....

Polestar win.(contracts with Quantum Publishing and Tesco Personal Finance)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Polestar has celebrated the retention of two key clients this week, extending its agreement to print Quantum Publishing's business magazines at Colchester for three years and retaining its #500,000 contract to print for Tesco Personal Finance....

Certified success.(of BASF Printing Systems certifies Salvatore Cavallo)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Heiner Klokkers, sales and marketing director of BASF Printing Systems, congratulates Salvatore Cavallo, assistant supervisor at the Slinfold manufacturing site, on collecting a management level NVQ. The company has presented six employees with...

It's KPG, not Eastman.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... It is Kodak Polychrome Graphics rather than Eastman Kodak that is selling the Ryobi3304DI in North America, rather than Kodak itself. Kodak has underlined its commitment to the printing industry, putting its commercial print interests under one...

Starpack deadline.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The Institute of Packaging is inviting entries for the 2004 Starpack Awards. Forms should be submitted by December 5, two months earlier than normal, so the awards will coincide with next year's Total Packaging and Processing Exhibition, which...

Petty on course.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Polestar Petty's new 64pp MAN Roland Lithoman (Printing World, July 10) is set to be installed later this month. The new bindery is also in development in the #16m project that will see Petty become Europe's largest 64pp site. Copyright:...

Irregular regulations.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The packaging waste regulations will put undue responsibilities on environmental agencies, says Angus Macpherson, managing director of the Environment Exchange. He argues that agencies will become advisers, regulators and accreditors of the PRN...

Keep on rolling.(Sanderson acquired by Walker Greenbank)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Sanderson, the historic wallpaper printer and curtainmaker, has been bought out of receivership by its competitor Walker Greenbank for #5.5m. Receiver Deloitte and Touche had already closed Sanderson's two print plants in Blackburn and...

Communisis' pay dispute is settled.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Communisis has achieved a 20% growth in sales in the first half, although profits are down from #6.3m to #5.4m because trading conditions, while good for the Personalised Product and Print Management divisions, was poor elsewhere. Despite...

Muir joins Octarine.(Eileen Muir )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Octarine, the self described ethical print management company, has taken on Eileen Muir as account director. She joins the Wimbledon operation, having spent seven years at Centurion Press. "I was interested in joining the company at the...

Colourseen makes exit from stage.(Colourseen Design and Print liquidation)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Fourteen jobs have been lost in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, with the announcement of the liquidation of the Colourseen Design and Print company. The company was established in April this year as a result of the merger between Jetspeed Print...

Ink friendly.(K2 Direct installs ink dispensing system)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... K2 Direct, the financial direct mail printers, has installed an ink dispensing system on its Mitsubishi Diamond 3000 five-colour press. Technotrans was called on to supply the system after imaging manager Nick Brown did a cost justification...

PagePack launches.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Xerox has launched a support and supplies service called PagePack, which is aimed at small to medium enterprises across Europe. It is a bundled service and supplies agreement covering toner supplies and onsite service. Copyright: CMP...

Autosport interaction.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Motorsport magazine Autosport has become the first European publication to sign up to Olive Software's ActiveMagazine technology distributed by Applecart Solutions. It will allow Autosport to create an interactive version of the magazine, which...

PDC arrives in style.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... PDC Copyprint (Solihull) has marked a move from its previous premises in Erdington with a new DPX 5080 Esko-Graphics platesetter and two- colour Ryobi 3302HA press from Apex Digital Graphics. It means most of the company's full-colour work will...

IoP joins forces.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The Institute of Packaging and the Packaging Industry Awarding Body Company have decided to locate stands side by side at the PPMA show. Both will focus on education and qualifications in the packaging industry. Copyright: CMP Information...

Polestar switch.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Polestar Direct has installed a ten-unit uv Muller Martini Progress S Direct Mail press, so that it can laser print direct mail more quickly and with fewer technical problems. The new press replaces an older Goebel heatset web press. The...

Roland triumphs as BPMG invests.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Aylesbury printer BPMG Print has installed a straight five-colour MAN Roland 700. The purchase is part of a #1.5m programme to streamline the business. With such a large sum of money at stake BPMG wanted to be absolutely sure that it was...

Canon Europe stays in the fast lane with Mclaren deal.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Canon Europe has signed a new deal with the West McLaren Mercedes Formula One racing team in which it will continue as the official supplier of imaging systems. These systems feature inside McLaren's new communications centre, which made...

20 jobs go at Advent.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The success Advent 3B2 FO has enjoyed with its formatting tools for XML workflows can mean having to make some harsh decisions. George Punton, managing director, says: "The review of our business which we commenced at the beginning of the year...

German downturn.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Gruner & Jahr, the German publishing and print giant, says the advertising downturn has forced it to cease publishing the German version of the women's monthly Marie Claire. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Alton Images.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Alton printers True Colours and Arrowhead are to bring their operations under one roof and create a jointly owned prepress facility called The Image Bureau. A Topsetter 74 thermal ctp system will be installed this month along with a...

Belfast web ordering.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Belfast corporate communications company Corporate Document Services has won a contract to supply the Department of Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland with an online print ordering service. A system called CDS e-print along with...

Sour Mash for launch.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Sour mash, the term used to define a mixture of mash used to distil certain malt whiskeys, is also the title for a new monthly magazine from the publishing team which is behind Loaded magazine. Scheduled to launch in October with a cover...

SE hails success of PPS contract.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Scottish Enterprise (SE), the industrial and economic development agency north of the border, says that 12 months into the #2m print management contract with Practical Print Solutions, savings are already in order of 15%. There was...

IIR buys Reed's exhibitions.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... IIR Exhibitions has acquired the Northprint and Flexo exhibitions from Reed Exhibitions and now along with Ipex, has in its portfolio three of the most influential UK print related trade shows. Trevor Crawford, IIR group exhibitions...

Hibbert to open for IIR.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... IIR Exhibitions has announced Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert will open this year's Digital Print World exhibition at London's Olympia on November 25. Mr Hibbert is a keen supporter of the concept of the show: "The industry has been...

It's just a little list of dislikes.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... There is an official list of things that the Royal Mail does not like. It doesn't like covermounts (too awkward to handle and bulky for our vans); it doesn't like creativity in direct mail (because the envelopes may become too big); it doesn't...

Letter: Training belongs in the factory.(Letter to the Editor)
September 4, 2003... Your report "BPIF pushing training issue" (Printing World, August 7) raises a number of points which invite comment. The first is that the printing industry (employers and employees alike) even after a 100 years of technical education provision...

Newsletter bid.(Trinity Mirror to sell newspaper)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The Newsletter, the Belfast newspaper that has been put up for sale by Trinity Mirror, may be bought by hardline unionist MP David Burnside. The politician has admitted he may be making a bid, which would be controversial but would not cause a...

Henderson in Hindustan.(Henderson Global Investors acquires stake in Hindustan Times)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The UK private house Henderson Global Investors has bought a 20% stake in the Hindustan Times, an Indian business newspaper. Rules preventing such foreign investments in Indian newspapers were relaxed last year. Copyright: CMP Information...

Bunzl packs it in.(profits rise)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Bunzl, the packaging and outsourcing group that sold off its paper interests last year, has suffered a 2.4% fall in interim profits although its packaging arm has seen sales rise, and profits rise 11% in the six months to June 30 because of...

Yell muffled by IPO.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Yell, publisher of the Yellow Pages, has suffered a big increase in first-quarter losses after exceptionals, partly due to costs of its stock exchange flotation in July. Although pre-tax profits before exceptionals are up 13% to #80m, #47.3m of...

BAPC survey said.(British Association of Print and Communication)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Slightly more small printers saw sales rise than fall last financial year, according to a new survey by the British Association of Print and Communication. In the BAPC's first ever "mini-survey" of its members, 38% of respondents said...

Johnston plan for plant in Sheffield.(Johnston Press )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Johnston Press has confirmed it will build a new printing plant in Sheffield and says it expects the greenfield site to be operating within three years. Announcing latest trading figures, which tempered an upswing in first- half profits...

Macfarlane revamp causes `disruption'.(Macfarlane and Rexam profits and losses)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Packaging group Macfarlane is not paying any interim dividend to shareholders and is warning that it will not pay more than 2p per share for the year as a whole, after "unacceptable" results showing that operating losses in the first half have...

Patchy profits mean US print yet to reap dividends.(printing industry )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Economists have taken heart from new figures showing that corporate profits in the second quarter of 2003 rose by an average of 43.2%, thanks to a mixture of cost cuts and a bottoming out of the fall in demand. But even though there is now...

Compulsory winding up.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The following cases are due to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL * Summit Litho Ltd 19 Brunswick Place, Southampton, Hampshire SO15 2AQ on September 3. Petition by TC Evans * AJD Colour Ltd The Sail, The...

Appointment of liquidators.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... * Rockliff Printing Group Ltd Printing services. Liquidator: D Oakley, Tenon Recovery, Arkwright House, Parsonage Gardens, Manchester M3 2LF * Productpress Ltd Publisher. Liquidator: PN Wastell, Vantis Business Recovery, Torrington House,...

Meetings of creditors.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 4, 2003... * Wolsey Print Ltd (t/a Wolsey Press) at Holiday Inn Ipswich, London Road, Ipswich IP2 0UA on September 3 * Sprodon Print Ltd at The Downs, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 2QD on September 16 at 11.30am * Icon Graphic Communications Ltd at...

Final meetings.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 4, 2003... * Paxar Graphics Ltd at BDO Stoy Hayward, Commercial Building, 11-15 Cross Street, Manchester M2 1BD on September 24 at 11.30am * TH Litho Services Ltd at Wilson Pitts, Devonshire House, 38 York Place, Leeds LS1 2ED on October 14 at 1pm for...

Chinese in print feast.(printing market statistics)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Some interesting statistics are beginning to emerge about China's printing market with B2B e-commerce forecast to be worth US$22bn, and this growth is expected to make China the largest market for digital- based graphics communications products...

CME due in December.(Content Management Europe )(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 4, 2003... Support for the Content Management Europe event December 2-4 at London's Olympia is building up. Listed as exhibiting already is Stellent, Things Prime, Mondosoft Stilo Web Labs and Konnectsft. The event sponsor is a Reuters and Dow Jones...

Pythons on US patrol.(GraphLine signed as agent for HighWater)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Signing up GraphLine as its US agents has proved a good move by HighWater. Its Python two-up and four-up violet ctp system is now starting to ship in significant numbers. Graphline has just placed an order for 12 machines, each fitted with 30mw...

Cannot see the joins.(ABB Systems launches the ABB1s system)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Newspapers tend to lead in digital technologies to increase productivity. ABB Systems has announced ABB1s, a system that integrates all the various software tools, including those of third parties, to create a seamless process integration of...

UPrint marks arrival.(Rival Colour and Turning Point Technologies work together to develop workflow system)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Rival Colour, the Docklands repro company, has over the past 12 to 18 months been working with Turning Point Technologies (TPT) to turn the potential advantages of using the web as a workflow tool into reality. The workflow system is now a...

Berlin breaking down JDF walls.(printer Druckhaus Berlin Mitte uses a JDF workflow)
September 4, 2003... A Berlin printer with a complex range of printing and finishing equipment, is claiming to be the first printer to operate its plant under normal working conditions using a JDF workflow. Druckhaus Berlin Mitte (DBM), the printer, and Hiflex...

Toner triggers digital growth.(polymer toning technologies results in uptake of digital printing systems )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... It could be suggested that the single most important development that will result in a massive uptake of digital printing systems is the implementation of polymer toning technologies. Konica has announced that it is about to open a new...

Cost savings.(Applied Graphics Quicksilver Pro Papers )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Applied Graphics Quicksilver Pro Papers from Applied Image Technology promises savings on current costs for sign, display and photolab users of large format inkjet printers. The 270gsm heavyweight digital photopaper costs between #3.94 and...

Eural Pro added.(Department for the Environment papers)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Eural Pro has joined the range of papers stocked by the Department for the Environment. The matt coated grade produced from 100% de-inked post consumer waste is manufactured under ISO 14001 and certified with Blue Angel, NAPM - APUR and...

Spectral booklet.(Zanders releases booklet for transparent paper range)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Let's See... More is the latest booklet from Zanders for its Spectral coloured transparent range of papers. It illustrates some of the unique uses and new techniques for the grade which is available in two weights and three envelope formats....

31 members in Premier.(PaperCo unveils Premier Collection)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The PaperCo has unveiled its Premier Collection of 31 paper and board brands, which earn air miles on all orders from members of its customer loyalty scheme.Between 10 and 20 air miles can be earned for every #100 spent on ranges as diverse and...

Kerb It! and East Herts.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... After two years of kerbside collection, East Hertfordshire District Council has picked up 5,000 tonnes of used newspapers and magazines for use by Aylesford Newsprint, as part of the newsprint manufacturer's Kerb It! initiative. Kelly...

Pulp prices get upwardly mobile.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... An improved market situation and better demand for pulp has prompted a rash of price rises from European and American producers. They were the main reasons behind Swedish market pulp producer Sodra Cell's decision to up the price of its...

UK paper industry shares knowledge of safety issues.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Following a fatal accident on a paper machine in Australia earlier this year, a delegation from the country's paper industry decided to see how safety issues are addressed in the UK. Hosted by the UK Paper and Board Industry Advisory...

Russian mill.(Stora Enso Timber's new mill in the Republic of Karelia )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Stora Enso Timber has held the official inauguration ceremony for its first sawmill in Russia. The operation in the Republic of Karelia has an estimated production capacity of 100,000 cubic metres per year and will employ 54 people. ...

Official: Fedrigoni papers are works of art.(paper used in sculptures on exhibition)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Paper from Fedrigoni is one of the key materials being featured in an exhibition at the Royal British Society of Sculptors called Light, Vision and Transformation, from September 3 to October 11. Metal and glass have also been utilised in...

The cost of quality.(MAN Roland's theme for Ifra )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... MAN Roland's theme for Ifra in Leipzig in October will be `Boosting Quality - Cutting Costs'. Chairman Gerd Finkbeiner says: `This is no contradiction. The two factors not only influence each other, but one depends on the other. So we must look...

Name stays the same.(Western Lithotech name to remain after acquisition)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... The Western Lithotech name is to remain following the much delayed completion of the acquisition by Lastra America. The supplier of the DiamondSetter ctp system used by several national newspapers in the UK was taken over 18 months ago, but the...

NY glitch no major hitch.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... An unidentified glitch that shut down editorial computers at the New York Times failed to prevent publication. The paper declined to comment on whether the Sobig e-mail virus was to blame, but said most journalists were able to access the...

Newsquest onto Schur thing with mail system.
September 4, 2003... Newsquest Media Group has opted for a Schur mailroom system to run with its MAN Roland Geoman press going into its Oxford print centre. It is a boost for the German press manufacturer, which has been marketing itself with prepress and...

TKS 4x1 push.(appointment to enhance US operations)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Japanese press manufacturer TKS is renewing its sales push abroad with the appointment of a new president and ceo Gregory Harabin in the US, who has moved from rival MAN Roland Inc, where he was regional sales manager. TKS says it wants to...

Agfa's violet for Concentra.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Concentra Media in Belgium, which prints 3.5 million newspaper copies a week, has refitted one its four Agfa Polaris platesetters with a violet laser. Retrofitting is a stated Agfa policy to encourage the switch to violet production. The...

Hard is now easy.(Universal Presentation Products)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Universal Presentation Products, located in Weston-super-Mare, has extended the functionality of its Fastback binding system with a new device called the Hardcover Guide, which makes it simple to apply hard covers to book blocks. The user...

Encore exclusive.(Desta banding machines)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Encore Machinery has strengthened its relationship with banding machine manufacturer Desta by taking on the sole UK agency. The Dunstable company, best known for selling MBO and Shoei folders, will now be able to offer both stand alone and...

Blank generation.(Brandtjen & Kluge to distribute Kawahara Packaging Corporation's machines)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Brandtjen & Kluge has signed an agreement with Japan's Kawahara Packaging Corporation that gives Kluge exclusive rights to distribute the latter's TXR Series Blank Separator. It is an offline machine that automatically separates or blanks die...

BGP ups Tempo.(Benhamgoodheadprint )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Benhamgoodheadprint is to bring nearly all magazine finishing inhouse following the purchase of a Tempo, Muller Martini's top of the range saddlestitcher. The 20,000cph-rated machine will be installed at the company's Bicester site where...

Small is big with Pharma Finishing.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Miniature leaflets are a more effective form of promotion than standard A4 brochures, according to Liverpool's Pharma Finishing, which has just invested in a new saddlestitcher to attack this market. Last week the company installed a...

Twin targets.(Duplo's new DBM-500 bookletmaker)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Duplo is launching a new bookletmaking and collating device at Igas later this month, aimed for use in both digital and offset markets. The new machine is called the System 5000 and comprises DC-10/60 collating towers, Duplo's new DBM-500...

Durselen finds new home at Graphic Arts Equipment.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Graphic Arts Equipment has taken over the agency for the Durselen-Corta range of paper drilling machines after the demise of previous UK distributor Geliot Hurner Ewen (Printing World, July 24). GHE's demise followed the loss of the...

Morgana fits the bill for Colour Works.(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Morgana has found favour at another digital printer after Colour Works Digital took delivery of a DigiFold for creasing and folding. The company is a division of The Colour Works Printing Company of Mill Harbour, London and runs a Xerox...

Questions of integrity.(printers integrating different networks)
September 4, 2003... There is no mystery to file transfer, but integrating different networks is another matter says David Jones By Gareth Ward The file transfer issue is now dead. The question is now how to integrate different networks without comprising...

PROFILE - CAMBRIDGE PRINTING: Learning curve.(Company Profile)
September 4, 2003... Cambridge Printing is the new identity for Britain's oldest printer, recognising a massive upheaval in the business By Gareth Ward Cambridge University Press can trace its history back more than 400 years. It holds the rights to print...

Digital printing.(Cambridge Univeristy Press)(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Digital printing at Cambridge straddles two areas, the examination printing and security work produced on high speed IBM lines and book printing produced on Oce machines. In both instances the set ups show Cambridge working closely with the...

Bible printing.(Cambridge University Press )(Brief Article)
September 4, 2003... Cambridge University Press has been associated with bible printing since the Authorised King James version and it remains a crucial part of the operation. However it is less important to the publishing business and following the business...