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1 2010-08-31 16:11:00.0 20100831 Jez Abbott 0 [empty string] <p>Newton brings to the job 20 years&rsquo; experience in graphic arts, including nearly 15 years with Litho Supplies.</p> <p>He is tasked with raising awareness and sales of Manroland&rsquo;s range of printcom pressroom products in the Midlands, Yorkshire, North Wales and parts of East Anglia.</p> <p>"The big challenge is to ensure customers understand the benefits of purchasing certified pressroom products and components.</p> <p>"When margins are tight there is a tendency to try and save money on consumables, but it must not be at the expense of productivity or quality.</p> <p>"All our products and components in the Printcom division have been certified as system and process compliant to ensure printers can optimise press performance."</p> Manroland's new appointment: Andrew Newton [empty string] C8CD6F7D-EE79-0374-12C2197E9C4CA2BA.JPG [empty string] PNW en_GB printweek.com 0 [empty string] 1025255 1 1 News 0 [empty string] [empty string] 1 2000 Web (online only story, NOT from printed publication) New-manager-Manroland-warns-against-skimping-consumables Manroland GB has made Andrew Newton area sales manager for its Printcom division. [empty string] New manager for Manroland warns against skimping on consumables [empty string] [empty string] [empty string] ARTICLE:New+manager+for+Manroland+warns+against+skimping+on+consumables:1025255
2 2010-08-31 15:45:00.0 20100831 Matt Whipp 3148 TH-Matt-whipp-2.jpg The 3050 tops the company's 3000 series entry-level range and prints at 9.6m per minute using a scalable web width from 250mm to more than double that.<br /><br />The press features an LED-array-based rotary printing system that produces 1200dpi resolution print on a range of substrates, including self-adhesive materials, as well as paperboards, paper with weights between 40-350gsm, and transparent and opaque foils.<br /><br />It uses QA-I toner, which meets FDA guidelines on indirect food contact under room temperature and less severe conditions, as well as direct food contact for certain dry foods.<br /><br />Filip Weymans, Xeikon business development manager, said: "All Xeikon presses are designed to be upgraded, which prevents obsolescence. Any of the entry models can be field-upgraded to the higher specifications. A Xeikon 3030, for example, can be upgraded to the faster Xeikon 3300 or the wider models."<br /><br />The 3050 will be available from the beginning of next year. Xeikon 3050: prints at 9.6m per minute Xeikon 3050: prints at 9.6m per minute CCC9230C-DD61-9EC3-C862F08BF878D788.jpg CCC90DB0-C112-8EF3-B6610CB8E1326FD3.jpg PNW en_GB printweek.com 0 [empty string] 1025246 1 1 News 0 [empty string] [empty string] 2 2000 Web (online only story, NOT from printed publication) Xeikon-unveils-wider-entry-level-label-press Xeikon has launched an entry-level label printer capable of 516mm-wide printing. [empty string] Xeikon unveils wider entry-level label press [empty string] [empty string] [empty string] ARTICLE:Xeikon+unveils+wider+entry-level+label+press:1025246
3 2010-08-31 14:23:00.0 20100831 Jez Abbott 0 [empty string] <p>The Rotherham company said the kit, which cost about &pound;275,000, offered "outstanding print quality with virtually no waste, easy operation and substantial environmental benefits".</p> <p>Director John Brailsford said: "Within just a few minutes, we have imaged plates and produced a first sheet out of the machine in perfect register and up to colour."</p> <p>The four-colour 52DI prints 10,000sph and can handle board thickneses up to 500gsm for presentation folders.</p> <p>"Quality is so effortless and production performance tremendous. When we came to replace our old kit we wanted something new to stand out, not replace like for like," Brailsford said.</p> <p>"We can print 1,000 sheets in 20 minutes, where the old kit would take an hour, with makeready and putting it all through the system.</p> <p>"Savings in time, labour and paper waste compared to our traditional offset four-colour press are enormous," he added.</p> <p>"Customers are already commenting on the super-sharp 300-line screen and rich intense colour that our waterless Presstek 52DI produces.</p> <p>"We believe the way forward in our saturated marketplace is to offer customers something that sets us apart from the competition of regular colour offset."</p> <p>He said that moving into waterless printing was completely new to the 15-staff business, but the learning curve was quick and his team was familiar with the equipment in a few weeks.</p> <p>Brailsford claimed he didn't expect the new purchase to add greatly to the business's current &pound;1.2m turnover, "but it makes us more efficient and our staff happier, so it's good for us".</p> <p>The company also recently bought two Ricoh 1357 fully configured copiers with punching capability for snap-bound manuals, each costing &pound;120,000.</p> <p>"They do everything we want and lots more so there's scope for us to expand our horizons," Brailsford added.</p> Presstek 52: waterless press Presstek 52: waterless press C8D92A34-C50B-DB38-3AEC73294A6C887D.jpg C8D9192D-C13C-7708-2FD0A929E15A6AE0.jpg PNW en_GB printweek.com 0 [empty string] 1025216 1 1 News 0 [empty string] [empty string] 3 2000 Web (online only story, NOT from printed publication) John-Brailsford-goes-waterless-first-South-Yorkshire John Brailsford Printers is hoping to steal a march on local rivals by claiming the first South Yorkshire installation of a Presstek 52 direct-imaging waterless press. [empty string] John Brailsford goes waterless in a first for South Yorkshire [empty string] [empty string] [empty string] ARTICLE:John+Brailsford+goes+waterless+in+a+first+for+South+Yorkshire:1025216
4 2010-08-31 10:43:00.0 20100831 Tim Sheahan 3147 TH-Tim-Sheahan.gif <p>The Derby-based institution has replaced an existing multifunctional colour printer with the 72ppm Ricoh machine, a model that has improved productivity at the college, particularly for the printing of prospectuses.<br /><br />The company's printroom handles work for the college, as well as external organisations and other educational establishments, but had reached a point where it would had to have cut its commercial offering due to overwhelming in-house demand.<br /><br />According to Joe Nutman, reprographics commercial manager at the college, the Pro C720s has enabled the business to offer efficient high-volume colour printing volumes <br /> <br /> He said: "The machine is extremely reliable and you can set a job to print, walk away and leave it to run, which enables us to complete other tasks.&nbsp;</p> <p>"With the Pro C720s, we&rsquo;ve also been able to use a much wider range of media, including coated silk and gloss papers, matt and recycled stock, and the results are outstanding."</p> <p>In addition to handling more colour work, the Ricoh machine has enabled the college to reduce the number of jobs that were previously outsourced at a substantial cost.<br /><br />"Last year, we took on a healthy amount of new business from external customers, however, with the Pro C720s on board, we&rsquo;re confident we will increase this significantly as we now have the capacity in-house to meet a growing demand," Nutman added.</p> Ricoh C720s: wider range of media Ricoh C720s: wider range of media C7F6D070-A70B-61BE-475A177CE8D2B206.jpg C7899C94-0A32-338B-EF8709D192D7BF82.jpg PNW en_GB printweek.com 0 [empty string] 1024969 1 1 News 0 [empty string] [empty string] 4 2000 Web (online only story, NOT from printed publication) Noel-Baker-School-Language-College-cuts-outsourcing-costs-Ricoh-Pro-C720s Noel-Baker School and Language College has reduced its outsourcing costs and opened up new sales channels after investing in a Ricoh Pro C720s production digital press. [empty string] Noel-Baker School and Language College cuts outsourcing costs with Ricoh Pro C720s [empty string] [empty string] [empty string] ARTICLE:Noel-Baker+School+and+Language+College+cuts+outsourcing+costs+with+Ricoh+Pro+C720s:1024969
5 2010-08-27 13:05:00.0 20100827 Simon Nias 3153 TH-Simon-Nias.jpg <p>Asset-backed lender Lombard, which is part of the RBS Group, was one of the few remaining high street banks involved in stocking finance for the print sector.</p> <p>The move will reduce the pool of lenders available to secondhand equipment dealers, who use stocking finance to bridge the gap between acquiring and selling a machine.</p> <p>A spokesman for Lombard confirmed that stocking finance for print machinery was "not an area of focus for the lender currently".</p> <p>Greg Handley, managing director of used equipment dealer West Park Graphic Equipment, said that his company still has a stocking line with Lombard but that the "rules had changed".</p> <p>"They're making it very difficult to utilise the facility if we so desire," he said. "You don't have to be Einstein to work out that they're not really interested in doing it anymore with the terms and conditions that they've put down now."</p> <p>Handley added that equipment dealers who exclusively used Lombard could be hurt by the decision, depending on how financially secure their business is.</p> <p>"Lombard's rates were very good compared with some of the other asset-based lenders, so obviously Lombard taking the stocking facility out of the market may affect some dealers, depending on what other lines they have available," he said.</p> <p>"We've just moved on with another bank so it's not an issue for us, but it depends how financially secure you are as to what kind of deal you can get &ndash; we're on something now where we're not paying that much more than we were."</p> <p>According to David Bunker, director of Close Print Finance, which is the largest provider of stocking finance for print equipment, Lombard's withdrawal does not come as a surprise.</p> <p>He said: "I think Lombard and other high street banks have for some time lost their appetite for asset finance and non-core business.</p> <p>"In the last two years they have wanted to retain as much capital as possible because of the capital ratio requirements imposed on them by the government.</p> <p>"They're looking to warehouse as much capital as possible and asset finance is quite capital intensive in terms of people and administration."</p> <p>Lombard stressed that its decision only applied to stocking and that it had no impact on its general appetite to lend to the print sector.</p> <p>However, Bunker described the move as a continuation of the mainstream banks' "trimming" of their asset finance provision.</p> <p>"Lombard and Barclays are two businesses that have pulled back from the print industry and asset finance in general," he said.</p> <p>"Since the crash they terminated many of their broker relationships and they're only accepting business from their core brokers, because asset finance was deemed to be too much trouble.</p> <p>"And the problem with stocking finance in particular is that it is very difficult to administer. You've got to be absolutely certain of your values and certain of your relationships."<br /><br /></p> [empty string] [empty string] B37202F5-CFD0-2623-68626965FBDCA74D.gif B371D83C-CD1B-44E3-880101A30626BE02.gif PNW en_GB printweek.com 0 [empty string] 1024713 1 1 News 0 [empty string] [empty string] 5 2000 Web (online only story, NOT from printed publication) Lombard-pulling-stocking-finance-print-industry High-street banks are continuing to reduce their exposure to the print industry after Lombard confirmed that it is pulling out of stocking finance for the sector. [empty string] Lombard pulling out of stocking finance for the print industry [empty string] [empty string] Business|Business,Presses|Business,Printing|Business ARTICLE:Lombard+pulling+out+of+stocking+finance+for+the+print+industry:1024713
6 2010-08-24 12:00:00.0 20100824 Helen Morris 3130 TH-Helen-Morris2.jpg <p>Christian Knapp, KBA UK managing director, said printing equipment manufacturers and printers needed to support the initiative just as much as members of the paper industry.</p> <p>He said: "We are all negatively affected by the decline in the use of paper as a communications medium.</p> <p>"This decline is, in part, due to widespread misconceptions about print and paper and its impact on the environment. It's important that we support Two Sides as it works to redress these misconceptions and re-educate the marketing industry and end users."</p> <p>Two Sides director Martyn Eustace said: "It's great to see such a high-profile company from the printing industry join the Two Sides campaign.</p> <p>"With KBA on board, we are better able to reach printers who need to let their media-buying customers know, unequivocally, that using print does not damage the environment but may even be the most sustainable way to communicate."</p> <p>He added that Two Sides provides facts, resources and tools to help get this message across, and so helps to keep print and paper an essential part of marketers' media buying.</p> <p><strong></strong>Two Sides was created in 2008 and features nearly 300 members from the forestry, pulp, paper, inks and chemicals, pre-press, press, finishing, publishing and printing industries. <br /> <br /></p> Knapp: 'We are all negatively affected by decline in paper' Knapp: 'We are all negatively affected by decline in paper' A3CB990A-FFE4-08AF-312CE5867C4BE7A7.gif A3CB85B1-D5FD-BC91-09862C7BCAED7A5D.gif PNW en_GB printweek.com 0 [empty string] 1023830 1 1 News 0 [empty string] [empty string] 6 2000 Web (online only story, NOT from printed publication) KBA-UK-first-press-manufacturer-join-Two-Sides KBA UK has become the first printing press manufacturer to join the Two Sides campaign to promote the environmental image of paper. [empty string] KBA UK is first press manufacturer to join Two Sides [empty string] [empty string] [empty string] ARTICLE:KBA+UK+is+first+press+manufacturer+to+join+Two+Sides:1023830