British Print Industry Federation president resigns
September 24, 2011
The president of the British Print Industry Federation, Andrew Pindar, has resigned with immediate effect, after only two months in the role. Pindar – who was awarded an OBE in 2009 for services to business – assumed the position from Rupert Middleton in Read more
Latest figures suggest August growth in print sector
September 20, 2011
The printing sector may be bucking the trend for manufacturing in the UK as a whole, as the latest figures released by a number of printing firms showed healthy trading during August. This comes as the Purchasing Managers Index indicated that the British manufacturing Read more
Flyer printing forms central part of Stratford tourism campaign
September 14, 2011
Stratforward – a project spearheading the Stratford Business Improvement District – has placed traditional flyer printing at the centre of its current promotional campaign for the town. The initiative has commissioned 400,000 flyers as part of a multi-media tourism promotion, which also Read more
Print companies and manufacturers gear up for major new trade event in 2012
September 6, 2011
An ambitious new trade fair showcasing all aspects of print-related activity from a variety of influential suppliers is scheduled to take place on February 29th and March 12th at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
Entitled ‘Print Innovations’, the much anticipated trade show is being organised by event planning company, easyFairs, following on from the latter’s successful Print for Packaging show in 2010.
The new show promises to cover almost every area of activity pertaining to the print-related industries; including pre-press software applications, print equipment, quality control processes, direct marketing, and media consultancy.
Matt Benyon, managing director of easyFairs UK and Ireland, emphasised that the event will not only offer a forum for commercial discussions between print companies and manufacturers of print equipment; but is also ‘designed to attract print buyers as well as companies with large print demands and marketers’ with a view to ‘identifying the various production options that are open to them’.
Exhibitors which have already expressed a strong interest in participating in the event include Xerox Europe, Miller Graphics Corniche, Kodak, and Agfa Graphics.
Kevin O’Donnell, of Xerox Europe, said that Print Innovations would enable his organisation to:
“…start up important conversations with the right sort of people right across the print buying industry.”
Group Business Director for Miller Graphics Corniche, Alan Brown, commented that the event would provide an opportunity for his company to demonstrate how it can ‘help to enhance quality, deliver consistency and to drive efficiencies
Dow Chemical Company to manufacture Olympic Stadium wrap
August 30, 2011
It has been announced that Dow Chemical Company are to manufacture and sponsor the fabric curtain stadium wrap for the 2012 Olympics in London. The curtain, which will cost £7 million to design and print, has been a source of considerable problems for the Olympic Organising Committee, as a number of possible ideas have been proposed and rejected due to concerns over production costs. Read more
Guardian News and Media Group look to sustainable stationery to reduce carbon footprint
August 23, 2011
As part of its report into the company’s environmental sustainability, the Guardian News and Media Group have announced plans to lower the business’s carbon footprint through a reduction in paper consumption. The group, which publishes the Guardian and the Observer newspapers, aims to achieve this by looking into ways of reducing the usage of paper in the offices, and by increasing the use of sustainable paper and stationery. Read more
Brochure printers look to new ways to sustain demand for football programmes
August 18, 2011
One particular specialist brochure medium – that of the football programme – is still going relatively strong; but brochure printers have still had to re-evaluate the football programme’s place in the market, and, consequently, have come up with innovative ways of trying to continue its long success.
Football programmes have Read more
Communisis half-year results encourage printing sector
August 16, 2011
Rebranding undertaken by Scottish butchers Simon Howie
August 9, 2011
Simon Howie Foods, the award-winning Scottish butchers, have opted to have their product packaging redesigned, as part of a plan to boost the profile of their brand. The family company employed Ignite Your Brand to oversee the project, from the initial development through to the choice of packaging designer and Read more
AJS Labels winner of British Print Industry Federation award
July 24, 2011
The 2011 British Print Industry Federation Award for Company of the Year has gone to British-based AJS Labels, a Sussex company manufacturing converters for self-adhesive labels. According to the awards judging panel, the decision in favour of AJS Labels was based on the company’s straightforward but successful approach to communicating with and engaging staff to provide a continual improvement in customer service standards.
The company is a successful business collaboration between husband and wife team Andrew and Jayne Scrimgeour, who serve as co-directors, and they were both in attendance at the BPIF awards ceremony in London to collect the award:
“It is a great honour to have won this. The BPIF is one of the UK’s leading trade associations, supporting the print and packaging industries which form part of the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, so we are thrilled to have all the hard work and dedication of everyone at the company acknowledged in this way,” Andrew Scrimgeour said.
2011 saw a change in the annual BPIF awards, with the competition seeking to recognise creativity and innovation across the entire spectrum of print media. This is an attempt to acknowledge the efforts of companies addressing issues relevant to consumers and the immediate and long-term future of an industry which has been badly affected by the recession. Thus the new awards criteria saw recognition given to areas ranging from environmental impact and training and development to health and safety and innovation, with the Company of the Year award recognising overall excellence.
