July 2008
4 From the Top
6 Upfront
BPIF Directions; Questions for Charles
Knott; Update on Alistair Gough
10 My favourite business read
Tim Cox from ROI explains why his book
is just plain sailing
12 Finance
An initiative to help printers in distress
14 Supply chain
How The Guardian managed the switch
to a new format and loss of its magazine
printer
16 Dispatches
All the news in New York; Screen’s
return; Acanthus grows
18 Innovation
Global’s white paper on Rip functions;
Buhrs boosts productivity
22 Need to know – folders
The latest in terms of automation and
ease of use in a too-often neglected area
COVER STORY
28 All about books
How TJ International has been successful
with a book plant in Cornwall
34 Drupa stars
Our list of the 25 hottest products from
the mega show which closed last month.
From prepress to folding and binding,
what every printer needs to understand
48 Finance for the purchase
And when you decide to buy, how to get
the best deal in cash-restrained times
50 Plans for Manroland
Norman Revill is planning a shake up of
the way that Manroland operates in the
UK
54 Charting the waters
The UK Hydrographic Offi ce is one of the
UK’s leading short run printers, on some
of the largest presses in the country
58 How HenDi found Alden
The City printer has bought one of the
oldest printers in the country and the
move is entirely logical says John Pulford
60 A Quality line-up
All the winners from the Quality in
PrintMedia awards, in short the industry
best of the best
62 Tailpiece
Brian Filler, Screen UK, explains why
exhibitions are an essential part of the
calendar
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