June 2008
4 From the Top
10 Upfront
Questions answered by Trevor Haworth;
Results from Drupa; Update from Anton;
Gel printing
12 My favourite business read
Gee Ranasinha explains which book has
had the greatest infl uence on him
14 Supply chain
A peek behind the government’s central
procurement policy
16 Finance
High costs are not going away
18 Finance
How to batten down for the storm
20 Need to know – paper certification
What every printer needs to understand
about FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody
26 Dispatches
Round-up of Drupa news
28 Innovation
Some of big launches at Drupa
COVER STORY
32 Heidelberg looks up
Bernhard Schreier explains why
Heidelberg is going into larger formats
and why the company is looking east
38 The Inkjet Drupa
There was inkjet in every corner of Drupa,
but the question is whether this will
change the industry
42 Linney family values
The Mansfi eld company has been in
business for 150 years and is thriving as
never before
46 Old fashioned inks
Grant Penfi eld is breaking cover with a
new venture and a link with Japan’s
Toyo Inks
50 Large format rises
Does the idea of a large format press stack
up? We look at the pros and cons
54 Wimbledon winner
Colouration has quietly expanded into a
force in the cosmetics business
58 The greening of HSPG
Howard Smith Paper Group has
swallowed the green pill and the
environment is increasingly informing its
business
60 The year of the soft proof
Flat panel displays are ubiquitous and
are preparing the way for the widespread
take-up of monitor proofing
62 Tailpiece
Christian Knapp on the importance of
large format
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