March 2007 • Vol 3 • Issue 3
4 From the Top
6 Upfront
Three questions for Roger Stockdale; US print group figures; statistics for Dupa and more
13 Supply chain
How Fuji ensures that its customers get what they want
14 The colour purple
How Cadbury manages the consistent quality of its print
16 Finance
A report from PwC suggests that traditional advertising has to give way to new forms of persuasion
18 Need to know
What every printer should understand about using print to protect against counterfeiting
22 Woods moves to greener pastures
Woods of Perth is setting environmental standards with a move to edge of town premises
COVER STORY
26 Toby reads the tea leaves
Andy Scott interviews Toby Merchant the UK head of Paperlinx about the transformation of paper merchanting
32 Blue goes perfect
East London printer chooses to bring perfect binding inhouse
34 Is finishing finished?
The finishing trade is reeling and to survive finishers need to change
38 Digital spreads its wings
Hunkeler's Innovations Days showed how digital printing is encroaching on larger run commercial work
40 Xerox plans for continuous
Xerox wants to muscle in on the transactional print market
44 Books in turmoil
The publishing sector is being shaken by the internet and digitation. Printers therefore need to adapt
46 TJ thinks big
The Cornish printer is re-equipping with larger format presses
48 London pride
Printers in London area in line for help after the setting up of PrintLondon
50 FSC is first rate grade
Buyers and corporates want to use FSC as a mark of environmental cred
52 Tangent finds gold up north
The expanding communications group has bought Ravensworth in Newcastle
54 Breckland ready for growth
Breckland has developed a knack of finding advantages from a wide spread of activities with the environment to the fore
56 Six colour revolution
Michael Wilcox is convinced that his six colours are better than the traditional four
60 Processless makes inroads
Processless plates are providing that not only are they viable but that users can save money too
64 Customers first
Broglia Press is putting the emphasis on customer service rather than on the technology it has
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