March 2008 • Vol 4 • Issue 3
4 From the Top
6 Upfront
Questions for John Watson & Co; case binding from Australia and MAN Roland readies the IPO
10 My favourite business read
Ian Wilcock remembers Lawrence Wallis through one of his books
12 Supply chain
Why David Shorto is fed up with greenwash from printers
14 Finance
How the budget hits printers
16 Need to know - security
Taggants, colour change inks and serialisation are amoung the techniques available to stop counterfeits
20 Dispatches
Heidelberg shows Drupa card; VLM offers wholesale digital printing
24 Innovation
Kodak's new colour management system and what Komori plans for Drupa
28 Don't get burned
Sheaf Graphics recovered from a fire when its insurance company paid out - eventually
30 Finance for the future
BPIF Business and McInnes have shown that their partnership can help support the deals the industry needs
34 The tipping point for digital
HP's Stephen Nigro expects digital print to reach the tipping point when digital pages take over from analogue in the near future
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38 Polishing Scotland's crown
Kevin Creechan joined J Thomson Colour Printers, Scotland's leading print company with the aim of modernising the business side
42 The return of GCR
Grey Component Replacement is gaining new adherents looking for consistent quality and saving in ink use
46 The magazine printer at Drupa
Presses are wider, workflow more automated, so there's plenty for a magazine printer to see. Then what of digital?
52 Virtual progress
Dalim's Virtual Library offers an intriguing range of possibilities
54 Sappi has a silk solution
Tempo is a new silk coated paper which promises gloss coated performance for sheetfed printers
58 Smooth operators
Smooth software integration is the key for customers says EskoArtwork ceo Carsten Knudsen
60 Make it difficult
FFEI welcomes the projects that other development organisations are shy of, and a leading inkjet press is proof that this works
62 MIS becomes BIS
Printers need to reassess the purpose of the MIS tools says Shuttleworth's Paul Deane
66 Don't forget peripherals
The right peripherals around a press will make a difference says Peter Benton at Technotrans
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