September 2007 • Vol 3 • Issue 9
4 From the Top
8 Upfront
Three questions for David Bunker; the MIS
Show; Esko and Artwork background and more
12 My favourite business read
Henry Mintzberg is the choice of Robert McClements from Print Yorkshire
14 Supply chain
Prolog brings colour in house after digital deal with Danwood
16 Finance
The impact of the dollar’s fall
18 Need to know – Plates
Everything you need to be aware of when looking at the plate market
22 Dispatches
Round of news from the summer months including the UK’s second Anicolor
Speedmaster 52
COVER STORY
24 SMP takes a step forward
How the south London outdoor poster printer has changed its market and the internal changes that have been needed
FINANCE SPECIAL REPORT
30 Worldwide shake up
Setting the conference against world economic shifts
32 Communisis prepares change
Stephen Vaughan, ceo of Communisis says he plans to unveil a new approach
34 Mergers on my mind
The BPIF’s survey reveals that the majority of printers believe that a merger is the best
way to find growth
38 Lyon’s share
Nigel Lyon has taken over at Pinstripe and has introduced a new way of thinking
40 Cash in hand with paper
An initiative between Eurofactor and the PaperCo is set to ease trading pangs for
those short of cash
44 Large format for all
Roland DG is fi nding that its range of solvent inkjet printers are in strong demand from printers
48 Hunts in Oxon
A small printer in Kidlington takes on a part-time fi nance director and finds the
experience worthwhile
NEWSPAPERS
50 View from the peaks
How Swiss newspapers are continuing to invest and uncover readers
54 The Wifag approach
The Swiss newspaper press manufacturer doesn’t want to be the biggest because it
believes it is already the best
56 The news that’s fi t to inkjet
Newsworld has a new concept for printing newspapers on demand, using breakthrough inkjet technology
60 Crisis what crisis?
It looks bad for newspapers, but perhaps looks can be deceptive
62 The digital Telegraph
Ceo Murdoch Maclennan’s presentation about the future of newspapers according
to the Telegraph
64 Innovation
Entry level perfect binders, a new die cutter and a newspaper inserter
66 Tailpiece
Why John Ricketts thinks the time is right for Buhrs |
