DSN, whose clients include Mars and Unilever, handles artwork and pre-press activities for its clients in six bases across Europe, with a UK presence in Poole, Dorset, said UK sales director Donovan Parr. The business has a turnover of €32m (£27m) and employs 320 staff globally. Meanwhile, €5m (£4.2m) Design Board International focuses on fast moving consumer goods markets in four regions, Belgium, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Egypt. Clients for the 65-staff company include Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company Europe, Bacardi-Martini, Mondelez, McCain Continental Europe and Kingfisher. Parr said: “We have significant creative resources but as with any company your client base is as good as the business you win and there are many synergies between the two companies in areas such culture and geographical spread. “It also offers clients a complete process from the conceptual idea to management of the final printed product. Not everybody wants that, but there are a growing number of people who see the benefits of all the eggs in one basket.” Parr said both companies would retain their separate names and clients but come under the same holding company owned by DSN. In May this year the management team of De Schutter Neroc (DSN) concluded an MBO for an undisclosed sum and said it was eyeing growth across the UK. Parr said the latest acquisition would enable DSN to focus on continued growth by expanding its scope of services, offering a one-stop-shop to offer a more comprehensive service, and bolstering its pool of creative expertise. “By adding this significant resource to our existing creative division we can add additional scope and multi-site capacity. This will bring greater added value to our clients and strengthen our position in the markets we serve.” DSN comprises of three divisions: DSN pre-press packaging, TGS brand management services and 360 BPM, a creative communication design agency....

The Speedmaster, which will replace a 40 inch and two 28 inch Lithrones, was bought to boost the firm’s efficiency. The ability to cut make-readies from 45 minutes to five or ten was a key attraction, said managing director Doug Nelson. He said: “The machines that we’ve got at the moment are only eight years old but when we bought them they had no automation, no colour management, and basically since then the print industry’s changed; everything’s short run, quick make-ready and we’ve not been able to do the quick make-readies.” He added: “We’ll be running the same work but we think we should be able to become a bit more competitive. At the moment we lose out on so many bigger jobs because we can’t do them at the right prices. We can’t print them as quick, we’re messing about making ready.” Aiding this drive for efficiency will be the Speedmaster’s coating capabilities, explained Nelson. The company’s first move into coating will see it save around 35 to 40 minutes on each job, he said. “That time equates to over 30 hours a month. One job that should take us two hours is double the time without coating,” he said. NB’s new Speedmaster is secondhand but “nearly new”, reported Nelson. It was bought as part of a £600,000 overall investment which also included a Kodak Magnus CtP device. “We’ve never had automation on platesetters either, everything’s been manual. But you’ve got to go automated otherwise you just can’t compete,” said Nelson. Another attraction of the Speedmaster was its drip coating capability, which Nelson said he hoped would be popular with NB’s advertising and design agency customers. The space reserved for the Speedmaster, which NB anticipates will be up and running by mid-September, has been designed to allow for a future upgrade. “We looked at the Speedmaster XL 75 and our longer term goal is to invest in that model. The floor preparation we have undertaken at the factory is 13 metres long with that in mind; the SM 74 we are getting next week is 9 metres long,” said Neslon. “But that upgrade will be in the future if everything’s going swimmingly.” Of NB’s decision to switch from being a Komori to Heidelberg house, Nelson added: “We’ve been a Komori house since the 80s, but we’ve got guys working for us who have used Heidelbergs and they all love the Speedmasters, although the Komoris have been fantastic for us. And timing was an issue – we’d have had to wait until after Christmas for a brand new Komori.” The new press and platesetter will join NB Colour’s most recent investment, a Konica C7000 installed last year, its range...

The Speedmaster, which will replace a 40 inch and two 28 inch Lithrones, was bought to boost the firm’s efficiency. The ability to cut make-readies from 45 minutes to five or ten was a key attraction, said managing director Doug Nelson. He said: “The machines that we’ve got at the moment are only eight years old but when we bought them they had no automation, no colour management, and basically since then the print industry’s changed; everything’s short run, quick make-ready and we’ve not been able to do the quick make-readies.” He added: “We’ll be running the same work but we think we should be able to become a bit more competitive. At the moment we lose out on so many bigger jobs because we can’t do them at the right prices. We can’t print them as quick, we’re messing about making ready.” Aiding this drive for efficiency will be the Speedmaster’s coating capabilities, explained Nelson. The company’s first move into coating will see it save around 35 to 40 minutes on each job, he said. “That time equates to over 30 hours a month. One job that should take us two hours is double the time without coating,” he said. NB’s new Speedmaster is secondhand but “nearly new”, reported Nelson. It was bought as part of a £600,000 overall investment which also included a Kodak Magnus CtP device. “We’ve never had automation on platesetters either, everything’s been manual. But you’ve got to go automated otherwise you just can’t compete,” said Nelson. Another attraction of the Speedmaster was its drip coating capability, which Nelson said he hoped would be popular with NB’s advertising and design agency customers. The space reserved for the Speedmaster, which NB anticipates will be up and running by mid-September, has been designed to allow for a future upgrade. “We looked at the Speedmaster XL 75 and our longer term goal is to invest in that model. The floor preparation we have undertaken at the factory is 13 metres long with that in mind; the SM 74 we are getting next week is 9 metres long,” said Neslon. “But that upgrade will be in the future if everything’s going swimmingly.” Of NB’s decision to switch from being a Komori to Heidelberg house, Nelson added: “We’ve been a Komori house since the 80s, but we’ve got guys working for us who have used Heidelbergs and they all love the Speedmasters, although the Komoris have been fantastic for us. And timing was an issue – we’d have had to wait until after Christmas for a brand new Komori.” The new press and platesetter will join NB Colour’s most recent investment, a Konica C7000 installed last year, its range...

The Speedmaster, which will replace a 40 inch and two 28 inch Lithrones, was bought to boost the firm’s efficiency. The ability to cut make-readies from 45 minutes to five or ten was a key attraction, said managing director Doug Nelson. He said: “The machines that we’ve got at the moment are only eight years old but when we bought them they had no automation, no colour management, and basically since then the print industry’s changed; everything’s short run, quick make-ready and we’ve not been able to do the quick make-readies.” He added: “We’ll be running the same work but we think we should be able to become a bit more competitive. At the moment we lose out on so many bigger jobs because we can’t do them at the right prices. We can’t print them as quick, we’re messing about making ready.” Aiding this drive for efficiency will be the Speedmaster’s coating capabilities, explained Nelson. The company’s first move into coating will see it save around 35 to 40 minutes on each job, he said. “That time equates to over 30 hours a month. One job that should take us two hours is double the time without coating,” he said. NB’s new Speedmaster is secondhand but “nearly new”, reported Nelson. It was bought as part of a £600,000 overall investment which also included a Kodak Magnus CtP device. “We’ve never had automation on platesetters either, everything’s been manual. But you’ve got to go automated otherwise you just can’t compete,” said Nelson. Another attraction of the Speedmaster was its drip coating capability, which Nelson said he hoped would be popular with NB’s advertising and design agency customers. The space reserved for the Speedmaster, which NB anticipates will be up and running by mid-September, has been designed to allow for a future upgrade. “We looked at the Speedmaster XL 75 and our longer term goal is to invest in that model. The floor preparation we have undertaken at the factory is 13 metres long with that in mind; the SM 74 we are getting next week is 9 metres long,” said Neslon. “But that upgrade will be in the future if everything’s going swimmingly.” Of NB’s decision to switch from being a Komori to Heidelberg house, Nelson added: “We’ve been a Komori house since the 80s, but we’ve got guys working for us who have used Heidelbergs and they all love the Speedmasters, although the Komoris have been fantastic for us. And timing was an issue – we’d have had to wait until after Christmas for a brand new Komori.” The new press and platesetter will join NB Colour’s most recent investment, a Konica C7000 installed last year, its range...

Slowe took up his new role on Monday (2 September) after seven years as sales director for the company, with a brief spell as interim managing director in 2006, following the departure of Simon Ricketts. Slowe takes over from former managing director Garry Colyer who is retiring from full time work to take up a consultancy role and to spend more time with his family. Colyer said: “Rob has earned this promotion; he has been a huge support to me and has managed the publishing market for us with great integrity, effect and in line with our direction. “He is the right man to take the company forward. Rob’s skills and knowledge, especially of the newer printing technologies, will help Arctic Paper UK continue to develop successfully.” As Arctic Paper UK managing director Slowe will head a team of nine and report directly to acting chief executive for the Arctic Paper Group, Wolfgang Lübbert. Globally the group employs around 1,830 people and has a total annual production capacity of 765,000 tonnes from its four European paper mills....