The new partnership will be unveiled at a joint open house event to be held next month at Printers Superstore’s Leeds headquarters. According to Printers Superstore joint managing director Graham Moorby, the tie-up is a natural fit for the company, which holds the UK agency for Hans Gronhi and Shinohara offset presses. “MGI’s products offer an interesting mix to the range of products we sell already. The hook is that we’re regularly talking to commercial printers that are thinking about digital or already have it,” said Moorby. “The MGI is the ideal crossover product for our customers because it’s a more conventional costing model with no click charge and the products offer the kind of litho-grade build quality our customers like.” Moorby said that the two companies had been discussing the partnership for some time, after the Printers Superstore team took a close look at the MGI machines on display at last year’s Drupa. “Printers Superstore are a well-known company with a big user-base for new equipment, parts and consumables. They are an ideal partner to sell MGI machines, which we can offer to this market as a great added-value product,” said MGI Technology managing director David Evans. Printers Superstore will begin marketing the MGI range, which includes the Meteor 8700XL digital press and JetVarnish 3D digital spot UV coater, immediately. However, MGI Technology will provide service and support for the products initially, with Printers Superstore taking responsibility for service after the partnership has bedded in. The company will have sales responsibility for areas from just north of Leicester up to and including Scotland and also some areas of North Wales. “These are really our stomping grounds,” said Moorby. The 4,260 A4pp/hr Meteor 8700XL will be on display at the firm’s open house event on 18-19 September, where it will run alongside a five-colour B3 Hans Gronhi GH525. For more information, visit www.printers-superstore.com/openhouse_sep13.html...

The new partnership will be unveiled at a joint open house event to be held next month at Printers Superstore’s Leeds headquarters. According to Printers Superstore joint managing director Graham Moorby, the tie-up is a natural fit for the company, which holds the UK agency for Hans Gronhi and Shinohara offset presses. “MGI’s products offer an interesting mix to the range of products we sell already. The hook is that we’re regularly talking to commercial printers that are thinking about digital or already have it,” said Moorby. “The MGI is the ideal crossover product for our customers because it’s a more conventional costing model with no click charge and the products offer the kind of litho-grade build quality our customers like.” Moorby said that the two companies had been discussing the partnership for some time, after the Printers Superstore team took a close look at the MGI machines on display at last year’s Drupa. “Printers Superstore are a well-known company with a big user-base for new equipment, parts and consumables. They are an ideal partner to sell MGI machines, which we can offer to this market as a great added-value product,” said MGI Technology managing director David Evans. Printers Superstore will begin marketing the MGI range, which includes the Meteor 8700XL digital press and JetVarnish 3D digital spot UV coater, immediately. However, MGI Technology will provide service and support for the products initially, with Printers Superstore taking responsibility for service after the partnership has bedded in. The company will have sales responsibility for areas from just north of Leicester up to and including Scotland and also some areas of North Wales. “These are really our stomping grounds,” said Moorby. The 4,260 A4pp/hr Meteor 8700XL will be on display at the firm’s open house event on 18-19 September, where it will run alongside a five-colour B3 Hans Gronhi GH525. For more information, visit www.printers-superstore.com/openhouse_sep13.html...

The two bi-annual titles were previously printed by BGP in Bicester, which was acquired by Polestar last year, but Condé Nast decided to transfer the work to Wyndeham, extending its existing portfolio with the printer. Other titles making up the portfolio include Vogue, House & Garden, Brides, Tatler, The World of Interiors, GQ, Vanity Fair and Wired. As part of the agreement, the publisher has renewed its print contract with Wyndeham until 2017, extending its previous contract which was signed last year. Wyndeham Roche’s two Lithoman IV 64/72pp web offset presses and three Muller Martini Corona perfect binding lines are used for the majority of the Condé Nast work. Wyndeham Group chief executive Paul Utting said: “This is one of the most prestigious print contracts and we are privileged to have Condé Nast in our portfolio. The work comprises a number of market-leading titles that demand first-class quality and service. “This renewal, together with the additional number of titles that have been awarded to us, endorses the confidence and long-term commitment that Condé Nast has in Wyndeham.” Condé Nast production director Sarah Jenson added: “Our contract extension signifies Wyndeham Roche’s 100% commitment to producing magazines for us in a manner which consistently reflects the highest quality standards in the web offset and sheet-fed industry today – the company deserves our continued support.” It follows a number of recent contract renewals by Wyndeham Group including the Financial Times, The Economist and the Camping and Caravanning Club....

The two bi-annual titles were previously printed by BGP in Bicester, which was acquired by Polestar last year, but Condé Nast decided to transfer the work to Wyndeham, extending its existing portfolio with the printer. Other titles making up the portfolio include Vogue, House & Garden, Brides, Tatler, The World of Interiors, GQ, Vanity Fair and Wired. As part of the agreement, the publisher has renewed its print contract with Wyndeham until 2017, extending its previous contract which was signed last year. Wyndeham Roche’s two Lithoman IV 64/72pp web offset presses and three Muller Martini Corona perfect binding lines are used for the majority of the Condé Nast work. Wyndeham Group chief executive Paul Utting said: “This is one of the most prestigious print contracts and we are privileged to have Condé Nast in our portfolio. The work comprises a number of market-leading titles that demand first-class quality and service. “This renewal, together with the additional number of titles that have been awarded to us, endorses the confidence and long-term commitment that Condé Nast has in Wyndeham.” Condé Nast production director Sarah Jenson added: “Our contract extension signifies Wyndeham Roche’s 100% commitment to producing magazines for us in a manner which consistently reflects the highest quality standards in the web offset and sheet-fed industry today – the company deserves our continued support.” It follows a number of recent contract renewals by Wyndeham Group including the Financial Times, The Economist and the Camping and Caravanning Club....

The investment includes a new Fuji Acuity Advance HS HD3545W UV printer, a new Esko Kongsberg XP24 digital cutter and a new larger wide format premises. The Acuity is BCQ’s first foray into flatbed printing and will join existing Mimaki, Canon, HP and Kodak roll-fed inkjet machines in the company’s ‘Jolly Big’ division. Boosted efficiency and quality were the main reasons for the investment, with the machine capable of 40.2 sq m/hr at production quality, 28.4 sq m/hr at high quality and 61 sq m/hr in express mode. “We are doing a lot of double handling at the moment where you’re having to mount rather than print directly onto the substrate, so there are lot of economies to be made there,” said chairman Richard Knowles. He added: “Also I think the result looks better. It’s been around long enough to have proven itself, it’s very good quality, and in terms of uptime it’s going to be exceptionally good.” Meanwhile, the 100 m/min Kongsberg XP24, which will join an existing line-up of wide format cutters, was chosen for its speed. “In addition to what we’re going to be doing with it on the wide format side, we’ll be using this for some of our folders or other complex prototyping operations before we put them on one of our die cutters. It’s going to assist with overflow for our main litho and digital business,” said Knowles. He added: “There was plenty of competition out there for it. We’ve been very impressed with the uptime and the fact that we can grow into it. It’s probably far faster than we need at the moment but I think we’ll grow into it.” The new kit is due to be installed in BCQ’s new dedicated Jolly Big premises which will be three times bigger than BCQ’s previous wide format works. The aim is for Jolly Big to double in size. “Jolly Big is a relatively small part of the business at the moment; it’s probably about 10%. I’d like to think that would double,” said Knowles. He added: “We recognise that the strength of BCQ is that we have lots of different disciplines. It’s good to have lots for when one is quiet; that helps cushion any other areas that could fall on hard times. Certainly from Jolly Big’s point of view it’s been pretty much ten out of ten for the last couple of years in terms of the amount of work going through.”...