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To have your say in deciding who are the print industry’s top players, simply click here and either vote for the luminaries listed or add the details of the person that you think should be ranked as one the industry’s most important individuals. Voting closes on Wednesday 14 August and the PrintWeek Power 100 will be published in the 19 August issue of the magazine. Vote here...

According to Companies House NGS managing director Neil Sharp was appointed managing director of PBC on 11 July, the same day the Middlesex firm’s co-directors Reginald Walwyk and Yat Ng positions were terminated. Attempts by PrintWeek to contact Sharp directly by email and phone went unanswered. However in a letter seen by PrintWeek dated 11 July, from NGS managing director Neil Sharp to clients, the “amalgamated” businesses will trade with immediate effect under Purfect Binding Company although the intention is to re-brand the “whole company” within the first quarter of its trading. The letter states: “We will keep you informed of these changes as and when they happen, therefore all orders currently in hand will be invoiced through Purfect Binding Company and future orders will need to be addressed to and will be invoiced through Purfect Binding Company.” According to sources close to NGS, staff were notified a week ahead of the move from their Greenford, West London site to PBC’s Wembley facility. PrintWeek understands that the move is now complete. The letter explains that in addition to NGS’ existing plant list the new entity will acquire PBC’s 16-station Wohlenberg Master E Perfect Binder and a six-station Muller Martini with cover feeder and stacker, which will replace NGS’ older four-station model. It stated: “The experienced workforces of both PBC and NGS will join up and together we will guarantee to beat any genuine comparative Perfect/PUR Binding quotation. “We can now offer a wider and more comprehensive range of Print Finishing Services than any other company all under one roof 24/7, 360 days a year. “The obvious savings in time and money mean you, our valued client, will benefit from, not having to transport the work to different finishers for different processes as PBC can now complete ALL Finishing right through to Direct Mail Distribution and Despatch.” NGS Finishing Solutions was incorporated by Sharp in February 2011 a month ahead of his existing £6m-turnover company, NGS Print Finishers, falling into administration on 2 March owing £1.5m including around £700,000 to other finishers. The business was renamed Print Realisations 2011 while trading through administration and Sharp bought the assets of the business back through NGS Finishing Solutions for £275,000....

The Ricoh Pro 8100S, the Pro 8110S and the Pro 8120S are targeted at inplants, print-for-pay operations, digital printers and data centres. They will be commercially available in late August. “Demand for colour continues to grow but a productive, versatile monochrome press remains an essential asset for business-critical applications,” said executive vice president Peter Williams. “These include the transactional printing of bills, invoices, statements, trans-promotional materials and other variable data printing applications. The new machines will replace the Pro 907EXP, the Pro 1107EXP and the Pro 1357EXP and are based on the technology of the Pro C751 and C901 series. Prices will be released at commercial launch. Output speeds are up to 95, 110 and 135 pages per minute for the Pro 8100S, 8110s and 8120S models respectively and they have duty cycles of up to three million. The manufacturer said its laser technology provided a resolution of 1,200dpi x 4,800dpi from a 40-beam laser for better registration and more accurate fill for sharper text and smoother graphics. Additionally, mechanical registration meanwhile has been developed for the three machines to provide precise front-to-back registration alignment, compensating for media expansion and contraction during the duplexing process, which helps for postcards, glossy brochures or any other registration-critical two-sided document. The Pro 8100S series supports a range of inline finishing options, with booklet making, ring binder and perfect binder solutions. These include the GBC StreamPunch and Plockmatic Bookletmaker to ensure customisable inline finishing capabilities....

The Ricoh Pro 8100S, the Pro 8110S and the Pro 8120S are targeted at inplants, print-for-pay operations, digital printers and data centres. They will be commercially available in late August. “Demand for colour continues to grow but a productive, versatile monochrome press remains an essential asset for business-critical applications,” said executive vice president Peter Williams. “These include the transactional printing of bills, invoices, statements, trans-promotional materials and other variable data printing applications. The new machines will replace the Pro 907EXP, the Pro 1107EXP and the Pro 1357EXP and are based on the technology of the Pro C751 and C901 series. Prices will be released at commercial launch. Output speeds are up to 95, 110 and 135 pages per minute for the Pro 8100S, 8110s and 8120S models respectively and they have duty cycles of up to three million. The manufacturer said its laser technology provided a resolution of 1,200dpi x 4,800dpi from a 40-beam laser for better registration and more accurate fill for sharper text and smoother graphics. Additionally, mechanical registration meanwhile has been developed for the three machines to provide precise front-to-back registration alignment, compensating for media expansion and contraction during the duplexing process, which helps for postcards, glossy brochures or any other registration-critical two-sided document. The Pro 8100S series supports a range of inline finishing options, with booklet making, ring binder and perfect binder solutions. These include the GBC StreamPunch and Plockmatic Bookletmaker to ensure customisable inline finishing capabilities....