Family-run CSG first moved into print recycling in 2008 when it bought Dorset-based J&G Environmental, now the UK’s biggest print waste handling firm. Following this latest acquisition, which was completed in July, former Saxon owners Mick Adams and Richard Stimson have joined CSG for a six-month handover period, while J&G managing director John Haines will head up the £2m-turnover company. The business will continue to trade under the same name and will operate from its existing Whittlesford premises, with its twelve staff joining CSG. J&G, which employs 49 staff, turns over around £20m per year and collects all non-paper based waste from more than 2,000 print businesses around the UK. Haines said the acquisition of Saxon would help the group expand its reach. He added: “Saxon will be a huge asset to J&G. It helps us to expand across a wider geographical area. Saxon have a strong presence across the South East. There are three main players, us being one and acquiring one of the others will help consolidate the market. We felt this move really made sense.” Haines said that with the move from litho to digital there had been a huge reduction in chemical waste, so the company has had to diversify. “There was an obvious drop in waste as people have begun to move away from litho, but under the umbrella of CSG we have been able to open up our markets to more hazardous waste collection from non-print customers.” CSG managing director Neil Richards said: “Waste creation is one of the printing industry’s top three environmental impacts and our acquisition of Saxon comes at a time when the industry is enthusiastically embracing more sustainable waste management. “Like us, Saxon has long supported the goal of routine recycling and re-use of print waste which makes them ideal partners for us. Between them, the two companies can provide the most comprehensive waste management service yet available to the printing industry.” He added: “Despite a testing trading environment, our strategy is to continue to grow the business. This latest acquisition is a further step in the group’s expansion plans and we look forward to announcing more business developments in the...

The Graphium, which will cost less than £500,000 and be commercially available from October, is to be unveiled next month at Print13 in Chicago and, later in September, Labelexpo in Brussels. The device would “transform” productivity, profitability and the ability for printers and converters to respond to product and market changes, said managing director Andy Cook. The key, he said, was high-opacity white ink and flexibility. “Graphium represents a new generation of digital inkjet press aimed at the narrow-web market – low capital investment, high-quality print, unparalleled productivity and the most versatile range of applications. “Bring all of these factors together and you have a ‘cost-in-use’ that defines Graphium as the most productive, high-opacity digital white press on the market,” he added. The Graphium is targeted at the label, packaging and signage markets, Cook said, and works on virtually all substrates from highly absorbent papers to plastics. It has a maximum print width of 410mm and operates at up to 1,230sqm per hour. It uses Uvijet Graphium UV-curing inks developed by Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems, with Xaar 1001 printhead technology. Cook added: “The biggest player in the market is HP with the Indigo, but that’s toner based. This is not trying to take them on, it is offering a broader application in terms of what you can print on, how you can print it and what you can do.” Cook explained that the Graphium was based on similar technology to the Caslon, launched by FFEI in partnership with Nilpeter at Drupa five years ago, and still commercially available. But while the Caslon was an add-on to the Nilpeter FA-Line flexo kit, the Graphium was a standalone machine, he said....

The Graphium, which will cost less than £500,000 and be commercially available from October, is to be unveiled next month at Print13 in Chicago and, later in September, Labelexpo in Brussels. The device would “transform” productivity, profitability and the ability for printers and converters to respond to product and market changes, said managing director Andy Cook. The key, he said, was high-opacity white ink and flexibility. “Graphium represents a new generation of digital inkjet press aimed at the narrow-web market – low capital investment, high-quality print, unparalleled productivity and the most versatile range of applications. “Bring all of these factors together and you have a ‘cost-in-use’ that defines Graphium as the most productive, high-opacity digital white press on the market,” he added. The Graphium is targeted at the label, packaging and signage markets, Cook said, and works on virtually all substrates from highly absorbent papers to plastics. It has a maximum print width of 410mm and operates at up to 1,230sqm per hour. It uses Uvijet Graphium UV-curing inks developed by Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems, with Xaar 1001 printhead technology. Cook added: “The biggest player in the market is HP with the Indigo, but that’s toner based. This is not trying to take them on, it is offering a broader application in terms of what you can print on, how you can print it and what you can do.” Cook explained that the Graphium was based on similar technology to the Caslon, launched by FFEI in partnership with Nilpeter at Drupa five years ago, and still commercially available. But while the Caslon was an add-on to the Nilpeter FA-Line flexo kit, the Graphium was a standalone machine, he said....

The IPIA said around 80 print buyers and 50 suppliers would attend the ‘Meet the trade buyer, meet the trade supplier’ day at St George’s Park in Burton-upon-Trent on 3 October. The annual event aims to help trade suppliers and buyers establish new business relationships and encourage dialogue. IPIA chief executive Andrew Pearce said suppliers would range from 3D printers and cross-media specialists to paper merchants, traditional printers, direct mail providers and equipment suppliers. “The emphasis is on innovations in print, media and marketing. From a supplier perspective how many days in the year can you make one journey and meet over 12 key prospects? “From a buyer perspective it is an excellent way of spending a day focused on meeting new suppliers and catching up with the latest innovations,” he added. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially opened St George’s Park in October 2012. Last year’s event at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club attracted over 50 buyers and 30 trade suppliers. To register email info@ipia.org.uk...

The IPIA said around 80 print buyers and 50 suppliers would attend the ‘Meet the trade buyer, meet the trade supplier’ day at St George’s Park in Burton-upon-Trent on 3 October. The annual event aims to help trade suppliers and buyers establish new business relationships and encourage dialogue. IPIA chief executive Andrew Pearce said suppliers would range from 3D printers and cross-media specialists to paper merchants, traditional printers, direct mail providers and equipment suppliers. “The emphasis is on innovations in print, media and marketing. From a supplier perspective how many days in the year can you make one journey and meet over 12 key prospects? “From a buyer perspective it is an excellent way of spending a day focused on meeting new suppliers and catching up with the latest innovations,” he added. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially opened St George’s Park in October 2012. Last year’s event at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club attracted over 50 buyers and 30 trade suppliers. To register email info@ipia.org.uk...