Joint managing director Paul Deane said: “This new release is simply one of the most significant updates to the Shuttleworth MIS for some time.” The release includes a new iPhone & iPad mobile customer relationship management app, giving sales teams instant access to company, contact and enquiry details while away from the office. “Improved, immediate communication across the system includes this new app. Enquiries can be viewed and updated in real time and addresses linked into most satellite navigation systems.” Additionally a new job-tracking functionality called Milestones automatically updates jobs, making it simpler and quicker to view the status of any job, according to the company. Implementation administrator Dawn Safford said: “Milestones’ job tracking gives clear visibility of where a job is at any time. The information was always there but this makes it easier to find through things like colour coding.” The package was unveiled at user meetings in June and is now commercially available. The whole package costs around £10,000 and modules around £3,000 each. Multisets Print Solutions managing director Iain Cox, who has already installed the system, said: “It has given complete transparency to the business, without having to search. “Information is a click of a button away and the format is presented in a completely user friendly way so that anyone can access and look at information instantly.” Shuttleworth Business Systems is running a new webinar program to coincide with the new release and also has a 5.3 YouTube Playlist where users can view the package’s...

The device is due in the 22-staff printer in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in September and will replace its existing Stahlfolder for work including short-run brochures and magazines to long-run timetables and maps. Partner John Richardson said: “We are very pleased with the present machine – it doesn’t owe us a penny – but we want more automation and the new kit offers breath-taking differences in set-up times. “Makeready times will go from 25 minutes to five. It runs at around 10,000 sheets an hour but it’s not about running speed; it’s how quick you get running. This will cut down staff hours and allow us to put out less work.” Richardson said his team often had to switch between jobs and the Stahlfolder TH56 stored sizes and settings from previous jobs to enable staff to go straight back rather than “use levers and manual adjustments”. His company, part of the Micropress Group, decided it needed a six-plate rather than a four-plate first unit to enable it to tackle more multiple-fold jobs such as maps, which used to be parcelled out. “The automation took my breath away. We are constantly changing formats and this will make it so easy and cut makeready times considerably. We run with one folder so it has to be robust and flexible.” The company runs a double day shift and finishing facilities include folding, die-cutting and...

The device is due in the 22-staff printer in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in September and will replace its existing Stahlfolder for work including short-run brochures and magazines to long-run timetables and maps. Partner John Richardson said: “We are very pleased with the present machine – it doesn’t owe us a penny – but we want more automation and the new kit offers breath-taking differences in set-up times. “Makeready times will go from 25 minutes to five. It runs at around 10,000 sheets an hour but it’s not about running speed; it’s how quick you get running. This will cut down staff hours and allow us to put out less work.” Richardson said his team often had to switch between jobs and the Stahlfolder TH56 stored sizes and settings from previous jobs to enable staff to go straight back rather than “use levers and manual adjustments”. His company, part of the Micropress Group, decided it needed a six-plate rather than a four-plate first unit to enable it to tackle more multiple-fold jobs such as maps, which used to be parcelled out. “The automation took my breath away. We are constantly changing formats and this will make it so easy and cut makeready times considerably. We run with one folder so it has to be robust and flexible.” The company runs a double day shift and finishing facilities include folding, die-cutting and...

Managing director Jim Edgar and finance director Jonathan Briant secured the £11m investment package through UK-based equity investor Mobeus, buying out majority shareholder and founder Adrian Teulon and US-based digital imaging manufacturer Noritsu, which had held a 25.1% share in the business since 2009, as part of a partnership agreement. Following the deal, management controls more than 50% of the business. Traditionally a technical support services outsourcing partner for photolabs such as Agfa and Fujifilm, Veritek has diversified since 2006 into the healthcare, ophthalmic, digital cinema markets and graphics arts markets. Under the latter, the business offers technical and ongoing support for CTP, digital, inkjet and wide-format equipment, signing deals in the past year with Epson UK for wide-format servicing, MGI and HP on its Scitex range. The £25m-turnover company was founded by Teulon in 1985 as Complete Minilab Services (CMS), but was rebranded as Veritek in 2010, around three years after Edgar and Briant joined the firm. Now employing more than 300 engineers, Veritek, winner of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2012, has expanded to operate across 10 European territories. Briant said that the interest-only repayment debt and equity investment from Mobeus meant that the business could focus on future growth from a solid financial position. “Since Jim and I joined we have diversified the business into new sectors and we have expanded our reach across Europe. Although we are focused on five key areas we are open to opportunities in other markets and we are interested in the digital signage and security printing environments,” he added. “We signed a pan-European contract with HP Graphic at the beginning of this year and that is very significant for us. It is a new relationship and one that we anticipate will grow over the next few years so that we become a much more significant partner for them. “Our business model means we have engineers all over Europe who can respond quickly and efficiently. We have economies of scale that mean we can provide services faster and cheaper than many others.” Of Veritek’s 300-strong workforce, around 200 are UK-based with the remainder covering the rest of Europe. Briant said that the company was considering expanding its workforce in the coming months to focus on business development in the UK and Europe. “We are looking at winning some major contracts so it makes sense for us to add resources, once we understand where we can best add value.” He added that the business hoped to grow annual turnover over the next three to five years by up to £20m, to £45m per year. “We made this investment because we believe in the business. We are not tied to just one...

Managing director Jim Edgar and finance director Jonathan Briant secured the £11m investment package through UK-based equity investor Mobeus, buying out majority shareholder and founder Adrian Teulon and US-based digital imaging manufacturer Noritsu, which had held a 25.1% share in the business since 2009, as part of a partnership agreement. Following the deal, management controls more than 50% of the business. Traditionally a technical support services outsourcing partner for photolabs such as Agfa and Fujifilm, Veritek has diversified since 2006 into the healthcare, ophthalmic, digital cinema markets and graphics arts markets. Under the latter, the business offers technical and ongoing support for CTP, digital, inkjet and wide-format equipment, signing deals in the past year with Epson UK for wide-format servicing, MGI and HP on its Scitex range. The £25m-turnover company was founded by Teulon in 1985 as Complete Minilab Services (CMS), but was rebranded as Veritek in 2010, around three years after Edgar and Briant joined the firm. Now employing more than 300 engineers, Veritek, winner of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2012, has expanded to operate across 10 European territories. Briant said that the interest-only repayment debt and equity investment from Mobeus meant that the business could focus on future growth from a solid financial position. “Since Jim and I joined we have diversified the business into new sectors and we have expanded our reach across Europe. Although we are focused on five key areas we are open to opportunities in other markets and we are interested in the digital signage and security printing environments,” he added. “We signed a pan-European contract with HP Graphic at the beginning of this year and that is very significant for us. It is a new relationship and one that we anticipate will grow over the next few years so that we become a much more significant partner for them. “Our business model means we have engineers all over Europe who can respond quickly and efficiently. We have economies of scale that mean we can provide services faster and cheaper than many others.” Of Veritek’s 300-strong workforce, around 200 are UK-based with the remainder covering the rest of Europe. Briant said that the company was considering expanding its workforce in the coming months to focus on business development in the UK and Europe. “We are looking at winning some major contracts so it makes sense for us to add resources, once we understand where we can best add value.” He added that the business hoped to grow annual turnover over the next three to five years by up to £20m, to £45m per year. “We made this investment because we believe in the business. We are not tied to just one...