The Dundee-based firm invested in the FB7600 flatbed press and XP2500 roll-to-roll printer within four weeks of each other to help expand its application portfolio into packaging and POS arenas, said production manager Kevin Geoghegan. The machines replaced an Agfa Jeti at the 24-staff firm, which has a turnover of £2.5m. Geoghegan said that as well as a productivity boost, the investment was driven by the firm’s desire to have the reliability, quality and cost-per-square-metre that would enable the company to “compete with any printer in Britain”. “We reached a point where we wanted to offer more to stand out from the competition,” he said. “We chose the two different products to maximise production and have the ability to offer both indoor and outdoor applications.” The FB7600 will be used to enable Tayprint to move into packaging and also offer indoor applications including POS displays. The kit runs at up to 500sqm/hr and can also handle media up to 25mm thick including Foamex, Correx and display board. While the roll-to-roll XP2500 will focus on outdoor signage and banners. The UV printer increases has a top speed of 265sqm/hr in billboard mode using HP Specialty Billboard Scitex Ink. “We already offered outdoor applications, but to move into other sectors we wanted products that were economic, in time and money,” said Geoghegan. “Since installing the two machines we have increased productivity, taking on jobs we previously weren’t able to.” He said the new kit was a bit more expensive than some rival machines, but the proven platform and good after-sales service made it the ideal choice....

The Dundee-based firm invested in the FB7600 flatbed press and XP2500 roll-to-roll printer within four weeks of each other to help expand its application portfolio into packaging and POS arenas, said production manager Kevin Geoghegan. The machines replaced an Agfa Jeti at the 24-staff firm, which has a turnover of £2.5m. Geoghegan said that as well as a productivity boost, the investment was driven by the firm’s desire to have the reliability, quality and cost-per-square-metre that would enable the company to “compete with any printer in Britain”. “We reached a point where we wanted to offer more to stand out from the competition,” he said. “We chose the two different products to maximise production and have the ability to offer both indoor and outdoor applications.” The FB7600 will be used to enable Tayprint to move into packaging and also offer indoor applications including POS displays. The kit runs at up to 500sqm/hr and can also handle media up to 25mm thick including Foamex, Correx and display board. While the roll-to-roll XP2500 will focus on outdoor signage and banners. The UV printer increases has a top speed of 265sqm/hr in billboard mode using HP Specialty Billboard Scitex Ink. “We already offered outdoor applications, but to move into other sectors we wanted products that were economic, in time and money,” said Geoghegan. “Since installing the two machines we have increased productivity, taking on jobs we previously weren’t able to.” He said the new kit was a bit more expensive than some rival machines, but the proven platform and good after-sales service made it the ideal choice....

Two Sides reacted angrily to statements in a document from the European Environmental Paper Network (EEPN), a group of non-profit organisations focused on the paper industry, that, Two Sides claimed, accused the paper industry of damaging the environment. Two Sides director Martyn Eustace said allegations on the sustainability of the paper and associated industries needed to be substantiated or retracted from EEPN’s Paper Facts. “EEPN, among a number of questionable assertions and claims, falsely states the paper industry is responsible for ‘a wide range of harmful environmental impacts’, ‘negative social impacts’ and ‘human rights abuses’,” said Eustace. Two Sides representatives ‘doorstepped’ an EEPN conference in London yesterday (10 July) on how to reduce paper usage in business to challenge EEPN’s “exaggerated claims”, distributing Two Sides’ Print & Paper, Myths & Facts briefing document to delegates. Eustace pointed out in Europe there were 2.7m people working in the pulp, paper, envelope and printing industries with an estimated turnover of over €173bn. In the UK alone, he said, the industries employed 158,000 people and had a turnover of £21bn. He said: “The issue here is this is not an academic or fun spat between NGOs: we have enormous numbers of people in Europe employed in the industry. If people go around rubbishing what you do it puts livelihoods at stake. “We won’t take legal action, but what we can do is get the correct information in to the public arena and try to make sure a balanced view is received by everybody out there.” Eustace admitted isolated problems could be found in parts of the Far East, but “firmly disputed” the implied scale of the impacts raised by EEPN. He added that Two Sides would support EEPN if its efforts were focused on areas of genuine concern. EEPN campaigner for rainforests in Indonesia Sergio Baffoni said: “There are many points of view and different ways of putting together figures. The important thing is we are open to discussion. “We were surprised about their intention to inflame the matter and want to stress the need to reduce overconsumption and wasteful consumption. Paper is a great product, but it is not valued enough in the market and should be respected more.” Two Sides promotes the graphic communication chain including forestry, pulp, paper, inks and chemicals, pre-press, press, finishing, publishing and printing. Membership spans Europe, the US and Australia....

Two Sides reacted angrily to statements in a document from the European Environmental Paper Network (EEPN), a group of non-profit organisations focused on the paper industry, that, Two Sides claimed, accused the paper industry of damaging the environment. Two Sides director Martyn Eustace said allegations on the sustainability of the paper and associated industries needed to be substantiated or retracted from EEPN’s Paper Facts. “EEPN, among a number of questionable assertions and claims, falsely states the paper industry is responsible for ‘a wide range of harmful environmental impacts’, ‘negative social impacts’ and ‘human rights abuses’,” said Eustace. Two Sides representatives ‘doorstepped’ an EEPN conference in London yesterday (10 July) on how to reduce paper usage in business to challenge EEPN’s “exaggerated claims”, distributing Two Sides’ Print & Paper, Myths & Facts briefing document to delegates. Eustace pointed out in Europe there were 2.7m people working in the pulp, paper, envelope and printing industries with an estimated turnover of over €173bn. In the UK alone, he said, the industries employed 158,000 people and had a turnover of £21bn. He said: “The issue here is this is not an academic or fun spat between NGOs: we have enormous numbers of people in Europe employed in the industry. If people go around rubbishing what you do it puts livelihoods at stake. “We won’t take legal action, but what we can do is get the correct information in to the public arena and try to make sure a balanced view is received by everybody out there.” Eustace admitted isolated problems could be found in parts of the Far East, but “firmly disputed” the implied scale of the impacts raised by EEPN. He added that Two Sides would support EEPN if its efforts were focused on areas of genuine concern. EEPN campaigner for rainforests in Indonesia Sergio Baffoni said: “There are many points of view and different ways of putting together figures. The important thing is we are open to discussion. “We were surprised about their intention to inflame the matter and want to stress the need to reduce overconsumption and wasteful consumption. Paper is a great product, but it is not valued enough in the market and should be respected more.” Two Sides promotes the graphic communication chain including forestry, pulp, paper, inks and chemicals, pre-press, press, finishing, publishing and printing. Membership spans Europe, the US and Australia....

Printed.com and Goodprint generated sales of £2.31m in the first quarter, and accounted for the bulk of the £24.3m turnover group’s sales and profits in the period. The two operations added more than 17,800 new customers in the three months to the end of May. The firm said its challenge was to continue to attract and retain customers while restricting its advertising budget to no more than 27% of sales. The integration of Goodprint, acquired by Tangent in a £10.2m deal last October, is now delivering better-than-anticipated savings, said the company. The group has also appointed Steven Grout as chief executive of £10m turnover digital marketing agency Tangent Snowball. This is part of the change in management announced at Tangent’s year-end along with plans to refocus Tangent Snowball on higher-margin business. Grout has an agency background and joins from Targetbase Claydon Heeley, where he was CEO. He has worked with a number of major brands, including British Airways, Heinz and Pfizer....