“Previously we’d always sent perfect binding out, but as the type of work we produce has expanded we’re now trying to keep as much in house as possible,” said director Alan Williamson. “We can see a growth in perfect binding applications, particularly for short run, higher pagination digitally printed work. Others don’t have perfect binding so we want it. The Eurobind 600 is an affordable and cost-effective model,” he added. The company offers litho, digital and screen printing and the £3.5m turnover, 43 staff firm’s KH66 folder will run alongside a continuous-feed MBO folder. The group will take delivery of the binder, which will run hot glue, and folder in early Autumn. The Batley, West Yorkshire-based trade and commercial printer is adding a mezzanine floor to its factory this year, which will add around 500sqm. The firm’s Inca Spyder wide-format printer and Zünd digital cutter will move from the production floor to the new mezzanine. “Once we’ve worked out how much room we’ve got on the production floor we might look at further investments, but at the moment we’re struggling on space. It’s exciting times for us though,” said Williamson....

The latest Annual Door Drop Industry Report, carried out by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), shows that door drop volumes across the UK grew from 6.9bn in 2011 to 7.2bn last year. Meanwhile expenditure on door drop media, which includes leaflets, catalogues, newsletters and product samples, was up £10m to £266m. The figures represents the first year-on-year growth since 2012 although an overall decline of almost 40% since 2005 when nearly 12bn items of door drops were delivered to UK households. The report cited improved household targeting for the decline. The Leaflet Company chief executive and chair of the DMA Door Drops Committee Mark Young said there were a number of factors for the return of growth. “While some larger users of the medium have reduced volumes the overall growth has come from new and lapsed users coming into the channel and realising its` potential. “As a result of this and the continuing decline of coverage with free newspapers the price point has increased slightly with alternative methods of coverage, the major benefactors being the Royal Mail,” he added. Meanwhile the report also showed that waste reduction targets mean that the average weight of door drop material has decreased by 17% from 19g in 2005 to 16g last year....

The latest Annual Door Drop Industry Report, carried out by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), shows that door drop volumes across the UK grew from 6.9bn in 2011 to 7.2bn last year. Meanwhile expenditure on door drop media, which includes leaflets, catalogues, newsletters and product samples, was up £10m to £266m. The figures represents the first year-on-year growth since 2012 although an overall decline of almost 40% since 2005 when nearly 12bn items of door drops were delivered to UK households. The report cited improved household targeting for the decline. The Leaflet Company chief executive and chair of the DMA Door Drops Committee Mark Young said there were a number of factors for the return of growth. “While some larger users of the medium have reduced volumes the overall growth has come from new and lapsed users coming into the channel and realising its` potential. “As a result of this and the continuing decline of coverage with free newspapers the price point has increased slightly with alternative methods of coverage, the major benefactors being the Royal Mail,” he added. Meanwhile the report also showed that waste reduction targets mean that the average weight of door drop material has decreased by 17% from 19g in 2005 to 16g last year....

“Previously we’d always sent perfect binding out, but as the type of work we produce has expanded we’re now trying to keep as much in house as possible,” said director Alan Williamson. “We can see a growth in perfect binding applications, particularly for short run, higher pagination digitally printed work. Others don’t have perfect binding so we want it. The Eurobind 600 is an affordable and cost-effective model,” he added. The company offers litho, digital and screen printing and the £3.5m turnover, 43 staff firm’s KH66 folder will run alongside a continuous-feed MBO folder. The group will take delivery of the binder, which will run hot glue, and folder in early Autumn. The Batley, West Yorkshire-based trade and commercial printer is adding a mezzanine floor to its factory this year, which will add around 500sqm. The firm’s Inca Spyder wide-format printer and Zünd digital cutter will move from the production floor to the new mezzanine. “Once we’ve worked out how much room we’ve got on the production floor we might look at further investments, but at the moment we’re struggling on space. It’s exciting times for us though,” said Williamson....

The option to upgrade from four to five or six colours, already avalable for other Indigo models, is now being offered on the B2-format Indigo 10000s, thanks to HP’s IndiChrome ink range. Sussex-based Pureprint is hoping to add orange and violet colour stations in August to enhance corporate colour matching accuracy on its machine. “It’s about bringing the 10000 inline with the capabilities of our three 7500s,” said group technical director Aaron Archer. He added that the group’s second Indigo 10000, due to be installed later this year, will also probably be configured with six colours. According to HP, a number of other 10000 owners are also looking to upgrade their B2 presses. However, Precision Printing, which this week hosted an event to highlight the capabilities of the 10000, is sticking with four colours for now, while the German arm of Elanders is reportedly looking at upgrading to six. Though Pureprint are opting to add orange and violet, according to HP, any two-colour combination of orange, violet and green can be added. A retrofittable upgrade to a five or six colour system will cost around £25,000 per colour station added, the same as with new installations of five or six colour Indigo 10000s. Though he reported high interest in additional colours, HP product manager for commercial sheetfed presses Erik Brammer said that 10000 users were most eagerly awaiting the introduction of white ink early next year. “A lot of customers are desperately waiting for the white ink. That enables so many POS applications where white can really add value if you print CYMK on top of that or you can print on transparent substrates to create very high value pieces,” Brammer added. A further option of upgrading to seven colours will be available around September/October. Also available from this date will the possibility of ordering spot colours mixed by HP from 11 base inks, which will allow users to access 97% of the Pantone colour gamut, according to Bammer. As of early 2014, Indigo 10000 owners will also be able to install their own spot colour ink mixing systems. Also in the pipeline for early 2014 are upgrade options to enable automatic blanket replacement and continuous colour calibration linked to ICC profiles....