The new machine is targeted at the sign and display, corrugated and retail-ready packaging markets. The 10000 is capable of 312sqm/hour in ‘Sample Mode’ rising to 625 sqm/hr in “sellable” ‘PROD 125′ mode and has a bed size of 1,600×3,200mm. It can handle products up to 25mm thick. It features HP’s HDR (High Dynamic Range) technology, which is a combination of new HDR300 printheads, of which there are 312, coupled with new software algorithms for droplet placement and a new pigmented, high adhesion inkset, HDR240. Xavier Garcia, general manager of HP Scitex Wide Format Printing Solutions, said: “We’re are now able to control drop size, drop by drop and that creates a tonal range that replicates very closely high resolution systems like offset and flexo. This is the ‘magic of what the 10000 represents.” The new heads use what HP says is a patented technology that can apply different sized drops, 15, 30, 45 pico litre drops simultaneously by merging 15 Pico litre drops ‘mid air’. According to Garcia, this offers an equivalent resolution of 150 lines per inch (lpi). Shipping of the FB10000 will begin in November, although it is commercially available immediately on a “restricted basis”. The machine will initially be available as in six-colours (CMYK and Lc, Lm), but Garcia said that an upgrade path had been built into the system – suggesting more colours could be added. He said that white might also be a future option, depending on customer requirements. The 10000, which is running live on HP’s stand at Fespa, has been in development for three years and has been in beta testing at KL Druck in Germany for two months. The 10000 will be sold alongside the HP Scitex FB7600, but the features on the 10000 will not be retro-fittable to it. “Basically to introduce the 10000 technology we had to re-engineer the entire press. Architecturally it may look similar to he 7600, but the accuracy required for all the components mean you can multiply by 10 the complexity involved in its construction,” said Garcia....

Lloyd Wigglesworth, the group’s managing director of printing and publishing, will step down from the board at the end of this month and will leave the company in October. He initially joined the group as a non-executive director in 2008 and became a board member in 2009. He will not be directly replaced. “It reflects the restructuring that’s been done at the group. We have fewer factories and businesses under that segment now, and Lloyd has been an important part of that transition,” explained chief executive Patrick Martell, who thanked Wigglesworth for his contribution to the business. The executive management at St Ives’ various businesses will now report directly to either Martell or finance director Matt Armitage. “We are creating more of a matrix structure rather than old-fashioned reporting lines. It’s about the future,” Martell added. The move will also save the PLC a six-figure sum. Wigglesworth had a basic salary of £248,000 and a total package including bonus and shares of £511,000 last year. Separately, St Ives has already announced that it intends to appoint an additional non-executive director....

Lloyd Wigglesworth, the group’s managing director of printing and publishing, will step down from the board at the end of this month and will leave the company in October. He initially joined the group as a non-executive director in 2008 and became a board member in 2009. He will not be directly replaced. “It reflects the restructuring that’s been done at the group. We have fewer factories and businesses under that segment now, and Lloyd has been an important part of that transition,” explained chief executive Patrick Martell, who thanked Wigglesworth for his contribution to the business. The executive management at St Ives’ various businesses will now report directly to either Martell or finance director Matt Armitage. “We are creating more of a matrix structure rather than old-fashioned reporting lines. It’s about the future,” Martell added. The move will also save the PLC a six-figure sum. Wigglesworth had a basic salary of £248,000 and a total package including bonus and shares of £511,000 last year. Separately, St Ives has already announced that it intends to appoint an additional non-executive director....

The BPIF responded after the ministers moved to clarify complicated guidance on health and safety and vowed to end confusion to make it as easy as possible for employers to take on work experience students. MPs Mark Hoban, Vince Cable, Matthew Hancock, Oliver Letwin and Michael Fallon posted an open letter to employers on the Department for Education (DoE) website pledging their commitment to put an end to “this kind of health and safety bureaucracy”. As part of the measures the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revised its guidance, while the Department of Health has issued guidance on how Ofsted will review health and safety. The Association of British Insurers has also spoken out to reassure employers that they don’t need special insurance policies to cover students on work experience. New steps include making it clear if workplace risk has been assessed for young people it does not need repeating for each student and insurers will treat students as employees for insurance purposes, while offering work experience will not affect premiums. Other changes include removing hundreds of thousands of low-risk businesses from unnecessary health and safety inspections and, from October, changing the law so “responsible employers” are no longer liable for an accident in the workplace, if it was “totally outside their control”. BPIF membership director Dale Wallis said employers tended to keep young workers away from print kit and forklift trucks and plonk them in the office to do admin “at a time when we need people in the print room to watch, learn and see how the exciting machinery works”. He said: “This announcement is great news; printers have said they are reluctant to take on work experience or work placement students because of risk assessments. So the relaxation is fine, but I hope it is not seen as the go ahead not to do anything. “That could leave employers open to action no matter how relaxed guidance or advice is. Current legislation is that employers must carry out suitable risk assessments. If you relax too much it could go to a civil action. This is not a total relaxation: the law is still in place.” Employment minister Mark Hoban said: “Too often in the past the crazy cornucopia of confusing rules discouraged employers from taking on young people. That’s why we have been working across government to make sure the rules are clear and easy to understand.” Skills minister Matthew Hancock said: “The new guidance radically reduces the burdens placed on schools and local businesses. ‘Sensible questions’ will replace the mountains of paperwork which has resulted in many businesses refusing to offer work experience. “It makes clear that it is not the responsibility of schools...

The BPIF responded after the ministers moved to clarify complicated guidance on health and safety and vowed to end confusion to make it as easy as possible for employers to take on work experience students. MPs Mark Hoban, Vince Cable, Matthew Hancock, Oliver Letwin and Michael Fallon posted an open letter to employers on the Department for Education (DoE) website pledging their commitment to put an end to “this kind of health and safety bureaucracy”. As part of the measures the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revised its guidance, while the Department of Health has issued guidance on how Ofsted will review health and safety. The Association of British Insurers has also spoken out to reassure employers that they don’t need special insurance policies to cover students on work experience. New steps include making it clear if workplace risk has been assessed for young people it does not need repeating for each student and insurers will treat students as employees for insurance purposes, while offering work experience will not affect premiums. Other changes include removing hundreds of thousands of low-risk businesses from unnecessary health and safety inspections and, from October, changing the law so “responsible employers” are no longer liable for an accident in the workplace, if it was “totally outside their control”. BPIF membership director Dale Wallis said employers tended to keep young workers away from print kit and forklift trucks and plonk them in the office to do admin “at a time when we need people in the print room to watch, learn and see how the exciting machinery works”. He said: “This announcement is great news; printers have said they are reluctant to take on work experience or work placement students because of risk assessments. So the relaxation is fine, but I hope it is not seen as the go ahead not to do anything. “That could leave employers open to action no matter how relaxed guidance or advice is. Current legislation is that employers must carry out suitable risk assessments. If you relax too much it could go to a civil action. This is not a total relaxation: the law is still in place.” Employment minister Mark Hoban said: “Too often in the past the crazy cornucopia of confusing rules discouraged employers from taking on young people. That’s why we have been working across government to make sure the rules are clear and easy to understand.” Skills minister Matthew Hancock said: “The new guidance radically reduces the burdens placed on schools and local businesses. ‘Sensible questions’ will replace the mountains of paperwork which has resulted in many businesses refusing to offer work experience. “It makes clear that it is not the responsibility of schools...