The HSE investigated after a 39-year-old member of staff, working at the Northern Tissue Group’s papermill in Lancaster, was injured when a walkway collapsed underneath him. Lancaster Magistrates’ Court heard that the member of staff had been helping to hose down machinery, during a two-week shutdown at the factory, when he tried to cross a mezzanine floor six metres above the ground. The metal grating gave way and the staff member, who wished to remain anonymous, fell partway through, hitting his arms and jaw on the floor and suffering bruising and friction burns. A subsequent investigation found that there were no suitable inspection and maintenance regimes in place for checking the floor, despite it being at risk of rusting due to the humid environment. NTG was fined £10,000 and asked to pay £5,866 in costs. HSE Inspector Anthony Banks said: “The employee was lucky he was able to grab onto the mezzanine floor as he fell. If he had fallen all the way to the concrete below then he could have been killed. “The incident happened in a very humid area of the factory and the company should have done more to make sure metal grates, which make up the walkway, didn’t become unsafe. “Companies shouldn’t just wait for employees to be injured before taking any action to improve safety. It’s vital that proper maintenance systems are in place to protect...

The Nassenger Pro 120 has a new printhead maintenance system and is a high-performance inkjet textile printer with double the printing speed of the Nassenger PRO 60, which was launched last year at ITMA. The new model, which has a footprint of 15sqm, runs at 120sqm per hour and has independently-driven, water-based high-density inkjet printheads with a nine-colour ink gamut. The printhead maintenance system meanwhile, has been made to enable smooth overnight or continuous long-run printing. The manufacturer claims that the printheads’ independent drive system allows simultaneous emission from each nozzle to realise high productivity. “This system ensures stable printing quality and contributes to reduction of the workload for the operator,” said a spokesman. “Nassenger PRO 120 also has a dryer and textile winder to realize a total inkjet printing solution that incorporates unwinding, printing, drying and winding...

Just Falafel has more than 650 franchise agreements in the Middle East and across 15 countries worldwide with 12 outlets opening in the UK over the past few weeks alone. The company intends to grow its UK presence to 200 stores over the next three years and selected LightBrigade, through a competitive tender, to handle all of its brand development, PR and printed materials, such as menus, lightboxes, window applications, store branding, mailers and flyers. Following the roll-out of the brand across the UK, Just Falafel will look at extending the refreshed identity across its global network. LightBrigade director of strategy Matt Walker said that winning the contract with Just Falafel had given the company a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate its strategic and creative capabilities. He added: “Their revolutionary ambition to change the fast food industry mirrors our own ambition to deliver as a really integrated agency that offers both flexibility and scale across the UK and globally.” Launched in 2009 as a result of Surrey-based litho firm Total Print acquiring B&P LightBrigade in Chertsey, the company employs around 50 staff and has an annual turnover of £5m, which it aims to double year-on-year – a feat it achieved last year. The business has a client list that includes Samsung, Kuoni, John Lewis, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols and provides a range of services PR, design, brand management and print services from its Covent garden headquarters and its 1,100sqm Surrey print facility, which houses both large-format and litho kit, including four-colour Heidelberg presses alongside large-format flatbed and superwide roll-to-roll printers....

Just Falafel has more than 650 franchise agreements in the Middle East and across 15 countries worldwide with 12 outlets opening in the UK over the past few weeks alone. The company intends to grow its UK presence to 200 stores over the next three years and selected LightBrigade, through a competitive tender, to handle all of its brand development, PR and printed materials, such as menus, lightboxes, window applications, store branding, mailers and flyers. Following the roll-out of the brand across the UK, Just Falafel will look at extending the refreshed identity across its global network. LightBrigade director of strategy Matt Walker said that winning the contract with Just Falafel had given the company a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate its strategic and creative capabilities. He added: “Their revolutionary ambition to change the fast food industry mirrors our own ambition to deliver as a really integrated agency that offers both flexibility and scale across the UK and globally.” Launched in 2009 as a result of Surrey-based litho firm Total Print acquiring B&P LightBrigade in Chertsey, the company employs around 50 staff and has an annual turnover of £5m, which it aims to double year-on-year – a feat it achieved last year. The business has a client list that includes Samsung, Kuoni, John Lewis, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols and provides a range of services PR, design, brand management and print services from its Covent garden headquarters and its 1,100sqm Surrey print facility, which houses both large-format and litho kit, including four-colour Heidelberg presses alongside large-format flatbed and superwide roll-to-roll printers....

Zolfo Cooper has confirmed to PrintWeek that nobody from the company has, as of midday today (24 May), been appointed as administrator. There has been no official statement from MPG. Workers at the firm’s Bodmin and King’s Lynn plants were said to have been trying to help customers with work-in-progress, according to a source, even though staff at these facilities appear unlikely to receive their wages this month. According to local reports the 60 staff at Bodmin were told not to come into work today. At MPG’s Cambridge facility, workers are paid two weeks in arrears and two weeks in advance under an arrangement agreed with then-employer Cambridge University Press when it moved over to monthly pay, so staff there have already been paid for this month....