Haymarket’s portfolio, which includes Autocar, FourFourTwo, What Car? and Stuff, is printed at all of Wyndeham’s web offset plants with most of the titles being produced by Wyndeham Heron. Wyndeham was also one of the printers for Haymarket Network’s LOCOG titles for last year’s Olympic Games. Wyndeham has also been awarded a new monthly title from Haymarket Network, published on behalf of Sports Direct. In total the printer will produce 16 titles, down from 23 at the time of the last contract renewal in 2011, including monthlies, a weekly and a bi-weekly title. Wyndeham Group chief executive officer Paul Utting said: “We have been printing for Haymarket for 50 years which is testament to the strong working relationship and deep understanding our businesses have cultivated over that time. “Our success producing the vast proportion of the 2012 Olympic materials endorsed our high levels of service.” Haymarket Media Group head of production Gary Charlton said it was hard to put a figure on print volumes and said print prices were confidential. But when Wyndeham last extended its contract with Haymarket, in 2011 until late 2015, the printer managed to agree increased print prices to take account of soaring raw materials costs. Charlton said: “Wyndeham approached us about a contract renewal, which we initially thought was early. But on reflection it made good sense to us as an organisation and it makes good sense to support a long-term strategic supplier....

Alison Kaye, who was group sales director at book printer CPI UK, is leaving to join rival St Ives. However, Kaye is not moving to St Ives’ book business. Instead, she will become sales director of its exhibitions and events wing Service Graphics. Meanwhile Tanya Dunbar, who was sales director at St Ives’ book printing operation Clays, has been recruited by CPI. She will take up an as-yet-unspecified senior role at the group, although PrintWeek understands she will not necessarily be directly replacing Kaye. Both women are currently on gardening leave and will potentially be out of action for 12 months, unless the two groups come to an agreement to shorten the terms of their respective contracts. A St Ives insider said Clays was likely to look at its internal structure and the potential opportunity to adapt that “rather than just recruiting a Tanya replacement.” Dunbar had worked at St Ives for more than 20 years, having joined the group as a graduate trainee. Kaye had been at CPI for about eight years. She previously worked in sales at St Ives Clays prior to joining Antony Rowe and then moving up to a wider group role at CPI....

IPIA’s one day event ‘Meet the Trade Buyer, Meet the Trade Supplier’ at the Football Association’s new headquarters in Burton-on-Trent attracted 52 buyers and 48 suppliers. Chief executive Andrew Pearce said the key draw of the event, head-to-head appointments between buyers and suppliers, totalled a record 504 meetings, each lasting around 20 minutes. One of the most popular exhibitors was 3D Creation Lab, which showed off 10 3D printers. “The good news is there are a lot of people buying print out there,” he said. “There’s a definite swing from email communications, especially from a corporate perspective. Print was the poor relation for for a while but that has changed and it is now recognised as a crucial part of the mix again. Visitors were cautiously optimistic about the market – more so than last year.” Pearce added: “We are really pleased with the success of this year’s event, the 504 appointments between 9:15am and 5:15pm stimulated a lot of purchasing activity on the day and following the event. One company gave 30 quotes.” Ryedale Print Group sales manger Angie Francksen said she had two confirmed appointments following the event, six quotes and 13 follow-ups. Meanwhile, Pierce Communications’ procurement manager Barry Browne said he went to see specialist products. Other visitors included Printing.com production director John Prior, Andy Bleasdale of Office Depot and Paul Clarke of Mosaic Print Management. Suppliers included data specialists, paper merchants, trade finishers, direct mail service providers and social media and cross-media specialists....

IPIA’s one day event ‘Meet the Trade Buyer, Meet the Trade Supplier’ at the Football Association’s new headquarters in Burton-on-Trent attracted 52 buyers and 48 suppliers. Chief executive Andrew Pearce said the key draw of the event, head-to-head appointments between buyers and suppliers, totalled a record 504 meetings, each lasting around 20 minutes. One of the most popular exhibitors was 3D Creation Lab, which showed off 10 3D printers. “The good news is there are a lot of people buying print out there,” he said. “There’s a definite swing from email communications, especially from a corporate perspective. Print was the poor relation for for a while but that has changed and it is now recognised as a crucial part of the mix again. Visitors were cautiously optimistic about the market – more so than last year.” Pearce added: “We are really pleased with the success of this year’s event, the 504 appointments between 9:15am and 5:15pm stimulated a lot of purchasing activity on the day and following the event. One company gave 30 quotes.” Ryedale Print Group sales manger Angie Francksen said she had two confirmed appointments following the event, six quotes and 13 follow-ups. Meanwhile, Pierce Communications’ procurement manager Barry Browne said he went to see specialist products. Other visitors included Printing.com production director John Prior, Andy Bleasdale of Office Depot and Paul Clarke of Mosaic Print Management. Suppliers included data specialists, paper merchants, trade finishers, direct mail service providers and social media and cross-media specialists....

The printer, which sells from £19,999, is a successor to the VersaUV LEF-12 desktop UV solution, and was launched in late September. The company in Aldershot, Hants, bought the Roland off dealer PrintMAX. Standout qualities are a bigger print bed and faster speeds to offer a higher return on investment than smaller models, said the supplier. Features include larger working area than LEF-12, up to 508mm x 330mm x 100mm high, and new LED lamp for fast UV curing. The new model prints at 1.37sqm/hr, more than twice as fast as the LEF-12, which ran at 0.61sqm/hr. Digitalblanks marketing manager Rob Hayes said it was crucial be be at the forefront of digital technology. “The finishes this kit enables our customers to achieve far surpass anything out there in the market. There are some budget machines coming out of China, which are good on price but the output doesn’t match up to Roland’s standards.” Digitalblanks.com specialises in blank merchandise but also works on creating precision jigs, which secure products on the bed to ensure best coverage when printing on to merchandise. The company works in partnership with manufacturers of digital printers. With the wider flatbed on the LEF-20 Digitalblanks.com will now be able to create larger print space opportunities with its customised jigs. As well as iPhone cases the equipment can print on pens and golf balls....