Print Group quoted on the London Stock
Exchange) and are based on 5 Divisions
each around 20% in size.
as Vogue, Time Out, The Economist, BA
Business Traveller and a lot of trade
and technical titles.
transactions, and shorter run lengths of
one-to-one personalised mail.
Harry Potter titles.
Spencers, Sainsburys, George at Asda etc
as well as the store fitting tickets, posters
and banners.
for example those that go inside the
IMAX cinemas and Wembley Stadium
banners.
"all aspects of a technical nature" which
generally means pre-press, press & post-
press business strategy. I report to the
main Board and advise on emerging
technologies and areas of interest. I help
the divisions in deciding their strategy and
focus, equipment purchase, materials,
consumables, you name it!
healthy profit. Can you explain how you
have adapted your business model?
our business over the past year, we have
sold off our North American business and
our focus is now on offering a wider range
of complimentary products and services
to our UK customers .
Sainsburys for who we do direct mail, in-
house magazines and brochures. We can
talk to their Marketing Departments about
exhibitions, and whether they want to
have a campaign message across multiple
disciplines. Effectively we can take the
whole gamut from their marketing
message to their store fittings.
division which has developed a `Sales
Based Fulfilment' system. Depending on
bookshops are contacted to find out how
many books they have sold and how many
are required. The printer then slots in
additional small runs. The risk of excess
stock to the publisher and bookshop is
greatly reduced and they are willing to pay
more for this. So, our latest investment in
the book market is currently short run
"retail on demand" rather than "consumer
print on demand".
for St Ives, to move away from commodity
products, to a value added system, where the
different divisions compliment each other.
paper other than buying it cheaply,
although now there is more conversation
about properties. The grade structures
were designated historically and are based
on how the paper is manufactured for
example, `super calendered' (SC), or `light
weight coated' (LWC), rather than on its
performance. The grade system should be
based on the papers' quality, brightness,