Northprint stand guide

A comprehensive guide to who is showing what with company contact details for more information and launch highlights

AbitibiBowater Recycling Europe Stand A146
www.abitibibowater.com
First-time exhibitor AbitibiBowater Recycling Europe will showcase its total waste management offering for the print and publishing sector. The company collects and reprocesses thousands of tonnes of pressroom paper waste in the UK that serve as the feedstock for its Bridgewater newsprint mill in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.




Addressing & Mailing Solutions Stand A120

www.ams-gb.com
AMS supplies a wide range of equipment including high-speed inkjet personalisation printers, magazine and paper polywrapping machines, envelope inserting machines, label and postage stamp affixing machines, tabbing machines, thermal label printers and mailing software including Royal Mail-approved Mailsort. The company will demonstrate a range of its equipment at the show.




APCOM Stand A114

www.apcomonline.org
APCOM is a trade organisation for print and communication managers within local government. It was founded in 1979 by Printing Managers for Printing Managers (formally known as AIM Association of In-Plant Managers). In April 2000, the Association changed its name to APCOM to reflect changing times and a membership that not only includes printers but design, communication, IT and business managers.




BAPC Stand A181

www.bapc.co.uk
The print industry trade association will use the event to showcase its resource offering, which enables members to gain access to smarter ways of working, a wide range of support services and ways to stimulate business growth.




Bodoni Systems Stand A186

www.bodoni.co.uk
This colour management consultancy was established in 1990. Northprint will be the first outing of its proofing solution that pulls together the new Epson 7900, the latest
V4 EFI RIP and Bodoni’s proofSIGN and pressSIGN v2.5.




BPIF Stand M455

www.britishprint.com
The BPIF and Print Yorkshire will team up to present a series of briefings that cover a range of topics to enable managers control and protect the financial health of a business. Topics will include lean and cost keen, carbon footprinting in the printing industry and funding for training.




Clinical Print Finishers Stand A140

www.clinical-print.com
Clinical is a trade print finisher specialising in promotional, pharmaceutical and information booklets and leaflets. Services include: miniature folding, shaped folding, one piece mailers, glued and stitched booklets, pharmaceutical outserts, bespoke cartons, die-cut leaflets and booklets, pocket information packs, bespoke patented food packaging cartons and sleeves, pick and place for leaflets and sachets.




D&K Europe Stand A116

www.dkeurope.co.uk
D&K will show the RSL-382s, a one-/two-side desktop laminator for digital, short-run and proofing applications
up to B3 at 4.5m per minute. It will also show the Jupiter, a compact, fully automated single-sided B2 laminator available in 25m per minute and 30m per minute versions and the Galaxy, a modular hot roller lamination/encapsulation unit.




Dawson Koti Stand A141

www.dawsonbrush.co.uk
Dawson Koti specialises in tufted and spiral brush rollers for dampening and blanket washing. It manufactures brushes for plate processors and plate washers for flexo printing, plus brush lathes and brush strips.




Dryprint Stand M480

www.dryprnt.com
Dryprint is a fast, clean and easy-to-operate platesetter for flood, spot and textured varnish on a wide range of substrates.




Duplo International Stand M416, M450, M485

www.duplointernational.com
Duplo will use Northprint to showcase machines from its comprehensive portfolio of finishing equipment, including collators, bookletmakers, binders and digital finishing kit. Among products on show will be its Ideal guillotines and Foldmaster suction/friction folders, knife folders, creasing and perforating machines and Uchida paper drills.




Express Trade Encapsulating Co Stand A114

www.expressencap.co.uk
Bristol-based Express can encapsulate any sheet size from A7 to A0 and also offers trade finishing services such as drilling, round cornering, die-cutting, folding, creasing and scoring.




The Finishing Point Stand A112

www.thefinishingpoint.co.uk
The Finishing Point offers expert advice and technical
service on a wide range of print finishing equipment and consumables. The company works in conjunction with a number of leading equipment manufacturers, including Duplo International and Renz.




Foliant Stand M404
www.foliant.co.uk
Foliant will demonstrate the latest generation of its Gemini 400 series of commercial laminators. The 400 range includes a choice of automation up to the Gemini 400GCA fully automated machine, which boasts laminating speeds of up to 1,800 sheets per hour on SRA3.


GPS Stand M413

www.wifac.nl
GPS will use the show to demonstrate its range of Cromalin analogue and digital proofing devices and software, including its GPS X-proof Cromalin package.




Graphic Image Films Stand M402

www.graphicimagefilms.co.uk
Graphic Image Films is one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of lamination film to the finishing market. The company offers next-day delivery and can slit to any width required using its own slitting machines.




Humidity Solutions Stand A160

www.humiditysolutions.co.uk
Humidity Solutions provides a wide range of quality reliable humidifiers. It aims to minimise the environmental impact of factory humidifying through low-energy products.




Imprint Business Systems Stand M412

www.imprint-mis.co.uk
Imprint will exhibit its new eVolution MIS incorporating full FSC and PEFC controls, eXpert estimating, live production control and sentinel machine and waste monitoring. Imprint will demonstrate how the eVolution system can actually save costs, not just ‘count beans’.


IST (UK) Stand A190

www.ist-uv.com
IST will demonstrate the next-generation UV curing of its BLK-5 lamp, developed for web printing applications. The company claims the BLK-5 can now produce the same curing results as was previously achieved by three BLK-2 lamp units (fitted with 200W/cm lamps). This offers users potential savings of £16,047 a year when switching from a six-lamp to a four-lamp system fitted with BLK-5 units, says IST.




Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK Stand M430

www.konicaminolta.co.uk
The theme of the Konica Minolta stand is ‘Black is Back’, with further additions to the black-and-white production range, including the new Bizhub Pro 950. Also on display will be the Bizhub Pro 2500P, which can print 250 images per minute in a single-pass process, and is capable of up to four million sheets per month.




Maverick Wires See Foliant stand

www.maverickwires.com
The company will be on Foliant’s stand demonstrating its range of punching and binding equipment.




Multigraf See Duplo stand

www.multigraf.ch
Duplo holds exclusive UK distribution rights for Swiss manufacturer Multigraf’s Foldmaster and Eurofold ranges
of suction/friction folders, knife folders and creasing and perforating machines. It will exhibit a selection of folders and creasers, including the modular MKF-35 Knife Folder




Océ Stand M498
www.oce.com
Watkiss has partnered with Océ to demonstrate flexible online and offline digital printing and finishing applications at Northprint. The new 106ppm Océ VarioPrint 4110, which is designed for 100,000 to 1.5m pages per month, will be connected to the Watkiss PowerSquare bookletmaker, producing square-back books of up to 200 pages.




Pomeroy Pressroom Products Stand A100

www.pomeroy.co.uk
Consumables firm Pomeroy supplies a wide range of fountain solutions, blankets and environmentally safe solvents and chemicals. The company will also use Northprint to showcase MaxPro, a suite of software applications that allow pre-press professionals to create press-ready files for digital, offset or packaging printing processes.


Presstek Europe Stand M470
www.presstek.com
Presstek will demonstrate environmentally friendly solutions for profitable quick turnaround high-quality colour printing. One of the highlights of the stand will be the highly automated 52DI digital offset landscape press, which operates at up to 10,000 impressions per hour with a maximum sheet size of 520x375mm. The company will also demonstrate its Vector FL52, a small-format chemistry-free metal platesetter with integral water wash unit.




Print Yorkshire Publications area

www.printyorkshire.com
The regional networking organisation for the Yorkshire printing industry is sponsored by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward and aims to ensure the print and packaging industry in Yorkshire and the Humber maintains its position as a major national player.




Proskills Stand A102

www.proskills.co.uk
Proskills is the Sector Skills Council for the process and manufacturing sector. As well as organising the PrintIT! initiative, the UK-wide industry body supports skills and training and is committed to identifying the skills needs of the print industry.




RedTie Services Stand M428

www.red-tie.com
The web-to-print software provider will launch its RedTie Services division to help users of its software. It believes this consultative approach will demonstrate that the success of
a web-to-print solution is not just about how technically advanced the offering is, but how printers adopt the process.




Renz UK Stand M424

www.renz.co.uk
Renz offers a large selection of punching and binding solutions, including wire-comb binding, spiral binding, plastic-comb binding, punching and perforating, and laminating systems along with accessories. New products on show at Northprint will include its automatic high-speed bench top punch DTP 360 and semi-automatic high-speed binder AP500 HS.




Ricoh UK Stands A110, A135, A170

www.ricoh.co.uk
Ricoh’s stand will feature the company’s latest high-volume machines, including the Ricoh Pro C900. This press offers speeds of up to 90ppm in full colour, even when printing on heavy stock. The C900 also includes the latest Ricoh image processing technology combined with the Fiery RIP for high image quality and best of breed print quality.


Robatech UK Stand M481

www.robatech.co.uk
Robatech UK, will exhibit a wide range of glue applicators including jetting, spraying and slot coat applications. The company will also show its SX Diamond applicator heads.




Satori Software Stand M403

www.satorisoftware.co.uk
Software developer Satori delivers address management solutions, such as Bulk Mailer, which is used by more than 15,000 customers worldwide, and MailRoom ToolKit, an address management solution integrated into existing applications.




Sefas Innovation Stand A111

www.sefas.com
Sefas provides collaborative document composition and production software to blue-chip companies including RBS, Nationwide, RR Donnelley and BT. The company, which recently formed a new strategic partnership with Océ, will use Northprint to showcase some of its software products.




Simply Print Finishing Stand M450

www.simplyprintfinishing.co.uk
SPF is the exclusive distributor of James Burn International equipment. The company supplies a range of versatile punching and Wire-O Binding equipment and consumables.




Tharstern Stand M466

www.tharstern.com
MIS firm Tharstern will show the most up-to-date version of its systems at Northprint. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Tharstern has more than 6,700 users worldwide.




Vivid Laminating Technologies Stand M439
www.vivid-online.com
Vivid Laminating is a UK-based manufacturer of laminating kit, ranging from desktop pouch laminators to wide-format systems. Products on show at Northprint will include Easymount wide-format laminators and the Trimfast range of trimmers, guillotines and ream cutters.




Watkiss Automation Sales Stand M498
www.watkiss.com
Watkiss will show a selection of its products, including book making system Watkiss PowerSquare 200, Document Finishing System online/offline bookletmaker and vertical collating system Watkiss DigiVAC linked up to digital presses to show ‘live’ production at Northprint.