Trinity Mirror Printing renews plate contract with Fujifilm

Trinity Mirror has renewed its plate contract with Fujifilm following the expiration of its previous seven-year deal with the plate manufacturer.

The new contract covers 100% of Trinity Mirror Printing's plate requirements across its eight UK sites and includes Fujifilm's Brillia LP-NN2, Brillia LP-NNV and FNN-J plates.

Rupert Middleton, group manufacturing director at Trinity Mirror Printing, said: "As our business develops, we want the best products in the industry at our disposal, underpinned by outstanding customer service.

"We believe that the products, support and technological-savvy that Fujifilm brings to the table will stand us in good stead for any future directions Trinity Mirror might take."

Keith Dalton, managing director at Fujifilm Graphic Systems UK, added: "It goes without saying that retaining a newspaper publishing house like Trinity Mirror is very important to us, and we are very pleased that Fujifilm has been chosen to continue to provide Trinity Mirror's plate volume requirements.

"We always endeavour to ensure that we provide our customers with plate technologies to meet their specific and changing needs, something which I know Trinity Mirror has experience of.  Last year's launch of the Brillia PRO-VN newspaper plate means that we now have one of the widest and most environmentally-friendly range of solutions for our newspaper customers to choose from."

Fuji recently helped convert Trinity Mirror Printing's Glasgow site from green laser FD-YAG to violet imaging technology, giving it the capability to upgrade to its Pro-VN low-chemistry plate in the future.

Fuji said that the launch of Brillia Pro-VN in 2008 was part of its wider strategy to introduce products that have a lower environmental impact.