Yorkshire paper claims UK first with peel-off voucher

A weekly Yorkshire paper has claimed a UK first by featuring a money-off voucher stuck to its front page.

Trinity Mirror, which prints the Huddersfield Weekly News at its Oldham plant in Greater Manchester, produced 50,000 copies of the paper with the peel-off voucher for fast-food chain Subway stuck on its cover.

WRH Marketing installed an Accraply application system on a Ferag post-press processing line at the Oldham plant, in order to attach the MemoStick label.

The Accraply labelling unit can be integrated into a gripper conveyor and copy stream. It can also be used to apply labels to pre-prints and supplements.

Ian Lisle, post press operations manager at Oldham, said: "MemoStick provides the advertiser with a unique selection of publicity options.

"For example, the label could take the form of a redeemable voucher that could be used in a variety of ways, from a discount on purchases at a local shop to free entry to an event.

"Around 50% of the titles we print at Oldham are for contract customers and we believe that MemoStick will appeal as an excellent added value offering to a large number."