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Think print. Revolutions are duty bound to happen again and again. Time for a new one. ricoh.co.uk Discover digital innovation that’ll change how you think about print. Visit Ricoh on stand number A200 at Northprint 10 - 12 May 2011. Moving Ideas Forward. Of�ce Solutions Production Printing Managed Document Services
From the editor How many printers challenge themselves to justify what they are doing? Not in the ‘I wish I could sell up and retire’ sort of way, nor in thinking ‘I should buy a cab firm’, but really examine what it is they are doing for their customers and what it is that makes them stand out. An answer that involves quality and/or service cannot be allowed, for these are givens even if we think we know what service is. It’s like sitting in the psychiatrist’s chair and beginning a course of self examination to work out where things are going wrong. In short any proper self questioning will uncover something painful. The reason to ask these sorts of questions is that only by doing so can we start to reconstruct a business that is better suited to the challenges of modern world. The chances are that the core values of the business are those that worked 30 years ago when young enthusiastic entrepreneurs borrowed money and mortgaged the house in the belief that they knew what customers wanted. What customers want now has changed. What customers cause now is aggravation to a business that wants to do things its established way. The only trouble is there are businesses that are starting today that know what customers want and are well placed to provide it. The printers that want to survive therefore have not only to ask the awkward questions, but then have to act upon the answers. It could be that whole new ways of working are discovered (look at our plastics feature for ideas), it could be that it is time to let youth have its head, it could be time to change cherished habits. Or it could be time to act on that first wish, sell up and enjoy retirement. GARETH WARD Editor CONTACT EDITORIAL Gareth Ward 01462 416403 • 07866 470124 gareth.ward@printbusinessmagazine.co.uk SALES Jacqui Gray 07976 720265 jacqueline@legatomedia.co.uk Fax 01727 841036 ADMIN 01580 236456 pritnbusiness@me.com PRODUCTION 01580 236456 • 07711 696190 • printbusiness@me.com Published by Print Business Media Ltd 3 Zion Cottages, Ranters Lane, Goudhurst, Kent TN17 1HR MAY NEWS 4 Ink Shop returns to short run basics. Heidelberg details Ricoh relationship. INVESTMENTS & INNOVATIONS 8 Kolorcraft gets first Inca. Kolbus shows digital binder at Digimedia. COVER STORY 22 Short run round table finds rules to win. PROFILE 26 FM Print goes B1 to succeed. PAPER 28 Mondi echoes the Two Sides message. PAPER 30 Arctic Paper books place in UK market. CAMPAIGN BOOKS 16 How publishing is fighting the digital battle. PLASTICS 38 How to get started in a growing and profitable sector. May 2011 3
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