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GREEN light for Award Winning Printers
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Environmental Company
of the Year
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Garnett Dickinson, the Rotherham based print and publishing company, has been voted Environmental Company of the
Year at the recent Quality in Print Media Awards 2007, held at The Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel in London. More
than 440 people from the print and publishing industry attended the ceremony where the inaugural Awards were designed to
reward excellence across the print media supply chain.
With new technologies, higher standards and stronger competition, successful companies have to be more professional,
innovative and creative than ever before and also have to work effectively with their colleagues and partners throughout
the supply chain. The ‘Environmental Company of the Year’ award recognises the growing and critical importance
of environmental issues within the supply chain.
David Lightfoot, Operations Director commented: “We are absolutely delighted to win this award. Garnett Dickinson has
worked so hard to establish a comprehensive Environmental Management System and consider environmental issues at every
step. We were one of the first print companies to achieve ISO 14001 back in 2002 and became FSC approved in 2005. The move
to our purpose built, £20m state-of-the-art facility last summer helped this process with the entire building
designed to have minimum impact on the environment, making it one of the most environmentally friendly print works in the
country. The company is extremely proud of the innovations that have been incorporated into both the building itself and
the new equipment installed and this award celebrates our hard work and efforts.”
A sophisticated £200k factory management system monitors compressed air and sends messages to both maintenance and
management teams to alert them to any problems, thus minimising waste.
A factory climate control system monitors temperatures throughout the building with fans and grills re-circulating heat and
drawing in fresh air from outside to maintain ideal temperatures in the building. To reduce waste and increase efficient
use of power, office and 
corridor lighting is automatic and only works if the part of the room is occupied or if someone walks down the corridor.
Since moving to the larger factory there has been a 40 per cent improvement in energy efficiency with carbon emissions
reduced by 5,917 tonnes per annum. Over 96 per cent of waste paper is recycled and a substantial reduction in energy/carbon
‘footprint’ statistics.
Garnett Dickinson Print specialises in the printing of shorter run magazines, catalogues and brochures for publishing
companies and a wide range of other customers throughout the UK.
Ariel contract continues with Garnett Dickinson Print
 Garnett Dickinson Print is delighted to
retain the contract to print Ariel for the BBC with an extended three year contract. The Rotherham based printer has been
undertaking the work for the past five years with printing switching to its new plant in July.
Ariel is printed and finished in-line on Garnett Dickinson’s MAN Roland 48pp Lithoman IV web-offset press. The whole
process is achieved with an incredible turnaround of under six hours from receipt of data to dispatch.
Group Managing Director, Nick Alexander commented; “We are delighted the BBC continues to put its trust in us.
Turnaround can sometimes be a challenge but is always approached with our ‘can do’ attitude to ensure the
customer receives their order on time.”
Garnett Dickinson Makes the Right Move
As part of a £20m investment, Garnett Dickinson has now moved to its new, state-of-the-art facility at Manvers,
Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham.
A mere ten minutes away from its old works, but light years away in terms of facilities and environmental considerations,
the new 125,000 square foot site is home to the entire Garnett Dickinson Group. It is one of the most technologically
advanced print works in the country and the company is extremely proud of the innovations that have been incorporated into
both the building itself and the new equipment installed there. This includes a new MAN Roland Lithoman IV 48pp fitted with
QuadTech auxiliary press controls and a Rotaman 16pp which is currently being installed.
The print works employs a sophisticated £200k factory management system. This monitors the compressed air and heating
and sends messages to both the maintenance and management teams if any problems are about to occur. Heat from the dryers on
the presses is re-cycled to heat the facility and, to reduce waste and increase efficient use of power and many parts of
the building, an automatic lighting system has been installed. This means that lights come on automatically; only working
if an office or room is occupied or if someone walks down a corridor.
Group Commercial Director, Nick Alexander commented on the relocation; “We have had this move planned for months and
it is fantastic to actually get everyone down here and get on with the job we’re here to do. The customers that have
already visited us have been extremely impressed by what they have seen and the staff are enjoying more pleasant
surroundings from which to work, so we’re looking forward to a bright future here at Manvers.”
Garnett Dickinson prints high quality magazines, catalogues and brochures as well as publishing the Rotherham Advertiser
and other associated local newspapers. Other companies within the group produce digital printing and creative design as
well as operating a garage.
Garnett Dickinson Invests in Education
 As part of a new
initiative that aims to proactively raise the aspirations of young people through involving them in their local business
community, Rotherham based print company, Garnett Dickinson, has become an Investor in Education.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Rotherham Chamber and ‘Music Factory’ support the Investors in
Education programme, which has received part funding from the European Regional Development Fund. It plans to support the
aspirations of local youngsters by exposing them to the realities of business and the opportunities that this holds for
them. In partnership with the local business community, the programme will provide youngsters with clear routes to
employment whilst supplying structured involvement with business that allows them to better understand what is involved in
working within particular companies.
Garnett Dickinson will now provide interested young people with the opportunity to visit the business to gain an insight
and experience of the print industry. Nick Alexander, Garnett Dickinson Group’s Commercial Director commented;”
As a long established Rotherham company, we can see the positive benefits of assisting local young people in their career
choices and are pleased to support this initiative. Our new £20 million site will one of the most technologically
advanced print works in the country and so youngsters will receive the best possible insight into modern printing and
publishing techniques.”
Andy Pickles, Chief Executive, Investors in Education added; "Having Garnett Dickinson on board is fantastic news for
the young people of Rotherham as they can now support their learning and aspirations within the creative industries,
through exposure to the business both by accessing it via U-xplore (an e-learning interface sited within school) and
by structured visits to the company itself. There will also be a positive impact on the business through wide exposure to
young people and their parents making Garnett Dickinson a business of choice within the Rotherham community"
Garnett Dickinson prints high quality magazines, catalogues and brochures as well as publishing the Rotherham Advertiser
and other associated local newspapers.
Garnett Dickinson Wraps Around ‘Planet Earth’
Garnett Dickinson Print has recently sponsored the paper for a special wrap-around cover on the BBC’s weekly in-house
magazine, ‘Ariel’. This promoted the BBC’s latest wildlife series, ‘Planet Earth’, which
began on March 5th.
The special cover was printed on Novatech 130gsm gloss paper and featured a stunning picture entitled ‘the jaws of
death’ which showed a huge crocodile brutally attacking a wildebeest on the riverbank.
Andrew Harvey, Editor of Ariel commented; “The impact of the Planet Earth wrap was fantastic with every copy of that
week’s issue of Ariel being picked up – a sell out! The photography and the quality of the printing by Garnett
Dickinson made this a memorable issue of the paper and, I suspect, a collector’s item for many of our readers.”
The wrap around was sponsored to promote Garnett Dickinson’s commitment to printing on environmentally friendly
papers. The company prides itself on only purchasing paper from sustainable sources and has recently gained a Forestry
Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody accreditation. Garnett Dickinson is one of only a handful of printers, and the
only web-offset printer in the country, to be awarded this accolade. The company has also held the ISO 14001 Environmental
accreditation since 2002.
Garnett Dickinson prints high quality magazines, catalogues and brochures and also publishes the Rotherham Advertiser and
other associated local newspapers.
Picture courtesy of the BBC and shows the ‘Planet Earth’ special – “the jaws of death”
Press release issued by: Nick Alexander, Group Commercial Director, Garnett Dickinson Group. 29th March 2006
Garnett Dickinson invests in 16pp press to complement 48pp press
Garnett Dickinson Print is investing in another new press to complement the MAN Roland Lithoman IV 48pp that has just gone
into production as part of its new £20m printing facility. The company has announced the order of a MAN Roland
Rotoman 16pp press with installation starting in June and operational by the end of August 2006. The new press will replace
an existing 16pp press and will print 50,000 impressions an hour and was chosen for its common operating systems, for
example PECOM and QTI, which will allow significant flexibility and cross over of the press teams.
The new press will be predominantly used as a cover production press but the folder will be able to produce a complex
variety of formats to match and support those of the Lithoman IV. This five unit press will also allow the application of
special colours, or litho sealer to both sides of the web. In common with the Lithoman IV, the press will be fitted with
the Quadtech Closed Loop Colour system, with System Brunner. Both presses will be able to offer spine glued and rotary
trimmed products in extents ranging from 8pp - 48pp.
Geoff Gramlick, Divisional Director commented: “We have invested heavily in technology, systems and infrastructure at
the new site to ensure that we can continue to offer the very best of quality for our customers in the most efficient
manner. We are delighted to announce the additional investment in the Rotoman 16pp press with its common operating systems
to the Lithoman IV, giving us greater flexibility of operation. In addition, the press will be fitted with the Scheffer UV
coating system providing the application of UV varnish in line, allowing for a further reduction in lead times for our
customers. The new 48pp press is going into production a week ahead of schedule and we are looking forward to the move to
the new factory in the Spring.”
Wherever possible, Garnett Dickinson has incorporated many energy saving and environmental friendly devices in their new
factory and equipment. Specific emphasis has been made in reducing manual handling, offering significant benefits against
the company’s existing split level site.
The investment has not stopped at the purchase of new presses; Garnett Dickinson Print has continued to invest in the
latest pre-press technology by installing the AGFA ‘Delano’ system to offer substantial elements of automation
and customer interface. The business will be transferring its two existing VLF platesetters to the new site in April when
they will be coupled to two new ‘Plate Managers’.
At the finishing end, the company has purchased and is installing its third, MULLER Martini Prima S, saddle stitching line.
This line which has been installed directly into the new site is equipped with the MULLER AMRYS (Automatic Make Ready
System), cover folder feeder and signature recognition. In April, it will also be fitting all three lines with automatic
palletisers and log feeders and investing in in-line strapping and shrink wrapping.
Garnett Dickinson Group’s £20m state of the art new factory has recently been handed over to the company from
the builders. Its 120,000 sq ft factory and offices are almost finished and situated at Brookfields Park, the Enterprise
Zone on the former Manvers Colliery site just ten minutes away from its existing plant. The factory will house the two new
MAN Roland printing presses and a new printing press for its digital printing arm, Garnett Dickinson Digital, formerly
Digitec. The Digital company has just invested in the very latest B2 Direct Imaging 4 colour lithographic printing press,
the KBA Karat 74.
Garnett Dickinson prints high quality magazines, catalogues and brochures and the new investment will allow the company to
compete more effectively with competitors in the shorter run web printing market and provide new and different
opportunities. The company also publishes the Rotherham Advertiser and other local newspapers.
The Brookfields Park factory, situated on the new A1/M1 link road, will be one of the most advanced manufacturing sites in
Europe for its sector, shorter-run magazine and catalogue printing and will provide a focus on speed and quality through
latest technology and automation. Garnett Dickinson has chosen this site for its location which is close to its Rotherham
workforce and has excellent road communications.
John Hubbard joins Garnett Dickinson Print
The former Managing Director of Sheffield’s Wyndeham Hubbard, John Hubbard, has joined Rotherham’s Garnett
Dickinson Print in a business development role along with two other individuals in preparation for their move to the new
£20m factory at Brookfields Park, north Rotherham in the Spring. In a separate move, former Commercial Director of
Wyndeham Hubbard’s, Malcolm Myles, also joined the Commercial Team back in November.
 John Hubbard was with Wyndeham
Hubbard for a number of years and led the company through many changes, before leaving them last year. Garnett Dickinson
Print is delighted to welcome John on board and sees his skills and experience as a great asset to the company at a time
when the company is growing and investing in its new 48pp MAN Roland Lithoman IV press and new facilities.
Group Commercial Director, Nick Alexander commented: “I am delighted that John has decided to join Garnett Dickinson
Print at this exciting stage in the company’s development. John has tremendous experience and skills and will be a
strong asset to our Business Development Team. I am also equally pleased that Malcolm has joined us and is bringing great
expertise to our Commercial Team.”
Matthew Boyle has recently joined the Business Development Team in preparation for the additional services and capacity the
new press will create. Matthew joined the company as Trainee Sales Executive last Autumn and will be working with other
team members in the South East.
Phase One of Garnett Dickinson Group’s £20m state of the art new factory is on schedule for handover on 14th
February. Its 120,000 sq ft factory and offices are almost finished and situated at Brookfields Park, the Enterprise Zone
on the former Manvers Colliery site just ten minutes away from its existing plant. The factory will house a new 48pp MAN
Roland Lithoman IV printing press along with other high technology equipment in the bindery and a new printing press for
its digital printing arm, Garnett Dickinson Digital, formerly Digitec.
Garnett Dickinson prints high quality magazines, catalogues and brochures and the new investment will allow the company to
compete more effectively with competitors in the shorter run web printing market and provide new and different
opportunities. The company also publishes the Rotherham Advertiser and other local newspapers.
The Brookfields Park factory, situated on the new A1/M1 link road, will be one of the most advanced manufacturing sites in
Europe for its sector, shorter-run magazine and catalogue printing and will provide a focus on speed and quality through
latest technology and automation. Garnett Dickinson has chosen this site for its location which is close to its Rotherham
workforce and has excellent road communications.
New Look for Garnett Dickinson Group
Garnett Dickinson print has re-branded itself as part of the build up to the opening of it’s new £20m Factory and
new 48 pp press in early 2006. The re-branding forms part of the overall new look for the wider Garnett Dickinson Group, which
includes the publishing company and the digital printing arm, Digitec, which will now be known as Garnett Dickinson Digital.
Garnett Dickinson print announced earlier this year their plans to build a new state of the art factory just 10 minutes away
from their current Rotherham operation. The new 125,000 sq ft building is progressing well with the MAN Roland Lithoman IV 48
pp press going in next month.
The specialist magazine and catalogue printer held a pre-launch event in London for more than 75 customers on Friday 14th
October 2005 to show customers how they can benefit from Garnett Dickinson Print’s new technology. At the pre-launch
event, the company unveiled it’s new corporate identity and completely new personalised secure customer extranet. Nick
Alexander, Group Commercial Director, commented “We felt that the time was right to give Garnett Dickinson Print and the
rest of the group a fresh new look in the lead up to the new factory opening early next year. The pre-launch event was the
perfect platform to unveil the new branding to our customers”
Garnett Dickinson Print specialises in printing shorter run magazines, catalogues and brochures. Garnett Dickinson Publishing
publishes the Rotherham Advertiser and other local newspapers. |
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