Shortlisted 'Consumer Magazine Printer of the Year' – Print Week 2011 Awards (September 2011) Garnett Dickinson Print has been shortlisted for 'Consumer Magazine Printer of the Year' at the respected Print Week 2011 Awards to be held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on 24th October. The judges are looking for the best examples of 'glossy' magazines printed web or sheetfed, with equal emphasis placed upon the quality of the finishing. Entrants had to submit four examples of fantastic printing and finishing. The Garnett Dickinson Group specialises in the printing of short to medium run magazines, catalogues and brochures for publishing companies, tour operators, mail order houses and a wide range of other companies throughout the UK and Ireland including Haymarket, Tesco Ireland, Maplin and the BBC. Garnett Dickinson Scores a Hat-trick with Programme Printing (May 2011) South Yorkshire based catalogue and magazine printers Garnett Dickinson Print, has just printed three prestigious Final and Matchday Programmes published by Haymarket Network. The 80pp perfect bound UEFA Europa League Final programme was printed in mid May for the FC Porto v SC Braga match held at the Dublin Arena. This was followed by the matchday programme for Manchester United v. Blackpool, which was the 150th matchday programme the company has printed for Haymarket on behalf of Manchester United, and then this was followed by the UEFA Champions League Final programme for this Saturday's match at Wembley Stadium between FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC. The eye catching 116-page programme was perfect bound and printed on high quality paper and will be read by the 90,000 fans who will be watching. Garnett Dickinson has printed football programmes for many years for The FA, Manchester United and UEFA through Haymarket. Haymarket is responsible for more than 100 consumer, business and customer publications. Benjamin Rosser, Account Director at Haymarket, commented: "Working with Garnett Dickinson Print on high-profile products like Manchester United's matchday programme United Review gave us the utmost confidence that they would deliver programmes for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The positioning of the UEFA Champions League is 'the best of the best', meaning we must publish a programme in keeping with that. Both in terms of print and logistics, Garnett Dickinson Print has delivered." Garnett Dickinson prints high quality magazines, catalogues and brochures and also publishes the Rotherham Advertiser, and other associated local newspapers. It operates from its £20m factory in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 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 equipment installed there. The Group acquired magazine printer, Acorn Web Offset, based at Normanton, near Wakefield in the Autumn of 2009 and Native PS, the Leeds based magazine distribution company joined the Group in May last year. Winner at the ECMOD Supplier Awards 2010 (October 2010) Garnett Dickinson Print was announced as winner again in the prestigious Catalogue Exchange/ECMOD Supplier Awards 2010 for the 'Most Innovative Cost Saving Solution'. The company also won the same accolade last year. The Award was for their new 36 page press finished catalogue printing work the company produces for a variety of mail order companies and was announced at the Awards Dinner held in London on October 6th. The Supplier Awards showcase the most innovative and creative companies in the catalogue and home shopping community where price competitiveness and quality are taken as givens and optimal service and added value are key to success. The Awards were held to coincide with the ECMOD 2010 Exhibition at Earls Court where Garnett Dickinson also exhibited. Mark Goddard, Sales Director commented on the Award: "With the introduction of new presses at our innovative purpose built factory three years ago, Garnett Dickinson Print is able to produce new and different formats for our customers. We have the capability to print a number of press finished products which can be produced extremely quickly, minimising production lead times to market. Our easy to produce press finished products eliminate binding costs and provide the perfect product for low cost postage. Our most popular formats are 32pp, 48pp and 64pp but our new 36pp Delta Fold catalogue format launched only earlier this summer is becoming increasing popular and we have printed more than 8 million copies of customer catalogues in this short period of time. We have been marketing our new format press finished products to our customers with great success as it is so cost effective to produce and mail out compared with more traditional catalogue production methods such as stitching and binding. We are delighted to win this 'innovation' award the second year running." Over the last year, more and more customers are re-designing their brochures and catalogues to allow them to take advantage of this cost effective format. We can provide competitive printing of press finished catalogues for quantities ranging from 25,000 to 3 million plus. We also offer very competitive mailing services through New GD Mailing for our catalogue customers. Garnett Dickinson wins the 'Mid-Market Deal of the Year' (June 2010) Garnett Dickinson won the 'Mid-Market Deal of the Year' at Insider's South Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards on 24th June for the very successful acquisition of Acorn Web Offset last September. The team behind the Garnett Dickinson deal was praised for an acquisition which enabled the company to pursue deals previously out of its reach. More than 300 of the region's key business leaders attended the event held in Sheffield which rewarded the most eye catching business deals during the last year with Nick Alexander collecting the prestigious Garnett Dickinson Award. GD Mailing launched with £3/4 million contract (May 2010) Garnett Dickinson is pleased to announce an extension of its services to create it brand new fully integrated Direct Marketing division ­ Garnett Dickinson Mailing. Garnett Dickinson Mailing is an exciting and innovative new service providing the Mail Order, Commercial and Publishing sectors with the latest technology and progressive approach to help increase sales and speed up turnaround times. GD Mailing was launched to the Mail Order industry at the Catalogue Exchange Conference/ECMOD Awards in London in mid April. This was followed by several orders including a two year contract for a large Mail Order business worth £0.75 million and another for 800,000 mailing packs for a trade customer in Leeds. Garnett Dickinson Mailing which has already secured ISO 14001 and Sustainable Mail accreditation, offers a standalone Direct Marketing facility with its main base at Normanton, near Wakefield and a second facility at its Rotherham factory making it one of the UK's largest Mailing Houses with the ability to handle over half a million items a day. Its facilities include five Sitma polywrapping lines, three envelope enclosing machines, Simplex/Duplex continuous stationery lasering using OCE Variostream 7650, full multi-channel data bureau services (including the option to output a pdf of the entire personalised print/mailing run and in-house digital printing.) With the added option of having promotional material printed in-house through either Garnett Dickinson Print, Garnett Dickinson Digital or Acorn Web Offset, this new service provides a fast and flexible solution helping reduce lead times to market. Garnett Dickinson Group acquired Acorn Web Offset in September 2009 and GD Mailing's main base is next to the Acorn facility. Group Chief Executive, Nick Alexander commented: "Garnett Dickinson Mailing is a natural extension of services we have provided for more than 20 years and we felt strategically that the time was right to expand our offering to the Mail Order and Direct Marketing industries. The Acorn acquisition in the second half of last year presented us with the ideal opportunity to develop GD Mailing in 2010. We are delighted to welcome on board some of the most experienced and talented people in the industry to run the new division including Andy Cowman as Database Marketing Director." The Mail Order contract company said: "We have previously known some of the key staff from Blackburn DM. Garnett Dickinson Mailing is an impressive set up with energy and commitment and we are looking forward to working with them." The Garnett Dickinson Group specialises in the printing of magazines, catalogues and brochures for mail order houses, publishing companies, tour operators and a wide range of other companies throughout the UK. It also publishes the Rotherham Advertiser and other local newspapers and regional business and lifestyle magazines. Cumbrian Newspapers sign 2 year contract with Garnett Dickinson Print (March 2010) Cumbrian Newspapers has renewed their contract with Garnett Dickinson Print to print three of its monthly magazine titles in a contract worth over £500,000 over a two year period. Cumbria Life, Carlisle Living and Dumfries & Galloway Life will be printed at Garnett Dickinson's state of the art factory in Rotherham. Terry Hall, CN Group Publishing Division's Managing Director said: "The decision to award the contract was made easier as we have a long standing relationship with Garnett Dickinson. Naturally print quality is very important to us, but this needs to go together with high service levels and GarnettÕs has a proven track record with us on both fronts." The win comes on the back of similar agreements with Newspaper groups Newsquest and Johnston Press who are taking advantage of facilities at both Rotherham and Garnett Dickinson's recent acquisition Acorn Web Offset, based at Normanton, near Wakefield. Ian Cooke, Sales Director (Print Group) commented: "Our strategy of presenting a combined offering to the market with the printing divisions supporting one another is working as this is one of several contracts won over the past three months. We are most grateful for Cumbrian Newspapers show of faith in us." The Garnett Dickinson Group specialises in the printing of short to medium run magazines, catalogues and brochures for publishing companies, tour operators, mail order houses and a wide range of other companies throughout the UK. Garnett Dickinson featured in November issue of The Print Business (November 2009) Extract from article: Garnett Dickinson moved to a brownfield site three years ago and endured the teething problems associated with the move. But it has recovered and is running one of the greenest and most efficient web offset operations in the country. Three years ago Garnett Dickinson moved from central Rotherham to a spanking new site on land reclaimed from the mining industry with new presses and space to expand. Even allowing for the disruption caused by any move, in the months after the entire company must have wondered if it had done the right thing. At that time the new Lithoman, Rotoman and 120,000sq ft plant might easily have become an albatross around the neck of the business. Today those thoughts are long gone, even if the effects of the massive investment continue to be felt in the group's p&l account. But the business has regained its confidence. The factory is humming with work; it has upgraded its prepress area; the Kolbus Publica installed last year is proving a winner and operations director David Lightfoot is delivering manufacturing efficiency levels from the presses that are the best in the industry. Winner of the Excellence in Manufacturing Award (November 2009) Garnett Dickinson Print was announced the winner of the Excellence in Manufacturing Award at the Rotherham Business Awards 2009 recently held at Magna. BBC Look North's Harry Gration presented the Award which recognised the company's all-round excellence and continuous improvement in its manufacturing operation. This award follows our success in the Summer receiving a Highly Commended Award in the BPIF/Print Week Excellence Awards 2009 for Lean Manufacturing. Winner - ECMOD Supplier Awards 2009 Garnett Dickinson Print was also announced as joint winner in the prestigious Catalogue Exchange/ECMOD Supplier Awards 2009 for the 'Most Innovative Cost Saving Solution'. The Award was for the press finished catalogue printing work the company produces for a variety of mail order companies and was announced at the Awards Dinner held in London in early October. The Supplier Awards showcase the most innovative and creative companies in the catalogue and home shopping community where price competitiveness and quality are taken as givens and optimal service and added value are key to success. The Awards were held to coincide with the ECMOD 2009 Exhibition at Earls Court where Garnett Dickinson also had an exhibition stand. With the introduction of new presses at our innovative purpose built factory three years ago, Garnett Dickinson Print is able to produce new and different formats for our customers. We have the capability to print a number of press finished products which can be produced extremely quickly, minimising production lead times to market. Our easy to produce Digest size (240mm x 155mm) press finished products eliminate binding costs and provide the perfect product for low cost postage. Our most popular formats are 32pp, 48pp and 64pp. At Garnett Dickinson, we have developed our internal systems and working practices to be the lowest cost producer of the Digest product. We have been marketing this digest size product and other press finished products to our customers with great success as it is so cost effective to produce and mail out compared with more traditional catalogue production methods such as stitching and binding. Over the last year, more and more customers are re-designing their brochures and catalogues to allow them to take advantage of this cost effective format. We can provide competitive printing of press finished catalogues for quantities ranging from 25,000 to 3 million plus. We also offer a very competitive mailing service for our catalogue customers. Finalist Ð Print Week 2009 Awards - Customer Service Team of the Year Garnett Dickinson Print was also named as Finalist in the Customer Service Team of the Year at the respected Print Week 2009 Awards held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on 19th October. GARNETT DICKINSON BUYS ACORN WEB OFFSET (September 2009) Magazine and catalogue printer, Garnett Dickinson Group has bought Trader Media Group's print facility Acorn Web Offset based in Normanton. The deal to acquire the West Yorkshire based company was signed on 28 August and will create a £45m turnover web offset business with around 370 staff. Trader Media is the parent company of Auto Trader Ð the UK's leading motoring website and magazine. The Garnett Dickinson Group, based in Rotherham specialise in producing high quality magazines, catalogues and brochures with exceptional customer service. The acquisition of Acorn Web Offset fits the Group's strategy to offer customers web-offset and digital printing, along with stitching, perfect binding, mailing and mechanical cover mounting, all under one roof. Nick Alexander, Group Chief Executive, said "Acorn has a strong identity and is a profitable, well run business with good management and staff who look after their customers. It is a good strategic fit and Garnett Dickinson will enhance Acorn's service by extending its own activities in mailing and UV cover printing." "It is business as usual for Acorn, as little will change in how the business is run day-to-day. The Garnett Dickinson Group has committed to invest in print for the long term and will support Acorn to give its customers and staff confidence for the future. The first investment is a high speed perfect binder and upgraded IT infrastructure to be installed within weeks." Nathan Coe, Group Strategy and New Business Director of Trader Media Group, commented: "Acorn is a very well performing and highly regarded print business and will benefit greatly from the new ownership Ð which will bring the right investment and expertise to strengthen the business over the short and long term. We wish the staff and managements teams at Acorn and Garnett Dickinson Group the very best for the future." Highly Commended Award for Lean Manufacturing (July 2009) South Yorkshire web-offset printers, Garnett Dickinson Print has been Highly Commended in the prestigious BPIF Print Week Excellence Awards 2009 for Lean Manufacturing. The Award was for improved company performance through the adoption of lean techniques and was announced at the Awards Lunch held in London in early July. The Excellence Awards showcase the most innovative and creative companies in the Print Media Industry where price competitiveness and quality are taken as givens and optimal service and added value are key to success. Excellence in business becomes crucial for businesses to stand out from the crowd and build a winning brand. The company was praised for including members of its finance team in the lean project and the benefits in prioritising projects and proving the payback possible. The judges were also impressed with Garnett Dickinson Print implementing a customer satisfaction and response system with its ability to pro-actively engage with them. They also commented that 'the firm is also well on its way to having one of the most visually managed factories in the UK, included colour coded bays on the shopfloor for stock and work-in-progress, all backed up with a barcode system.' Divisional Director, Andrew Barker, who heads the lean team said: "We are all absolutely delighted with gaining this Highly Commended Award. Garnett Dickinson's Lean Manufacturing journey started in 2006 with planning and productivity improvements generated by the move to our new factory and new equipment and continued in 2007 and was formalised in a Lean Manufacturing programme early in 2008. Our dedicated lean team has worked tirelessly to bring about the significant improvements in the business and will continue to make additional improvements as we further refine everything we do." The judging process included a half day visit to the Factory from the Judges, Graeme Faulkner from Vision in Print and Andrew Dearden, Operations Director from Interflex, who won the Award last year. Garnett Dickinson Print was also shortlisted for the Customer Service Award. Garnett Dickinson Print specialises in the printing of short to medium run magazines, catalogues and brochures for publishing companies, tour operators, mail order houses and a wide range of other companies throughout the UK and Ireland including Haymarket, McLaren Marketing and the BBC. Away in a Manger (with a difference) (March 2009) South Yorkshire printers, Garnett Dickinson Print set their customers a 'crafty' and fun challenge this Christmas when they sent out their Customer Christmas parcels in December. Each customer was sent a Nativity craft pack containing wooden spoons and a variety of craft materials including straw and challenged them to make a nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus and a sheep and send in photographs of their alternative scenes. Many of our customers entered into the spirit of the competition and sent in some fantastic entries in the bid to win a case of champagne! Sales Director, Mark Goddard commented: "Last Christmas we challenged customers to grow the Mr Grasshead kits we sent out in their Christmas parcel and give them groovy hair styles, send them on location and we were delighted with their competitive spirit! We were looking for inspiration for this year's challenge and our MD who has small children came up with this idea! Putting the Christmas back into Christmas! We wanted it to be a fun but topical challenge and some customers involved their families and young children. We also challenged our younger readers of the Rotherham Advertiser, one of the local newspapers Garnett Dickinson Group publishes, to design a Christmas card based on the Nativity scene and the winning entry was used as our company Christmas card." Everyone was sent a pack showing an example of how the scene could look and they were asked to be as creative and have as much fun as possible. Their Nativity scene involved making Mary & Joseph out of wooden spoon people with a tiny wooden teaspoon for Baby Jesus, straw for the stable and cotton wool for the sheep! It even included lolly sticks to make a star and googly eyes! The winning Nativity entry was received from a team at Titan Publishing Group Ltd with their 70's Disco Revival version of the Nativity. The groovy alternative nativity scene was very amusing and just pipped the other close contenders. The delighted team was sent a case of champagne and chocolates to share. One of the winning team from Titan commented: "It was such an original idea. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed getting straw all over the office!" All the fantastic entrants were sent chocolates. All the entries have been posted on the website and can be seen here. Garnett Dickinson Print specialises in the printing of short to medium run magazines, catalogues and brochures for publishing companies, tour operators, mail order houses and a wide range of other companies throughout the UK and Ireland including Morrisons, Regional Magazine Company and Ashville Media Group. Care4Air Environmental Award for Garnett Dickinson (September 2008) Garnett Dickinson Print, part of the Group which owns the Rotherham Advertiser, was last week voted runner-up in the Care4Air Business Award category at the Care4Air Awards 2008, held at The Millennium Galleries in Sheffield. More than 100 people from the business, education and local community organisations attended the ceremony where the Awards are designed to recognise significant contribution to improving air quality by being more energy efficient. Garnett Dickinson Digital, the digital printing arm of the business also jointly received the runner up Business Award. The Awards ceremony was hosted by ITV Yorkshire's Meteorologist, Jon Mitchell. Care4Air is an award winning South Yorkshire wide campaign encouraging both businesses and individuals to consider unnecessary vehicle use, becoming energy efficient and reducing emissions through the use of new technology. Garnett Dickinson Print was pipped at the post by First South Yorkshire who clinched the overall Business Award with their eco friendly buses! David Lightfoot, Operations Director commented: "We are 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 two years ago 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 helps recognise 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 output is 75 per cent more than at our old site and we have a second printing press and we use 30 per cent less energy with our carbon footprint being 5,153 tonnes per annum. Over 97 per cent of waste paper is recycled and we have made significant paper waste reductions by improved systems and technology, saving 737 tonnes in 2007/08 ® a 4 per cent improvement. Garnett Dickinson Print specialises in the printing of shorter to medium run magazines, catalogues and brochures for publishing companies and a wide range of other customers throughout the UK. It was named 'Environmental Company of the Year' in the Print Media Management Awards last year. Garnett Dickinson Digital offers a wide range of high quality on-demand digitally printed items including brochures, mailers, stationery and newsletters. Award Accolade for Commercial Printers (July 2008) Commercial Print of the Year Garnett Dickinson Print, part of the Group which owns the Rotherham Advertiser, was last week voted Commercial Printer of the Year at the recent Quality in Print Media Awards 2008, held at The Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel in London. More than 450 people from the print and publishing industry attended the ceremony where the Awards are 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 then ever before and also have to work effectively with their colleagues and partners throughout the supply chain. Garnett Dickinson Print were praised for their understanding of client needs, often fulfilled by the innovative use of technology. Their award winning entry included the Good Ideas 64pp catalogue which they print in excess of 100,000 copies. The Digest-size press finished product makes optimum use of web cut-off for the page size, spine glued, and is within Royal Mail's Pricing in Proportion (PiP) Small Letter size to optimise postal costs. "Offering easy to produce Digest-size press finished products to customers has enabled Garnett Dickinson to provide significant cost savings to our customers. As the service is quick to produce, eliminates binding costs and is the perfect size for low cost mailing, many customers are re-designing their catalogues and brochures to take advantage of this opportunity." commented David Lightfoot, Operations Director. Reducing customers' costs is just one aspect of Garnett Dickinson Print's work, as its aim is continuously to improve everything it does so customers consistently receive high quality print and high quality service. The Rotherham based print company specialises in printing magazines, catalogues and brochures from its state of the art recently built factory at Brookfields Park, Manvers. The company received a 'Commended' Award in the Magazine Printer of the Year Category at the same Awards and last year was named Environmental Company of the Year 2007. Cow Bell Award for World Class Printers (March 2008) A stitching machine at South Yorkshire printers, Garnett Dickinson Print is one of the most efficient in the world and the company has won an award to prove it. Muller Martini of Switzerland were so impressed with the Prima Plus saddle stitcher's binding rate of 13,600 publications per hour over a 24 hour period that the company presented a sought-after Cow Bell to mark the milestone. The stitching line is designed to operate at a maximum of 14,000 publications per hour. Garry Huggett, Area Sales Manager for Muller Martini, presented Operations Director, David Lightfoot with the impressive award watched by binding operatives and engineers. David Lightfoot commented: "We are absolutely delighted with this unique and prestigious award. Since the move to our purpose built, £20m state-of-the-art facility in the summer of 2006, we have been working towards optimum efficiency levels in all areas of the factory, including the stitching lines. The Muller Martini equipment has helped us achieve world class efficiency levels and the 13,600 record was a great result for the company." Garnett Dickinson Print specialises in the printing of short to medium run magazines, catalogues and brochures for publishing companies, tour operators, mail order houses and a wide range of other companies throughout the UK and Ireland including Haymarket, Tesco and First Choice Holidays. Print Media Managment Article on Garnett Dickinson Print (March 2008) GREEN light for Award Winning Printers Environmental Company of the Year 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. News Articles Away in a Manger Care 4 Air Award Commercial Award Cowbell Award