Smokers flout the ban at the Royal Bolton Hospital
July 19, 2010 by Lyndon
Twelve months ago, the Royal Bolton Hospital was declared a no smoking zone with posters and banners displayed around the hospital to announce the ban around the building. However, poster and banner printing companies in Bolton will probably be disappointed to learn that their materials have not been entirely successful at the hospital.
A year ago, hospital chiefs introduced the ban on smoking by patients, visitors or staff across the whole of the hospital which, although not legally enforceable except right outside the main entrance, was felt to be [Read more]
L’Oreal and Grazia team up for unique campaign
June 13, 2010 by Lyndon
Beauty brand L’Oreal is teaming up with weekly magazine, Grazia, to run what is called and augmented reality (AR) campaign which will feature brand ambassador for L’Oreal, Cheryl Cole.
The campaign is to introduce the launch of L’Oreal’s Glam Shine Reflexion lip gloss range and is designed to push the launch in a very unique and memorable way across magazine and internet.
Cheryl Cole will ‘come to life off the page’ so to speak in a behind the scenes film of the making of the TV commercial for the product. Using an embedded AR symbol printed on the page of the magazine, readers will be directed to a website where, when they hold up the AR symbol to a webcam, this will activate the behind the scenes film. The magazine advertisement will run exclusively in Grazia throughout June and July to coincide with the television advertisement itself.
Grazia has used augmented reality technology before to display their cover girl Florence and the [Read more]
The importance of local news
May 18, 2010 by Lyndon
An article on ThisisLancashire.co.uk has launched the start of Local Newspaper Week with a reflection on The Bolton News and the role it plays in Bolton’s community. Local Newspaper Week aims to highlight the importance that a local newspaper plays in reaching people, with 40 million people nationally each week, it is claimed, reading local newspapers. This would make a local paper the most widely read print medium in the UK, which also highlights the importance of
print companies in Bolton too.
This week, The Bolton News will have a guest editor in the Bolton Wanderer’s manager, Owen Coyle, and will focus on charity campaigns that The Bolton News has helped to launch and the role that the newspaper has played in the business community in Bolton. The week will end with winners of the newspaper’s competition, ‘My Bolton’, being announced [Read more]
Bolton has important Industrial Revolution heritage
April 7, 2010 by Gareth
Bolton has important Industrial Revolution heritage
Your printing requirements can easily be fulfilled today by many good printing companies in and around Bolton. They range from stationery and flyer printers to high volume offset litho printing companies. It is interesting to reflect on Bolton’s industrial past and realise that some of the earliest print firms in Bolton were printing fabrics.
Bolton was very much a cotton producing town back in the 1700s at a time when the industrial revolution was getting into full swing. Its most famous inhabitant at this time was Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning jenny. This machine revolutionised the spinning of cotton.
The town grew from a population of 24,195 in 1801, to 168,215 in 1901. By the year 1920, 160 spinning mills [Read more]
Bolton print industry goes back a long way
March 19, 2010 by Gareth
You can easily find a firm in Bolton to print your brochures, or one that will deal with your design requirements. There is a long established printing company in Bolton that can handle any of your print needs. Blackburns printing company offers design, digital printing, litho, finishing, print management, new media, web to print and specialist solutions.
The company was established in 1927 and was then known as T.Blackburn (Printers) Limited. It was later incorporated as a private limited company and in1986 it was acquired by London based Continuous Stationery plc, becoming one of its subsidiaries. In 1989 it was acquired again and this is when it changed its name to [Read more]
More call for digital on short runs in North West
February 13, 2010 by Gareth
Business card and stationery printers in Bolton will be aware of the advantages of using digital kit for short runs. Larger print companies also appear to be adding some digital capacity alongside their traditional machinery. For example, a printing firm, Blackburns of
Bolton, invested in a new digital HP Indigo 7000 press last year.
The Bolton printing company was experiencing growth in its customer base and needed the new machinery to meet its requirements for increasing short run work. Blackburns were already operating an Indigo 5000 press. The new machine will complement [Read more]
Advantages of joining BPIF in the North West
January 20, 2010 by Lyndon
The British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) is probably the UK’s leading organisation which offers support to printing businesses. Their membership includes firms from UK print, printed packaging and graphics communications industries.
The North West region has a substantial printing industry presence. Some printing companies in Bolton, for example, are already members. The organisation offers an unrivalled range of products and services to its members. They can offer support and advice on health and safety issues, jobs, environmental questions, personnel support, finance, regional information and products. In addition to this BPIF also run special interest groups and are involved in research projects.
The federation offers three levels of membership. Silver level offers a networking web and provides members with [Read more]
Bolton MC increase in-house capacity
December 23, 2009 by Lyndon
For 26 years Bolton Metropolitan Councils in-house print facility used their old Heidelberg Guillotine. They would have happily carried on using it as it was still working to an acceptable standard. However, sourcing new parts was becoming more difficult and expensive. Around the middle of 2009 the decision was made to purchase a new guillotine.
They had been very satisfied with the performance and longevity of their old Polar Heidelberg machine and decided to opt again for the tried and tested maker’s new version. Bolton Metropolitan Council are now operating a Heidelberg Polar 78X Guillotine which offers them [Read more]
More flexibility with plate setting
December 7, 2009 by Michael
Stanleys, a printing company in Bolton Lancashire, have devised a way to give more flexibility with their platesetting. They have replaced their Lotem setter with two Heidelberg Suprasetter A74’s which will give them greater flexibility.
Director, Steve Wray, says the dual setup will allow them to be:
Far more flexible with our platemaking. We can produce long-run, multi-pagination jobs on one Suprasetter while the other can be kept for short-run work.
The company is also environmentally aware, offering a chemical-free platemaking [Read more]