Irish Printer - Issue 5 2022

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1 ISSUE 5 2022 04 News A look at what’s happening in the print industry

08 Colour Gain more insight into your clients’ needs by looking at the colours in the items you print for them

14 Solid Growth Trading under EBB, Uniboard’s new name reflects a business that might be part of a large, financially stable company but is still rooted in the local Irish market

11 16 Ukraine

11 Cover Story Investment in a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 has opened up new opportunities for J H Printing & Packaging

22 Greenwashing Providing people with the correct information about greenwashing will go a long way to defeating it

After rescuing her mother and grandmother, Luba Healy is on her way back to Ukraine

19 Open Day Held over two days, McGowans recently hosted more than 100 guests at its Landa launch event

21 Event Quadient’s latest event invited guests to view the latest technology from Roland, Duplo and Xeretec

24 The Last Word The National Print Museum has commissioned ‘Short Stories in Print’, a collection by some of Ireland’s leading writers

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ED’S LETTER Editor: Denise Maguire Email: editor@irishprinter.ie Creative Director: Jane Matthews Designer: Lenny Rooney Production: Claire Kiernan Contact:

Welcome to issue 5 of Irish Printer for 2022.

Irish Printer,

In this issue of Irish Printer, we take a look at Konica Minolta’s AccurioPress C12000 and the new opportunities it has opened up for Lurgan-based J H Printing & Packaging. Operating since 1923, the print and packaging firm needed a new high-volume printer that would make low margin offset jobs more profitable while achieving the best possible quality. The AccurioPress C12000 fit the bill on all counts. Thanks to an existing relationship, J H Print & Packaging’s first port of call was to MJ Flood and after that, it was full steam ahead for installation. The new machine has, said Keith Hamilton, MD at J H Printing & Packaging, enabled the company to improve its quality and efficiency in digital printing. For more on the Lurgan company’s latest investment, turn to page 11.

Also in this issue, we spoke with Luba Healy who’s about to embark on another mission to Ukraine. Along with her husband Eugene and friend Diarmuid Dawson, Luba travelled to Ukraine earlier this year to bring her mother, grandmother and six others back to Ireland. Now, she’s on her way back to her home country with a convoy of jeeps filled with humanitarian aid for civilians affected by the war. For more on Luba’s plans, turn to page 16.

Back in 2019, EBB Group acquired Uniboard and since then the company has extended its paper ranges, moved to a larger facility in Dublin and developed its own logistics fleet. To better reflect its updated offering, EBB Group recently rebranded Uniboard which is now known as Elliott Baxter Ireland Limited, trading under EBB. As Elliot Baxter celebrates its 100th year in business, we caught up with Group Sales & Marketing Director Chris Sandwell to talk about the company’s record year of growth in 2021 and plans for further expansion.

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Unleash Productivity With the DC-648

The DC-648 is here to revolutionise your print finishing process.

Like the other DC family, the DC-648 has been designed to allow one operator to fulfill multiple finishing processes in one pass. Speed, durability, and versatility have been enhanced, but where the DC-648 stands out is through its greater automation, ease of use, and connectivity into the user’s workflow.

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NEWS

XEIKON New hybrid solutions from Xeikon

Xeikon has launched a fully digital hybrid solution based on its digital press (Cheetah or Panther

Quality Street goes green this Christmas

series), the recently developed Xeikon Label

Nestlé is introducing recyclable FSC-certified paper packaging across

Converting Unit (LCU) and Xeikon’s X-800 digital

its popular Quality Street brand. The move from dual foil and cellulose

front-end. The solution can be configured to the

to recyclable paper wrappers will see Quality Street remove almost 2.5

needs of the converter, enabling label converters

billion individual pieces of packaging material from its supply chain

to step up their productivity whilst remaining

globally. Developed by packaging experts at Nestlé’s Confectionery

fully flexible for all their customers’ needs. “At

Research and Development Center in the UK, the move to paper required

Xeikon we take customer input seriously. Our

extensive development in the engineering of new materials, coating

solutions are cloud-connected, providing us with

technologies, printing techniques and the adaptation of existing

a lot of data on how the equipment is performing.

equipment. Two flavours – Orange Crunch and the Green Triangle – will

This results in the ability to provide more

remain in their existing foil wrappers as they’re already recyclable. The

automation in combining production runs to

move to new paper packaging for the nine remaining sweets will take a

increase efficiency,” said Filip Weymans, Xeikon’s

few months to fully implement.

VP of Marketing. Xeikon hybrid solutions can hold both Xeikon’s Cheetah (dry-toner) as well as Panther (UV inkjet) technologies.

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Brian understands what the market needs right now Eoin Heagney, Managing Director at Antalis Ireland

Scalderhurst joins Aims Group

APPOINTMENT

Established in 1973, Kent-based Scalderhurst

Antalis Ireland has announced the appointment of Brian Breheny to the

in stock at its 9,290 sq m warehouse in Ashford.

role of Print and Visual Communications Sales Manager. Brian, who joined

By becoming part of the Aims Group the

Antalis Ireland 28 years ago, brings to the role his extensive industry

business will gain access to its suppliers, mill

knowledge and boundless energy, alongside his product expertise and

branded grades and support network. Richard

drive for market-leading customer service. He has an in-depth

Fowler, Scalderhurst Managing Director and

understanding of customers’ businesses and recognises that there‘s a real

Owner, said the business was thrilled to

need to bring new ideas and improvements to the market through

become a member. “Joining the group has been

collaboration and strong partnerships.

on our radar for some time now and whilst we

Managing Director at Antalis Ireland, Eoin Heagney, said: “We looked

remain fiercely independent, we see the mutual

internally and externally to find the best candidate for the role and it’s very

benefits of joining such an established

pleasing when home grown talent proves to be the perfect fit. Brian is

association. We look forward to working with

extremely knowledgeable and has vast experience in both the print and

our fellow members over the coming months

visual communications sectors; he also has a great understanding of what

to develop the numerous opportunities that

the market needs right now, so we’re looking forward to supporting him in

we have identified.”

delivering further value for our customers.”

Aims Director David Merry, who is Managing

holds some 7,500 tonnes of sheets and reels

Director at fellow member WL Coller, said Scalderhurst was “a like-minded independent merchant” that shared the group ethos of being

CANON

“customer centric with an entrepreneurial

New additions to Canon’s imagePRESS V series Canon UK & Ireland has announced two new additions to the imagePRESS V series, the flagship V1350 and the V900 series. Canon says the new toner production presses enable both commercial and in-house print service providers to overcome their production challenges and meet customer demands for high-quality, dynamic print content produced to the tightest deadlines. The V1350 offers the highest print speed, productivity and durability of the imagePRESS family, while the lighter volume production press, the V900, offers an extensive range of applications printable on one compact device. Robustly built and with sustainability a consideration, Canon says the series has been engineered for continuous,

approach to doing business”. “They are a good fit for the group. We have a number of suppliers in common and together with other synergies, we will be able to offer an enhanced level of service to our customers and partners across the UK and Ireland.” Last year James Ovenden, Managing Director of Ovenden Papers and Gerard Barron, Managing Director of Realt Paper, joined Merry and long-standing Director Steve Gould, the Managing Director of David John Paper on the Aims board. The other Aims Group members are Broadgate Paper, GF Smith, Grosvenor House Papers and Rosefox.

reliable productivity, consistent and stable colour, as well as unbeatable front and back registration accuracy.

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FUJIFILM Awards glory for Fujifilm Fujifilm recently announced that its Revoria Press PC1120 won the Keypoint Intelligence ‘Buyers Lab 2022 Pro Award’ in the ‘Outstanding High-Volume CMYK+ Production Device’ category. Commenting on the win, David Sweetnam, Keypoint Intelligence’s Director of EMEA/ Asia Research & Lab Services, said: “The extra imaging stations before and after the standard CMYK units, along with the diverse range of toner options, make the device stand out amongst others in this digital arena”. Sweetnam was also impressed with the Revoria Flow PC11

HIGHCON

Driving efficiencies in digital finishing Highcon Systems has launched

Print Server, describing it as “providing a high level of media management, with seamless integration aided by an excellent userfriendly interface.”

HighConnect, a cloud-based data information platform that allows users to monitor their Highcon system production performance. The platform will enable users to keep track of key performance indicators and improve manufacturing efficiencies from their Highcon digital cutting and creasing systems.

HighConnect automatically collects

TRALEE PRINTING ARE HIRING FOR

SENIOR MANAGER

and monitors productivity and utilisation data from the Highcon system including system status, speeds and job setup times to give a full overview of the production process. The platform then displays reports in its dashboard, providing a visual overview of production datadriven trends, on-demand, from any PC or handheld device. “HighConnect is the next step in performance reporting for digital finishing,

Position available for a motivated individual with a view of integration into ownership structure for the right candidate.

This business is one of Ireland’s largest independently owner operated in the Print & Packaging industry with triple A clients. The business is an SRA1 Print House, with full finishing and gluing facilities in house for packaging.

The ideal candidate would have at least 5 years management skills, good knowledge of dealing with company law, accounts, and good IT skills.

The candidate would have an appreciation for the digital marketing marketing space.

significantly reducing the amount of time needed to run analysis and

SALARY:

enabling operators to accelerate

subject to candidate suitability

productivity. It supports our vision for a digital manufacturing strategy, providing total control of the multiple data points collected from our systems,” said Haim Veig, Head of Products at Highcon Systems.

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No more expensive transport fees No waiting for the slow cylinder Cuts out a process altogether

You can crease and fold at the same time Works as fast as your machine can run No costly specialist machine purchase

Lets you deliver your finished product on time Pays for itself within 1-3 job runs

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WHAT IS THE

Gain more insight into your clients’ needs by taking a closer look at the colours in the items you print for them

New Black?

Your marketing clients will be tuned into colour psychology as their goal is to create a connection with their audience, building brand awareness and loyalty and without consciously realising it, consumers are already making assumptions about the style and tone of a brand, simply from the colours present. So, the dominant and secondary colours used can tell you a lot about what your clients are trying to communicate. Let’s pick just a handful of colours to illustrate how the choice of colour in marketing collateral sends signals and evokes emotions.

Have you seen the latest Rolls-Royce? The Black Badge Ghost. It’s the

Red – one of the most popular colours used by marketeers

blackest Rolls-Royce ever specified, featuring the “deepest, darkest,

and for good reasons. It’s a powerful tone that can stimulate

heaviest black” ever put on a Rolls-Royce. The marketing for this new

strong emotions and is used by brands to represent

edition is almost all around the all-encompassing black colour scheme.

characteristics such as action, boldness and even hunger

But the most exclusive and sought after of all blacks is something

as seeing red accelerates the blood flow and in turn, the

called Vantablack. It is the darkest manmade material on the planet

metabolism, which can make us hungry. Hence Coca Cola,

and uses nanoparticles to absorb virtually all light. It has properties

KFC and McDonald’s all use red extensively.

useful to industry and naturally has attracted the interest of the art

Then there’s blue, with its association with calm and

world. When a celebrated artist obtained exclusive rights to the use

stability. Ford, Facebook and American Express use blue

of the blackest black, another responded by creating the pinkest pink

to express these concepts. Lastly orange, which can convey

pigment and making it available to anyone to buy – except the

creativity, adventure and friendliness. Orange is good at

aforementioned artist with rights to Vantablack. Colour can certainly

capturing attention and is used by EasyJet and Harley

stir emotions.

Davidson.

The fact is colour is a primal concept that informs, affects and inspires

So, to gain a richer and more insightful appreciation of how

us every day. We care about colour and respond in different ways to

your clients aspire to engage with their customers, take a

different colours, thanks to their weight of associations, such as black

good look at the colours that predominate in the items you

for luxury and pink for affection. This is the realm of colour psychology

print for them. The importance of colour can’t be

– the study of how colour affects human behaviour and emotions. It

overestimated. The impressionist master Claude Monet

is widely believed that the ability of colours to evoke certain emotions

would agree. He said: “Colour is my day-long obsession, joy

is linked to memories that we have of those specific tones from

and torment.” Yeah, a bit extreme maybe but those of us

throughout our lives.

who are not tortured geniuses can also appreciate the beauty

Colour’s central role in our lives is highlighted by the annual interest

and meaning of colour.

in Pantone’s colour of the year. Each year, there seems to be more coverage as the media have come to understand the level of interest

John Blyth is Marketing and Communications Manager at

in this announcement. According to the company, the “courageous”

Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe

periwinkle shade Very Peri encourages personal inventiveness and creativity.

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COVER STORY

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Guaranteed Investment in a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 has opened up new opportunities for J H Printing & Packaging Established in 1923, Lurgan-based James Hamilton & Co started out selling wrapping papers and twine, mostly to the local Lurgan and Portadown linen industry. Today, the diverse company is a fully-equipped printing works incorporating eight divisions – print, food packaging, cake decorating supplies, labels, office supplies, hygiene/ PPE, plumbing supplies and bearings and transmissions.

Over the years, the company’s print division, J H Printing & Packaging, has evolved with the changing requirements of the industry and has continually invested in new technology so that today, its printing department can produce anything from one colour business cards to full colour leaflets and brochures, folders, banners and books. In 2008, J H Label Solution was established to supply the market with a wide range of both plain and printed labels, while the company’s packaging division supplies high quality, affordable packaging to a wide range of industries. J H Printing & Packaging’s digital division guarantees fast turnaround short run printing with

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12 Thanks to a longstanding relationship with the print solutions provider, J H Print & Packaging’s first port of call was to MJ Flood, who recommended Konica Minolta’s new flagship of production printing, the AccurioPress C12000 no set-up or plate costs. When it comes to the company’s commercial printing department, quality and customer satisfaction is at the core of the business.

Business Challenge With technological advancement at the core of the company, it was imperative for J H Printing & Packaging to achieve practically identical image quality with digital technology as with offset

AccurioPress C12000 – Advantages » High quality prints with maximum stability throughout high-volume production » Increase in orders for printed materials in record time

production. The challenge lay in finding innovative

» More flexibility with the ability to print

technology for a high-volume production printing

high volumes of long sheets with

system that had favourable production costs and would

maximum reliability

make low margin offset jobs more profitable, ensuring a quick ROI on investment.

The firm had several key criteria when it came to choosing the right printer. It had to boost productivity, ensure constant speed with all processed paperweights,

» Printing technology and toner making the difference between toner and offset production nearly imperceptible » Doubling the capacity of previous toner machine

have the ability to print on 450gsm and also have long

» Easy Integration into hybrid workflow

sheet capability. Thanks to a longstanding relationship

» Choice of 3 controller technologies: EFI®,

with the print solutions provider, J H Print &

CREO® and proprietary Konica Minolta

Packaging’s first port of call was to MJ Flood, who

controller

recommended Konica Minolta’s new flagship of production printing, the AccurioPress C12000.

Installation After the decision was made to purchase the AccurioPress C12000, it was full steam ahead for installation. Investment in the new technology has allowed the company to continue to develop its key themes of print quality, versatility and speed, once again securing a competitive edge in the highly competitive printing market. With the installation of this high-quality digital printing system, the company achieved in record time an increase in orders for printed materials.

To enhance the quality of its output, boost capacity and cut costs, J H Print & Packaging invested in a

L to r: Lee Thompson, General Print Manager; David Abraham, Graphic Designer; Matthew McFaul, MJ Flood Account Manager; Mark Lynam, MJ Flood Production Print Supervisor; Alan Scott, Press Operator

Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 plus peripherals and software. The image quality offered by the

and inspection on the fly, the printing quality and of

AccurioPress C12000 entirely fulfils the expectations

course, the costs.

of the Lurgan print company. The aspects which led

Another important aspect for J H Print & Packaging

the firm to choose Konica Minolta over a competitor

was that they were happy with the fruitful partnership

were manifold; the team at J H Print & Packaging liked

they have built over the years with MJ Flood. Keith

the short turnarounds with automatic quality control

Hamilton, Managing Director, said: “MJ Flood really

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Grow your business with the AccurioPress C12000 » Highly professional, intelligent paper processing technology with straightforward paper catalogue settings, innovative media detection sensor, air-suction feeding, fusing-rolling mechanism and (optional) inter-cooler curl eliminator » Unparalleled media flexibility: Paper weight of up to 450 g/sqm for simplex and duplex printing; full bleed banners, A3 and A4 posters; envelope printing; embossed paper support » Up to 120 A4 / 69 A3 pages per minute for a monthly duty cycle of 2.2 million prints » Unprecedented automation, incl. engine linearization, duplex registration, profiling, Auto Inspection Technology and real-time adjustments » Outstanding finishing versatility: 50-sheet booklet making with front trimming and optional creasing, slitting and spine considers our issues and pain points. Their sales

corner forming; 6 folding types; multi

approach is customised and totally adapted to our

(GBC) punching and 2- & 4-hole

business development strategy!

punching; perfect binding for books of up

“The package has enabled us to improve our quality and efficiency in digital printing, which in turn has allowed us to achieve cost leadership. We focus specifically on our customers‘ business, applications and processes, developing tailor-made solutions accordingly.”

With Konica Minolta’s IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Care enhanced auto inspection unit, high-quality prints are guaranteed, even through long-run jobs with better registration and quality. The new presses offer a highly reliable duty cycle of 2.5 million, while large toner bottles double the toner capacity of earlier models.

The package has enabled us to improve our quality and efficiency in digital printing, which in turn has allowed us to achieve cost leadership

to 30 mm spine width; 102-sheet auto ring binding; automated inline business card and postcard cutting » 2,400 x 3,600 equiv. dpi x 8bit and Simitri® V toner technology for superb print quality and offset matte finish » S.E.A.D. X. – Advanced Konica Minolta colour processing technology of the fifth generation• » IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Care Unit for singular colour consistency and registration accuracy

The AccurioPress C12000 from Konica Minolta has contributed to increase the value of the J H Print & Packaging business by creating new development opportunities.

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& D

Trading under EBB, UniBoard’s new name reflects a business that’s part of a large, financially stable company but one that’s very much still rooted in the local Irish market

Since acquiring UniBoard Ltd in 2019, EBB Group has progressed its growth strategy by extending its paper ranges, moving to a larger facility in Dublin, opening a new branch facility in Belfast and developing its own logistics fleet. Just recently, the family-owned company rebranded the Irish arm of the business to better reflect its updated offering and is now known as Elliott Baxter Ireland Limited, trading under EBB. This year, Elliot Baxter is celebrating its 100th year in business, an incredible milestone for any company to achieve. Still controlled by the original family, the Group celebrated in style earlier this year with

SOLID

a huge party in central London for all staff. The company’s acquisition

Over the past three years, that offering has

of UniBoard in 2019 has helped the company grow into new areas

expanded to include a wide range of papers, says

within Ireland and by extending UniBoard’s offering, its client base

Chris Sandwell, Group Sales & Marketing Director

across the country has also grown.

for the UK and Ireland at EBB Group. “As a brand

Traditionally, UniBoard supplied carton board to the Irish market.

name, UniBoard almost pigeonholed us into an area that we had moved on from. Today, 60% of our sales are in cardboard while 40% of our sales are now in paper and we’re seeing continued growth in that area. The name change is all about making people aware that while UniBoard has maintained

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pallet stock to one that has 13,000 pallets of availability on the floor in Ireland, specifically for the Irish market.”

Building its own logistics infrastructure has added another string to EBB Group’s bow. The Group currently has nine vehicles that cover Ireland on a daily basis. “We own the vans and we also employ the drivers. That investment allows us to offer a more reliable next day delivery across the country.

It’s one thing having the stock but quite another getting that stock to the customer, on time and in

its local presence, it’s also part of a much larger, financially solid group.”

the right condition. We found that using third party

EBB Group saw a record year of growth in 2021, both in the UK and

logistics just wasn’t reliable enough for us. When

in Ireland. Irish sales increased by 50% while an extended client base

you invest in local stock and in market leading

benefitted from a broader range of products. “As a merchant, we’re

products, you’ve got to have a market leading

committed to providing our clients with high stock levels at all times.

service. That’s what we’ve done.”

Growth isn’t just down to having high stocks; it’s about having the

UniBoard is very much an Irish-based business

right stocks all of the time and that’s very much our business model.”

that’s run and managed locally and that’s how it

Moving the business to a larger unit has increased capacity. “We’ve

will stay, says Chris. Challenges lie around

now got capacity for 12,000 pallets in Dublin, which has more than

increasing paper and board costs and staff

doubled our ability to service our clients. Our Belfast facility gives us

shortages. “We’ve gone from nine staff in 2019 to 37 between Dublin and Belfast today. We’re constantly trying to recruit and I think that’s been the biggest challenge for us; getting the right people with the right skills to allow us to develop our business. We’re nothing without our people and that’s why we put so much energy into getting the right staff.” The industry must develop strategies to attract people into the print industry. “We’re not seen as the most glamourous industry! But in saying that, we’re in a sector that’s constantly evolving and in terms of technology, we work in a space that’s on the cutting edge. Attracting young people to the industry is a challenge and one that must be tackled in the short-term.”

Going forward, the plan is for further growth across the Group’s core areas of paper and board.

Branching into new sectors is also on the cards.

“We want to expand the business so we can increase our offering to our clients. We definitely see the business growing in 2023 and beyond.”

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After rescuing her mother and grandmother, Luba Healy is on her way back to Ukraine on a humanitarian mission

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Earlier this year, Luba Healy travelled to Ukraine to bring her mother and

grandmother back to Ireland. Together with her husband Eugene Healy (MD at Trimfold in Co Meath), their son Francis and family friend Diarmuid Dawson (MD at Innovative Print and IPF President), the group set off on a 6,000km round trip across Europe to bring Luba’s 99-year-old grandmother Galina and 70-year-old mother Nina back to Ireland. “We wanted to get to the Polish border by the 9th of May. That date was significant as it’s known as Victory Day in Russia, a day marking the Soviet Union’s victory in WW2. Putin had stated that he would increase the level of bombing in Ukraine around that date, so we were desperate to get to the border before that happened.”

The group travelled to Ukraine in a camper van, a jeep and a trailer. Medical supplies, clothes, food, pet food and antibiotics, most of which were donated

by Irish people, were also brought over.

When they arrived at the designated spot, they found that Galina and Nina

had been waiting at the side of a road

Francis and Galina

beside a petrol station for 36 hours.

“They got to the border quicker than we did. When we arrived, they were absolutely exhausted. The relief I felt when we had them safely in the van was hard to describe.” Once all the supplies were distributed the group, which now included Luba’s mother and grandmother, five women, a four year old child and three dogs, began the long trip back to Ireland. “All seats were occupied, we couldn’t take any more. People who knew I was coming to the border were calling me to ask if I could also take them. That was the hardest part.” Once some headway was made, the vehicles stopped for some food. “We had a fridge in the camper van so we had brought a few meals with us, which we were able to heat up at a petrol station. The weather was good so we were

Eugene and Galina

sitting outside the camper van, not far from the airport in Poland, eating our meals. During the meal, a plane took off at the airport and everyone we had picked up instinctively ducked their heads. They had gotten so used to the war and trying to survive.”

The trip back home took much longer than the expedition over to the Polish border. The convoy missed their ferry and after posting on social media, Stena Line accommodated the large

She will probably never see those keepsakes, those memories ever again

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Galina and Nina

Diarmuid, Nina, Francis, Eugene and the group rescued from Ukraine

group on the overnight ferry from Cherbourg to Rosslare free of charge.

Since arriving in Ireland, accommodation has been found for the people that Luba brought back to Ireland and most have also secured jobs. “Mum loves spending time with her grandchildren, but she misses her house and her garden back home. Nana is 99 years of age; her health isn’t great and she misses her home country. Yesterday she said to me, I’ll be going home soon. She had never

Luba and Galina

left Ukraine before and we didn’t think she would be able for the journey, but she’s a very strong woman. Her father was in WW1 and during the war, he got shot in the leg and was brought home on a stretcher. She kept the frame of that stretcher and it’s still in her house in Ukraine. She will probably never see those keepsakes, those memories ever again and that’s very hard for her.”

Now, the plan is to take a convoy of jeeps filled with humanitarian aid back to Ukraine. “When I was over there, I saw footage of wounded people dragging themselves across the fields because there were no vehicles to transport them to safety.

That’s why I’ve kept up my fundraising efforts and plan to go back. People have told me I’m brave, but you’d do the same.

When you think about Russian soldiers going into houses and raping 80 year old women and small children, you wouldn’t hesitate to help. Every day, I’m praying for victory.”

DONATIONS CAN BE MADE on Revolut @luba1976 or by contacting Trimfold on 046 943 1497

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Guests at the event included Irish and UK

Demonstration at Highcon press

packaging buyers, along with a strong contingent of international guests from over 12 different countries interested in investing in Landa nanographic printing technology. Over the two days, delegates were given a detailed technical demonstration of Landa Nanography, a Q&A session with Mal McGowan on the positive impact the Landa S10 press has made to the business, onsite demonstrations at the Landa S10 press and at the Highcon Digital diecutting press, along with a tour of the McGowans plant. Speakers at the event included Steve Donegal, Landa Regional Sales Manager – UK & Ireland and Russell Weller, Highcon UK & Ireland Business Manager.

Speaking at the event, Mal said: “I truly Demonstration at Landa S10 press

believe that with our investment in Nanography, print will never be the same again. For me, it represents the reinvention of digital printing. Landa gives us tomorrow’s technology today; digital

Mal McGowan

Held over two days, McGowans recently hosted more than 100 guests at its Landa launch event

Digital print comes of Age

print has finally come off age. It offers superior quality to traditional printing methods, but with all the flexibility of digital. What’s not to like?”

Mal and guests were also treated to a personal video from Benny Landa, the ‘Grandfather of Digital Printing’ and inventor of Indigo and Landa Nanography.

Benny recounted his many business and personal experiences with Mal over the years and congratulated McGowans for leading the way in adopting cutting edge technology that will change our industry forever more.

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An Energised Market 3

Graphics Manager Dave Rainsford outlines five key visitor takeaways from FORMAT, Quadient’s printer demonstration held in Dublin

Customers are looking to automate more and improve their workflows as print increasingly teams up with digital

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media. Highly automated workflows link

The print industry is in a really good

directly to profitability as they minimise

place and the business will continue to

non-chargeable plant time; the Duplo

expand for the foreseeable future. There

Green Button Tech is a good example of

are a surprising number of new

this type of efficiency.

opportunities, especially in wide format, but companies must adapt to take advantage of them.

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Back-up and support is more important

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Education and upskilling continues to be part of business development. Strategic and cost-effective training assists printers to reduce costs and enhance

than ever in print services management.

competitiveness – this is why we

Printing infrastructure feeds directly

included workshops in our FORMAT

into any IT disaster recovery plan and is

line-up.

an essential part of the business.

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People are investing in new equipment and there’s new energy in the market.

The new Handtop HT 1600 UV, which we exhibited for the first time in Ireland, is a great example of the type of new machines available.

Keep an eye out for FORMAT in 2023 – Quadient is planning more events in both Belfast and Cork More photos here - https://graphics.quadient.ie/format-eventdocumentation

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GREENWASHING

A recent study has demonstrated the effectiveness of greenwashing, but providing people with the correct information will go a long way to defeating it

THE TRUTH WILL It’s no secret that greenwashing is all around us. Every day, another company will make misleading claims about the environmental benefits of their products or services. Many

OUT

people will dismiss them but many more will take in the

participants were selected to receive either a ‘literacy’ or a

information without question, without checking if what they’re

‘pre-bunking’ intervention. The literacy intervention involved

being told is the truth.

giving the participants information to help them understand

Today, businesses are increasingly adding sustainability

greenwashing, while the pre-bunking intervention asked the

messages to their marketing. Studies show that these messages

participants to imagine they were an energy company and plan

ar extremely effective – whether true or not. Even worse,

a marketing campaign with a greenwashing goal. By

greenwashing appears to work especially well on those who say

understanding greenwashing strategies, it was hoped that

they are concerned about the environment.

resistance to manipulation could be built. That hope was borne out in the results, with consumers who received the literacy

Perception Is Everything

and pre-bunking interventions rating the green credentials of

The extent to which people are vulnerable to greenwashing

the fictional companies significantly lower compared to the

was investigated recently by Behavioural Insights Team, a

control group.

consulting firm based in the UK. They conducted a study in which 2,400 people were shown three ads for three fictitious

Two Sides Anti-Greenwash Campaign

energy companies.

To stamp out greenwashing, people need to be aware of what it

The first showed a woman walking in front of an office

is and the harm it causes. While advertising association

building with the line “Our offices are green”. The second

guidelines and government legislation will go a long way to

showed a different woman smiling, with three light bulbs and

discouraging companies from greenwashing, a healthy and

the line “How can you save energy?”, along with an invite to

vocal scepticism among customers about misleading

use a carbon footprint calculator. The third made a statement

environmental claims could greatly reduce their occurrence.

about creating jobs but said nothing about the environment.

Two Sides’ Anti-Greenwash Campaign investigates reported

More than half of the subjects (57%) stated that the companies

examples of greenwash and contacts companies to explain the

featured in the first two adverts had stronger green credentials

environmental value of print and paper, as well as the legal

than the company in the third. They believed that

situation around greenwashing. To date, the campaign has

greenwashed claims were a reliable source of information

engaged with over 2,000 companies, with over 931

about a company’s eco-practices. The study also found that

consequently removing misleading statements from their

consumers who were more concerned about the environment

communications. “Not only are greenwash claims in breach of

were more susceptible to greenwashing.

established environmental marketing rules,” says Two Sides Managing Director Jonathan Tame, “but they are hugely

Information Is Key

damaging to an industry which has a solid and continually

When people are more aware of greenwashing, they are less

improving environmental record.”

taken in by misleading claims. In the study, a number of

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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the National Print Museum has commissioned ‘Short Stories in Print’, a limited-edition collection of unpublished work by some of Ireland’s leading writers

Short Stories in PRINT

T H E L AS T WOR D

Six internationally renowned Irish writers have

and chaotically decorated, carrying with it bits and

written original, unique pieces, in response to an

pieces for years and it becomes an image of the

invitation from the National Print Museum. These

creative mind at work.

beautifully printed broadsides by master printer Seán Sills are now available as a signed, limited-edition

Colm Tóibín – ‘Bridge Over the Slaney’

portfolio of broadsides.

Colm Tóibín meditates upon Thomas Kinsella’s ‘Another September’, set in Tóibín’s native Wexford.

Sebastian Barry – ‘The Arrested Image’

His piece also offers a historical and literary

In ‘The Arrested Image’, Sebastian Barry remembers

perspective when Tóibín remembers how English

one of his artist grandfather’s old etching plates, a

poets Spenser and Bryskett, who thought ‘the natives

self-portrait of Matthew Barry’s younger self. Though

here to be barbarians’, would have approved of

now damaged and though it ‘could never be printed

Kinsella’s well-wrought famous poem.

from’, this etching plate inspired and continues to inspire Barry who keeps it on his worktable as he uses

Anne Enright – ‘Killiney Hill’

his pen to make his way into print.

Landscape is vividly evoked in Anne Enright’s description of a path she walked during the lockdown

Roddy Doyle – ‘Old Man in the Museum’

of 2020 on Killiney Hill. There’s the panoramic view

For Roddy Doyle’s ‘Old Man in the Museum’, the

of distant Dún Laoghaire and its pier and in one

setting is a printworks in Dublin, 1940. Doyle not only

granite-block paragraph, she captures the sounds and

paints an atmospheric scene of ‘deafening noise’ and

scents of the hill path, the absent granite and a

‘the smell of the metal’ but he fast-forwards to that

memory of her father.

same boy, now an old man, the Print Museum and

Claire Keegan – ‘Epitaph’

remembering his trade.

A complex daughter-father

Roddy Doyle’s father, visiting

relationship is at the heart of

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Claire Keegan’s ‘Epitaph’. This

A terrace house in London

winter landscape, ‘a milky

intrigues and haunts

light across the beet fields’

Christine Dwyer Hickey. It is

and a woman gathering holly

both ordinary and

for her father’s grave.

very personal piece tells of a

extraordinary; it is both ‘magical’ and ‘full of menace’.

Costing €895, all profits from

Outside and inside, it is oddly

the collection will go into the development of the Museum

Contributing writer, Sebastian Barry, image by Mark Henderson

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