Platinum are proud to introduce the ‘zedfold‘ leaflet. This new and exciting product is compact media for your wallet, purse or pocket.
This versatile product is ideal for that larger print idea, which you need to be handy and easily available.
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Since its inception as the ‘Harrogate Business Market’ in 2007, we have supported the event are are once again pleased to announce we will be attending the ‘Yorkshire Business Market’ on April 30th. Keep updated during the event by searching for #YBM12 on Twitter
As part of our long term Environmental strategy, our despatch department had a weeks trial of the New Renault Kangoo electric van. This is no hybrid vehicle it is dependent on its battery alone! To make sure we could fully test this amazing vehicle our local Renault dealership loaned us the van on a trial basis. We tested it throughout last week with various heavy loads and various members of staff (Large and Small).
Our delivery trials reported positives about the little green machine – it did well with the heavier items and even had enough ‘poke’ to get around town with great efficiency. Barry Cooper, our finishing and despatch manager, had the following comments to make: “This ZE Model is ideal for local deliveries with a range of 100 miles, Battery powered you re-charge the van using a normal 3 pin plug. It takes around 7-8 hours to be fully charged, an emissions free vehicle with the added benefit of no road tax! we are pleased with how the trial went and when you think of the big savings on running costs it looks good on paper too”.
Praise indeed!
published by Print Monthly 23.01.2012 to see - click here
With social media becoming an increasingly popular medium of communication, Rob Fletcher investigates how your company can follow the trend and link in with others to help improve profits.
Has your company ever trended? Do you know how many likes you have? If you do not understand these terms, then it may be that your company is not using social media to its full extent.
Websites such as Twitter and Facebook are often not associated with business, but it seems that as we move further into the digital age, more companies are discovering how valuable it can in helping create profit. Millions of potential customers are already using the service all over the globe, leaving you just a few clicks away from interacting with them. And the best thing about them—they are all free to use. With so many businesses already taking full advantage of social media, why should you not also make the move into the interactive market place?
published by ROI360 to see: click here
Harrogate based print firm Platinum Print adopted Storefront resulting in a 15% increase in turnover with 2 million items ordered online.
Published by AD Communications 02.02.12 click here to view
Based in Harrogate, Yorkshire, Platinum was founded by David and Marina Wywill in 1988, and has seen a steady growth over the past 22 years to become the £2.5million turnover print service provider it is today. Platinum employs 26 people on its 18,000 sq ft site and has a range of accounts which include Bettys and Taylors bakery, Superbreak Holidays and Leeds Grand Theatre.
The company prides itself on its exceptional customer service, for which it is renowned, due to its ability to offer high quality print, short turnaround times and competitive prices. As a result, Platinum places a heavy emphasis on not only developing its employees, but also ensuring effective production practices and quality controls. This includes achieving the ISO 9001-2000 quality management standard, gaining Pantone accredited status in 2007 and working at a high standard to minimise its environmental impact. Continue Reading →
Once again Platinum have stamped their intent on the market by introducing Fuji remote proofing to its customers. This new software allows clients to upload artwork directly into the pre-press workflow, with automatic pre-flight, live annotation and many advanced approval features.
Platinum’s Production Director Mark Plummer stated: “We are very excited to launch this new system which opens up a vast array of possibilities for Platinum and its clients, once again endorsing our commitment to ground-breaking advances in the printing industry.“
Managing Director David Wyvill also commented: “We have already rolled the new system out to a number of clients and received extremely positive feedback in terms of the speed improvement and flexibility it now gives. It shows our commitment to advances in technology and ties in neatly with the web2print system which we already operate.“
This new investment is the just the latest in a series of developments for the company which has seen, this year alone, a spend of over £250k on the purchase of a new digital press – the Ricoh C901 – a Grutzmacher mail processor and the employment of three new members of staff.
“Our aim is to keep one step ahead of the competition and offer our customers a reliable, speedy and accurate turnaround on their projects – this latest set of investments allows us to do just that” added David.
We recently completed the fourth stage of a Christmas campaign for a national client. Producing point of sale posters, window vinyls, lightbox posters, hinged promotion cards, wrapping paper, self cling vinyl baubles and even individually cut out snowflakes.
This involved production at almost 24/7 with packaging and despatch of well over 43000 items making over 1400 parcels. “We know we have a very efficient operation and this new challenge of high volume short turnaround point of sale just goes to show how quickly the team can react” – The new Mimaki once again the perfect choice as the digital business continues to grow.
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Platinum are pleased to announce the arrival of a twin…
Although non-Identical, we now have a second Mimaki wide format printer, this time a CJV30. Our existing JV33 was running extremely well although largely at capacity (nice problem to have !) – it’s newly commissioned twin was up and running in a day and comes complete with in-line pattern cutting and roll to roll feeding – automation on these machines is helping to create almost 24hr a day production.
Production Director Mark Plummer explains the company’s decision on it’s latest purchase: “The consistency and reliability of Mimaki along with their fantastic range of products and support made this an easy choice for Platinum – the fact it was installed and producing live work within a day confirms it was the right decision for our current set up”.
The installation of this second machine is a strong indication of the further investment that Platinum continues to make as it moves forward into expanding digital markets and increase its portfolio of work and blue chip clients.
Further investment produces quicker and more accurate crease & fold work with our new Morgana Autofold system. Installed Thursday 1st September, this machine truly hit the ground running…
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Using a brand new product to Platinum, we have just completed our entrance hallway using a textured digital wallpaper. I hope you will agree this allows maximum impact on client visits, perfect for shops, reception areas or meeting rooms. This fantastic product also lends itself well to open office spaces – enabling imagery to brighten up a plain wall.
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Dont worry, help is at hand – using this website: http://whatisfont.com/ you can simply scan your item, upload it and let this FREE site tell you the fonts used. Whatfontis also makes suggestions as to which typeface can be used as an alternative where necessary or lets you know if there are any free alternatives out there… Stop spending time second guessing what to use and try this amazing site.
Some of Royal Mail’s customers have talked to them about both their intention to do this and the timescales in which printing was due to start. They listened to the comments and, as a result, chose to take some additional time to consider their plans for the introduction of the Royal Mail mark. This included providing a longer period of time than initially advised, before implementing any changes.
To confirm, the Royal Mail will not now be deploying the application of this new mark from mid-September.
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Royal Mail’s postmen and women do a fantastic job delivering mail to 29 million addresses across the UK six days a week. In recognition of their dedication, Royal Mail will start applying a mark on all UK machine sorted letters to ensure their people get the acknowledgement that they deserve. From the middle of September all machineable mail will feature the mark: ‘Delivered by Royal Mail’.
Platinum are pleased to announce the arrival of a further digital press – improving speed of turnaround, flexibility of paper types and repeatability of colour – all in one swoop. Continue Reading →
Platinum are pleased to announce the arrival of our new state-of-the-art online proofing and artwork submission system.
Production Director, Mark Plummer said “we are very excited to launch the new system. It opens up a vast array of possibilities for Platinum and its client base and once again enforces our commitment to new technology.” Continue Reading →
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