BUSINESS / NEWS 16 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk Issue 345 - November / December 2023 PrintMonthly printmonthly PrintMonthlyMagazine Lincolnshire-based design, print, mailing, and marketing services provider Systematic recently supported the Summit 53 challenge with team member Jill Bell taking part to raise funds for mental health charity Andy’s Man Club. Reflecting the feeling that struggling with mental health issues feels like climbing a mountain, the challenge involved running a marathon distance to an elevation equivalent to running up and down Snowdon from sea level. The Systematic team personally appreciates the impact mental health struggles can have as managing director Chris Robey tragically lost the battle with his own mental health in September 2022. Joined by friend Kate Brown, Bell ran 53 ‘Round Robey’ circuits around the market town of Caistor – a training circuit devised by Robey himself having founded the Caistor Running club in 2011 to help people run for fun and for free. The ‘Round Robey’ halfmile, undulating loop around the town is still a firm fixture in the training plan of the popular running club. The challenge itself was poignant with Robey aged 53 when he passed away and Summit 53 culminating on October 1st, Robey’s birthday and Lincolnshire Day. In completing Summit 53, Brown and Bell have supporred the work of Andy’s Man Club, a national suicide prevention charity which helps men to get on top of their feelings through conversation. The aim was to raise at least £5,300 for the charity to help fund peer-to-peer support groups and awareness events. At the time of writing, the challenge has hugely surpassed this goal with the total having hit £15,718. Systematic supports Summit 53 Runners Jill Bell and Kate Brown wearing their Caistor Running Club vests Manchester-based printer receives £2.4m investment Browns Print has invested in 444 solar panels as well as a voltage optimiser to help with efficiency Browns Print has received £2.42m of asset financing from Lloyds Bank. The company was in the market for a replacement printing press in order to increase its capacity within the business as well as lower its energy use. Browns approached Lloyds Bank and secured a £2.42m hire purchase loan that was used to acquire a stateof-the-art printing machine. Tim Guest, chairman at Browns Print, says: “When our business was in need of a new printing press we knew we wanted to purchase a machine that would help us to stay competitive and operate more sustainably.” Investing in the new equipment has meant the business has been able to hire ten new employees which brings the total amount of employees to 80. By Carys Evans Technology company Artworker has announced a new collaboration with print e-commerce platform VB Media in order to further develop automation in the industry. Earlier in the year Artworker unveiled its free file-sharing service created specifically for the printing industry. The solution means that customers and businesses can send artwork files with more ease as it hasn’t got the same limitations and restrictions as other file-sharing services. In order to continue building new integrations and partnerships with businesses, Artworker has collaborated with VB Media in order to continue empowering businesses to streamline operations and production times. Artworker and VB Media have promised to release further updates and developments in the future. New partnership for Artworker and VB Media Ricoh has announced the opening of a new Digital Experience Centre in Birmingham City Centre. The new space will be located in Rum Runner Works which Ricoh signed an agreement to occupy from October 2023. The building is the former location of the 1970’s Rum Runner Nightclub which is based near Broad Street and overlooking Gas Street Canal Basin. Ricoh will now relocate 60 staff members to a new office and will also create a new Digital Experience Centre to showcase its digital software and workplace products to customers from across Europe. The new office will be occupied by data scientists and developers from the Ricoh digital experience team (RDx). The new experience centre is located in Rum Runner works in central Birmingham Artworker provides a quick and easy-to-use filesharing website for businesses in print production Ricoh opens new Experience Centre in central Birmingham Celebrating a significant milestone of 85 years in the print and packaging industry, FACER. Progressive Printed Packaging is described as “a business which embraces its heritage and innovation in equal measure”. A member of the British Print Industries Federation (BPIF), the company services a number of well-known brands such as Boots, Halfords, Tesco, Next, BarryM, John Lewis & Partners, Superdrug, and Sellotape. An independent UK manufacturer, FACER has recently launched the first UK plastic-free blister pack. Combining innovative packaging solutions with impactful print and finishing techniques, the company says brands have already begun making the swap from plastic-based alternatives. FACER. Progressive Printed Packaging celebrates 85 years FACER has launched the UK’s first plastic-free blister pack
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