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LATEST NEWS
Well it looks like summer has been and gone without us realising it.

The last few months have been difficult for many businesses, and the print industry is no exception, with the sad demise of Capital Print Limited and Bovince Limited, amongst many others, the closing of Fujifilm Sericol's training school and further afield the announcement that the Brisbane School of Print in Queensland may be facing closure . . . READ MORE

But let us be positive about the future and review what's new this month.

PDS launch their NEW website

Take a look, tell us what you think by emailing:
mark.whalley@pdsconsulting.co.uk

The UK's lead body for the digital and screen printing industry has recently launched its new look website which is packed with a host of information: Market Surveys; Technical Articles; Forum; Search System for members by category, printer, supplier or region; Sensations book, etc, Join PRISM.

BENEFITS OF TRAINING £££s
Our training courses can range from an introductory one day seminar to an advanced course delivered over several months comprising of theoretical and practical training . . . READ MORE

Yesterday we received a call from a client that we worked with earlier this year.

On the face of it they had a relatively simple application printing single colour glass vials. After carrying out a TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT Peter spent a day with their experienced printer reviewing their set up procedures and demonstrating correct set up methods, leaving them at the end of the day with Standard Operating Procedures for set up and running the machine.

During the call Richard said what a difference the day Peter had spent with them had made. Quality had vastly improved and they had now got set up times down from two days to two hours, a huge cost saving to them.

To find out what we can do for you contact:
Carol, carol.swift@pdsconsulting.co.uk (01226 294797)
Peter, peter.kiddell@pdsconsulting.co.uk (01226 770772)

E-LEARNING SCREEN PRINTING COURSE
The internet based screen printing course is as popular as ever covering all areas of the screen printing process. Full details of the English can be found at www.worldofprint.co.uk.

This month FESPA will be launching their NINTH internet based screen printing course in Dutch. The course is also available in Chinese; Finnish; German; Italian; Norwegian; Polish; Portuguese and Spanish.

Don't forget you can also test your knowledge using our quizzes:
Screen Printing Quiz - Pad Printing Quiz - Stencil Making Quiz

NEW ARTICLES
We have new articles in the technical library on our website:

Screen Articles
Critical Issues
Inks
Large Format
Health and Safety
Substrates
Industrial Screen Printing

Pad Article
State of Pad Printing

Stencil Article
Mesh Frames

Digital Article
Computer to Screen

You may find the “SWOT Analysis” article useful in today's difficult climate:

Introduction
A SWOT Analysis of Screen Printing. To those who only know of swot as sudden death for flies, SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.

A SWOT Analysis is normally used for organisations but it can also be applied to a process, particularly one in a state of transition as is the case with screen printing. Ideally you should gather individuals together to provide different perspectives to be objective. An accountant, an engineer, a sales person and an administrator would provide a range of thinking strategies that would expose all the various aspects of an organisation. In this case you will have to tolerate my multi-faceted approach. For the analysis to be relevant it must have an objective. In this case the long term objective will be:

Develop strategies to increase the penetration
of the screen printing process
into a fragmented market.
READ MORE

	New SEFAR Tensiocheck 100 This electronic tensiometer was purchased in 2007 and has not been used. Visit the website for the full specification. Our price includes insured delivery to mainland UK £449
	New Teca Print Circuit Board Suitable for TC 60, TC 70, TC 80 and TC 250 Our price includes insured delivery to mainland UK £200
PAD PRINTERS
	AS NEW - Two Colour Teca Print TPU 250 Sealed Cup Pad Printer This machine is as new and has only done around 100 print cycles. The current set up is for thick (10 mm) steel plates but will also take thin steel and nylo plates. Specification: Ink pots 90 ø mm Max print size 72 ø mm No. colours 2 Plate size 250 x 220 mm
	2 Colour Printing International Saffir 90 with LTS Shuttle Table Brand New – Still in shipping crate!! Ideal machine for start up business. The machine was purchased 2002 and has never been unpacked from it's shipping crate. Saffir 90 Specification: Bench mounted Closed ink cups: 90 Ø mm Max Print area: 53 x 53 mm 2 colour set up Magnetic plate holder for Nylo plates LTS shuttle table Instruction Manual included.
	2 Colour Printing International Saffir 90 with LTS Shuttle Table The machine was purchased in 2001 and has not been used other than producing a few samples. Saffir 90 Specification: Mounted on a height adjustable stand Closed ink cups: 90 Ø mm Max Print area: 53 x 53 mm 2 colour set up Magnetic plate holder for Nylo plates LTS shuttle table Instruction Manual included.
	Two Colour Teca Print TPU 251 This is a two colour Teca Print TPU 251 with a pad shuttle and XY table. It has an automatic pad cleaning device.
DIGITAL PRINTERS
	Complete Digital Printing Package - 44-inch Stylus Pro 9880 Comprising of: 44-inch Stylus Pro 9880 is a professional wide-format printer ScanMaker 9800XL with TMA scanner Shiraz RIP Software & Dongal Version 6.4 Build 8015 A 2.4Ghz core 2 quad computer, with 2gb Ram, 500GB HDD, DVD/CD Burner, Windows XP plus license, Nvidia G-Force 8500GT, and 18" philips monitor
	Durst Rho 600 Presto (2m wide) This printer is 2.5 years old and has the under-print white option. It is an excellent machine, and has been well looked after.
SCREEN PRINTERS
	Dubuit Semi Automatic Screen Printer Power: 3 phase, Compressed Air Foot pedal operation Air inflation Registration device 4 Available
	Kammann K16 Oval Automatic Screen Printer Power: 3 phase, Compressed Air Sale includes tooling and cams.
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
	Thieme Squeegee Cutter / Grinder / Sharpener Model: Thieme TSC 220 Date of Manufacture: 2000
	PB & E Hot Foilers with Camco Table and Bottle Marker 4 Available
	Drying Ovens / Conveyors Drying Method: hot air, IR Power: 3 phase 3 Available
	HPC ASD37 (T) Compressor and Air Tank Working pressure bar: 7.5 (MWP 8) FAD @ working pressure m3/min: 3.91 FAD @ working pressure cfm: 138 Working pressure bar: 10 (MWP 10) FAD @ working pressure m3/min: 3.13 FAD @ working pressure cfm: 111

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