Following the heady excitement of IPEX, the world of print appears to have come back down to earth this last week, with back news back on the agenda, especially in Scotland.
Woods of Perth, which has been the subject of bad news reports for the last couple of weeks, has finally had to close its doors for the last time. The £6.5 million turnover business had been part of the Perth picture for some 180 years, and the final 14 members of staff were made redundant.In Dundee we also had the news that D. C. Thomson was looking to axe 350 jobs with the planned closure of its gravure, sheetfed and bookbinding operation in Guthrie Street. The company stressed that no impact would be felt on its newspaper business at this time.
Big losses were the headline when trading figures revealed for Goodhead Group. A hefty £18.7m loss must have made the eye’s water a little! Management expectations are high, and anticipate a return to profit by the turn of the year.
Certainly a more profitable organisation, Centurfax revealed sales of 100 units of its new microDot product at the recent IPEX. The company is working hard to keep up with orders: what an altogether nicer state of affairs!Marlowe Graphic Services were also still making headlines with its FFEI CtP sale to Clarendon Press, Gloucestershire. Owners of the company say they were forced into the investment due to an end of line decision by Agfa on a plate product.
Outside of the print industry, the communications sector was very much a phone driven thing this last week, with Apple once again stealing the headlines with more detail on its introduction of iPhone 4 and the new operating system iOS4, which will run the new phone and the previous two versions. Further thoughts on the introduction come from The Telegraph as it focuses on the potential for video calls.Details included the date for the iOS4 download date: June 21, but don’t all rush at once please. I want to download it too!
The new release details also prompted Lifehacker to produce an iPhone v. Android feature. Some of the arguments and therefore the scoring adopted are a little odd and curious to my mind, but your thoughts are certainly appreciated. What’s taking your calls: Apple or Google? Mail us with the detail at PIND.editor@gmail.com
Apple has also been busy on the browser front. Safari 5 was swept into the world, though I am not sure if so much as an eyebrow was raised by its appearance. It was nice to see that Apple is showing some understanding of the world at large by adopting extensions, and creating an extension library. Only minor flaw is that as yet there’s nothing in it! Other enhancements are neat, however, so why not download it and give it a try. In my humble opinion it has still got a way to go catch up both Firefox and Chrome, but as always let us know what sits on your desktop; mail us at PIND.editor@gmail.comPIND009
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