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News Release from: Sun Chemical Gibbon
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 May 2004
Inks Partnership Helps Secure
International Award
Sun Chemical's partnerships with newspapers has paid dividends for the Derby Evening Telegraph and the Leicester Mercury - both awarded membership of the Ifra International Newspaper Colour Club.
Sun Chemical's partnerships with its regional newspaper customers has paid dividends for the Derby Evening Telegraph and the Leicester Mercury, both of which have been awarded membership of the Ifra International Newspaper Colour Club The two Northcliffe Newspapers Group titles are the only two UK publications to receive the accolade for 2004-2006
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 21 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Only 50 titles have been awarded membership out of 180 newspaper applicants from 34 countries.
Membership, which lasts two years, is given for overall newspaper quality of pictures and stories and the processes through which they are managed.
Sun Chemical worked closely with production staff at both papers to achieve the quality standards necessary and to win the coveted nomination.
Tracy Wright and Ken Calderwood, general managers at printers Northcliffe Press, Leicester and Derby respectively issued a joint statement: "This is a tremendous achievement by the teams at Leicester and Derby.
It is a reward for the hard work and dedication shown by our people on a daily basis as we strive to ensure that each and every copy printed each week gets to its final destination well presented and printed to our stringent quality standards.
Sterling support from our suppliers, first class origination and sound preventative maintenance procedures have ensured that our presses are able to compete in quality terms with anyone." The Derby Evening Telegraph is printed on Goss Colorliner and Goss HT70 presses which operate round the clock, seven days a week.
The Leicester Mercury prints on Goss HT60 presses.
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