22 January 2019

Further accolade for Taylor Bloxham

Following on from their recent achievement of the BPIF 12647-2 professional level certification, Leicester based Taylor Bloxham have now been given K&B's 1814 Production Excellence Award. The award commemorates the commissioning of the first power driven press which was built for The Times by Freidrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer in 1814.

K&B praised Taylor Bloxham, for ‘precision printing, colour accuracy and consistency' in performance across 3 catalogue jobs within the business. Following the recent installation of their Rapida 106 Press. The 252pp plus 4pp cover catalogue for Amtico Flooring had a print run of 60,000 copies. The average production speed was 16,472sph and the job was produced 16% faster than previously. The 128pp plus 4pp cover Classic Car Auction catalogue had a print run of 3,500 copies. It was produced 25% quicker than estimated. A 212pp Decorative Objects Auction catalogue had a print run of 800 copies and ran at an average of 14,777sph. This was 44% quicker than the estimate.

Taylor Bloxham Group CEO, Robert Lockwood said, "The firm is focused on delivering excellence across all of its brands." He added, "The £14.5m turnover print operation had shifted its focus as for many years we were production-led. With our sales-led approach we are focused on people who place a value on what we do. It's a relationship sell with us as a trusted partner."

He added, "Malcolm Lane-Ley, who joined the business as MD of the printing business in September of 2018, was running a project, looking at pricing and the added-value expertise that Taylor Bloxham delivered. It's going to be an interesting time for the print side of the business over the next six months. He concluded, "There is a real cost to the business and the price needs to reflect that. Taylor Bloxham is exploring the potential opportunities to work with packaging customers who would benefit from the firm's colour management know-how. It is setting up a partnership to handle specialist packaging finishing."

For further information visit www.taylorbloxham.co.uk