Buxton Press, has again taken top honours by scooping the jewel in the UK print industry crown, PrintWeek’s Printing Company of the Year Award – and made history, by being the only company to win the highly coveted award twice!

At a spectacular gala dinner ceremony at  Grosvenor House, London, Bernard Galloway, Chairman & CEO; George Briddon, Executive Director; Kirk Galloway, Managing Director and Richard Tidswell, Sales and Customer Services Director were presented with the prized trophy for the highest accolade in print in front of 1000 diners attending the black tie event.

Understandably elated, Bernard Galloway paid tribute to his colleagues saying, “I am immensely proud that Buxton has been recognised in this way: it’s a great testament to everyone who has worked so hard to get us to where we are and very gratifying that Buxton has been recognised by its peers.”

We are delighted to say that Buxton has again been shortlisted  for the jewel in the crown of printing accolades, the PrintWeek Company of the Year Award 2011.

Judged by an elite panel from the world of print, the annual awards are open to every aspect of the printing industry and represent the pinnacle of achievement in the printing world. Buxton won the prestigious title in 2009 but is hoping to make printing history by winning it for a second time.

The nomination is a fitting testament to all who work so hard at Buxton so well done to everybody - and fingers crossed for the Awards Night!

We are delighted to announce that Buxton’s Chairman and CEO, Bernard Galloway has been included in PrintWeek’s Power 100 – a list of the top 100 key players in the UK Printing Industry with Kirk Galloway, Buxton’s Managing Director, tipped as “one to watch” for 2012.

In the “public vote”, both appeared in the top 20, Buxton being the only company in the UK to be doubly represented.

Having transformed Buxton Press from a magazine printer of relative obscurity to a company worthy of the ultimate accolade in print, PrintWeek’s Printing Company of the Year, should be enough but in these challenging times, to be forecasting the company’s best ever performance is nothing short of astounding!

We are very proud on behalf of the whole workforce that Buxton’s successes have been acknowledged by its peers.

Following a period of substantial growth  Buxton is to embark on a multi-million pound rolling programme of equipment replacement, the first phase of the programme – a £1 million plus spend in its finishing department – has been brought forward early to cater for the increasing workload.

After strenuous and stringent product testing with site visits to suppliers and users by both management and finishing hall supervisors, Buxton has negotiated a package deal with Friedheim International to have overall responsibility to supply, install and commission all the new equipment for its post press expansion, scheduled for completion late summer.

The package includes an upgraded guillotine centre; two additional fully automatic K800 MBO folders, with an option for a further two identical folders; an additional 15 station Wohlenberg City e 6000 perfect binding line complete with three knife trimmer and stacker to run in parallel with an existing Wohlenberg binding line all of which will provide a major boost in finishing capacity.

Managing Director, Kirk Galloway, explains, “This generation of new equipment offers significant improvements in productivity that will assist in reducing our operating cost base in the aggressively competitive sector of magazine printing .”

Award winning magazine printer Buxton Press has secured a substantial three year printing contract with the giant Manchester based contract publishing and event specialists, Excel Publishing.

The deal, expected to be worth more than £3 million, was signed following a hard fought open tender competition and represents another boost for the Derbyshire based company who have seen a significant influx of work over the last six months contributing to their best ever trading year.

George Briddon, Executive Director at Buxton said, “We are delighted and very proud that Excel has chosen Buxton – although we were up against some tough competition. We were selected on the basis of competitive pricing, expertise, reliability and customer service: the key elements that provide the backbone to our operation.”

Picture shows, from left to right, George Briddon, Executive Director of  Buxton Press with Patrick Rafter, Managing Director of Excel Publishing

If you work in publishing, then be sure you don’t miss:

Publishing Expo: 1 and 2 March 2011, Earls Court, London

This is a unique exhibition dedicated to publishing professionals and all those involved in today’s exciting publishing industry and, as one of the leading specialist magazine printers in the UK, Buxton will be there – and delighted to see you – on Stand B10; we very much hope you will be able to join us.

With our passion for print, unrivalled reputation for customer service and environmental commitments we provide a first rate, cost effective flexible and friendly service to all magazine publishers. We look forward to seeing you there!

Buxton: a centre of printing excellence.

The Board of Directors of Buxton Press has appointed Kirk Galloway Managing Director; his appointment significantly strengthening Buxton’s ongoing management succession programme.

Previously responsible for driving the production wing of the business, Kirk has seen the turnover of the company rise from £4M to £14M and brings with him a wealth of 18 years experience and a depth of knowledge of both Buxton’s operations and the UK printing industry as a whole.

Galloway said, “I am absolutely delighted. Buxton is a robust organisation and one of which I am immensely proud. We have achieved a great deal over the past few years and it’s a great personal honour for me to be taking Buxton to the next level.”

Buxton, winner of PrintWeek’s prestigious Printing Company of the Year award, has signed for what will be Europe’s largest installation of Fujifilm’s XMF cross-media workflow solutions, the very latest in print management and optimisation systems.

Confirmed on the Fujifilm stand at IPEX, the global trade exhibition for print, publishing and media held at Birmingham NEC, Buxton will install the XMF suite to handle the company’s entire requirements for all its PDF magazine pages.

Kirk Galloway, Director and General Manager at Buxton, comments: “We pride ourselves on investing in the right technology at the right time and this is exactly the case with XMF.  We print 55 million magazines each year and we’ve learned that the combination of cutting-edge technology along with our first-class printing expertise not only ensures that we stay at the top of our sector but, more importantly, are able to meet and, indeed, exceed our clients’ ongoing high expectations.

The necessity to examine workflow options had become paramount in our bid to keep pace with our ever-increasing workload. Having extensively trialled the new Fuji system, we are convinced that it will speed up our pre-press processes considerably, strengthening quality assurance procedures and, most importantly, adding to our customers overall peace of mind.”

If you work in publishing then make sure you don’t miss:

Publishing Expo, 24 and 25 February 2010, Olympia 2, London

This is a unique exhibition dedicated to publishing professionals and all those involved in today’s exciting magazine publishing industry and, as one of the leading magazine printers in the UK, Buxton will be there – and delighted to see you – on Stand A158; we very much hope you will be able to join us.

With our unrivalled reputation for customer service, our environmental commitments and our total dedication to quality and professionalism, we aim to provide a first rate, highly efficient, cost effective and flexible printing service – time after time.

Buxton: a centre of printing excellence.

Winner: Printing Company of the Year ~ Buxton Press

Buxton has scooped the jewel in the crown of printing accolades, the much prized PrintWeek Company of the Year Award 2009.

Already the proud recipient of 14 national nominations and awards, Kirk Galloway, Director and General Manager and George Briddon, Executive Director, accepted the coveted trophy on behalf of the company at a spectacular gala black tie evening event held at The Grosvenor House, London on Monday evening, October 19 2009.

The annual PrintWeek Awards, which are open to every aspect of the printing industry, are the pinnacle of achievement in the printing world and are judged by an elite panel from the world of print.

Mr. Galloway paid tribute to his colleagues saying, “I am absolutely thrilled that Buxton has been recognised in this way: it’s a great and fitting testament to everyone who has worked so hard to get us to where we are today.”