WRH Marketing UK Limited Press releases

Mortons Print, a division of Mortons of Horncastle in Lincolnshire, has given the 'thumbs up' to the XtraWin business initiative from WRH Marketing UK Ltd following the highly successful commissioning earlier this year of additional Ferag equipment. The aim of XtraWin is to help newspaper printers enter new sectors, such as the semi commercial market, and make better use of reserve press capacity. The new facilities at Mortons Print have provided it with much greater press, folder and mailroom flexibility. As well as the Ferag equipment the company has fitted its six-tower Uniset with an additional manroland folder.

WRH Marketing UK has appointed Peter Thompson as Customer Service Manager in a move to strengthen support for customers throughout the UK and Ireland. Peter Thompson joined the company 18 years ago as an installation engineer and has since held a variety of roles including site manager, sales and project manager. With this latest promotion he has also been appointed to the WRH Marketing UK management team.

WRH Marketing UK Ltd today announces the successful installation and commissioning of a new Ferag mailroom at the Portsmouth print facility of Johnston Press plc, one of the leading regional media groups in the UK and Ireland. The new mailroom, delivered to budget and on schedule in conjunction with the company's new triple-width MAN Roland Colorman XXL press, forms part of the £50m overhaul of Johnston Press's Portsmouth site, which is significantly improving operating efficiency as well as generating additional contract printing revenues from News International. Incorporating inserting, stitching and trimming technology from Ferag AG, the new Portsmouth mailroom is the latest in a line of Ferag installations at Johnston Press plants, including those in Leeds, Edinburgh and Peterborough. Johnston Press publishes 318 local and regional newspapers across UK and Republic of Ireland (RoI), including 18 daily, 166 paid-weekly, 132 free weekly and 2 Sunday titles.

NWN Media has added in-line stitching facilities at its Deeside site following the installation of a Tolerans Speedliner cylinder stitching system. The equipment was supplied by WRH Marketing UK Ltd, which represents Tolerans in the UK and Ireland.

Polestar has increased the efficiency of the post press department at Polestar Petty following the installation of 12 JobFeed hopper loader and stream feeders from WRH Marketing UK Ltd. The Leeds printer produces some 12 million magazines every week from its six 64-page presses, cover press and four high speed Ferag stitchers. Handling the inserting requirements for such large volumes presents a major challenge, as managing director Chris Bowen explains.

WRH Marketing UK Ltd has secured an order from Newsquest (Sussex) Ltd for nine JobStrap strapping machines and five TCT bundle turners at its Brighton site. The equipment, which will be installed in January 2008, will replace the existing strappers and turntables that have come to the end of their life cycles.

WRH Marketing UK Ltd has embarked on a new phase of development following a move in December to larger, modern headquarters. The new premises, near Stansted Airport, reflect the company's high-technology product range and its wide ranging partnerships with industry-leading manufacturers.

When the Newbury Weekly News was looking to add in-line stitching facilities to its Goss Universal 70 press, the reputation of the Swedish made Tolerans Speedliner system was such that the company hardly looked elsewhere, according to managing director Adrian Martin. That reputation has resulted in an order for Tolerans distributor WRH Marketing UK Ltd, which will install a Speedliner system at the Newbury site in December.

WRH Marketing UK Ltd has won an order from Archant Print for two Speedliner in-line stitching systems. The equipment, made by Swedish manufacturer Tolerans, will be delivered to Archant's Norwich premises during November and used with a wide range of newspapers printed on the company's six-tower Goss HT70 press.

WRH Marketing UK Ltd has strengthened its commercial selling arm with the appointment of Nigel Watson as UK sales manager for commercial technology.