As you can see the Four Corners Print website has been completely re-designed and updated. The site now has new features including:

• Handy tips on preparing PDF artwork
• New FTP login system (your user name and password stay the same)
• Download area including various Royal Mail PPI, recycled, FSC and Responsible Print logos all available to import in to you artwork
• Four Corners news – read about the latest projects your favourite printer is involved with
• Four Corner’s Blog – our unique interpretation of the latest industry happenings and our attempt to cut through the latest greenwash claims in the press
• Improved environmental reporting on Responsible Print® jobs – more details to follow

All the paper merchants have confirmed that paper prices are going up again from 16 June 2008. Most grades are going up by 8%. This is the third time paper has increased in the last 12 months. The paper mills are citing increases in fuel costs and the fluctuating Euro as the main causes.

Mills are also getting wise to the increasing demand for FSC papers and are putting premiums or “uplifts” on this kind of paper.  The increasing demand for FSC paper is a hot topic in paper circles as the true environmental benefits of specifying an FSC paper is up for debate.

This will be discussed in the Four Corners blog in future posts….

Southern Water News, the newsletter printed by Four Corners on a monthly basis has won a Gold Award for the Best Internal Newspaper at the British Association of Communicators In Business Awards held in May 2008.

The job is produced in accordance with Responsible Print® criteria and is printed on 9 Lives 55 silk.

Independent travel company Pura Aventura opt for Responsible Print on their annual brochure. Using an aqueous coating on the cover instead of matt laminating and spot UV varnish choosing a part recycled paper stock the environmental credentials are second to none.

For the 13th year running Four Corners was involved in the production of various marketing materials for the Warren Miller Film Tour called Playground – items produced full colour tickets for all 50+ venues, A1 posters, leaflets, postcards an 88pp brochure and an exhibition stand.
In the past we have also been involved in producing the UK editions of the ski resorts brochure for California Tourism.

Four Corners highlight a severe case of mis selling as one of the UK’s leading environmental printing companies is found to be supplying standard opp lamination under the guise of “biodegradeable lamination”.

Following on from the Big Chill we have just produced the first batch of promotional materials for the Summer Sundae Music Festival – on 9 Lives Offset. For tickets click here

Four Corners recently produced nearly quarter of a million mailers for the Big Chill music festival taking place at Eastnor Castle in August 2008. Last year Four Corners supplied all the mailers and the festival programme – all items are produced using 100% recycled offset papers including 9 Lives Offset and Revive 100 offset. For tickets go to the www.bigchill.net

Over 200 000 visitor maps have just been produced for Visit Brighton improving the environmental credentials significantly by using 100gsm Revive 100 offset (Last years production was on a virgin fibre 130gsm silk). Four Corners production manager Neale Brodie took the opportunity to improve his fitness when he had to offload over 250 12kg boxes by hand!

Southern Water’s monthly newsletter – Southern Water News is short-listed for the best internal newspaper category in the Communicators in Business Awards. Results. It is produced in accordance with the strict criteria of theResponsible Print standard.