We are nearly half way through the year and Four Corners is keeping busy.

Ecover, the pan-european based cleaning products manufacturer continues to support Four Corners and our Responsible Print initiative. In May the directors of Four Corners were taken on a tour of their Boulogne-based manufacturing plant – which must be one of the most environmentally friendly factories in Europe. Recent jobs have included the production of nearly a million on product neck-hangers, produced to the exacting standards of Responsible Print and were printed on a specially sheeted size of board, on stock containing 55% recycled content.

The second edition of The Book of Green – the directory for “green” and ethical suppliers has also just been produced, for the first time this was also produced in line with Responsible Print and was printed on Cyclus Offset – a 100% recycled stock.

Those of you that ventured to the UK’s largest print exhibition, IPEX, in May could not have helped notice the amount of space devoted to digital printing. This area of print is growing massively with technical developments occurring on an almost weekly basis! This has been reflected in an increase in the number of digital jobs that Four Corners has produced in recent months. The increased versatility in the  the digital technology can offer has enabled us to produce a wide range of products including short-run, bespoke packaging, paper over board binders, company reports, luggage tags, tenders etc etc.

The newly introduced Colourspace photographic printing side of our business produced numerous prints for several exhibitors at the Brighton Festival including the complete portfolio for the short-listed “Wet Pier” which was a photographic portfolio documenting the demise of Brighton’s infamous West Pier and its subsequent demise through the two fires and subsequent storm damage. All illustrated in photographs take from  actually in the sea by intrepid surfer/photographer Chris Beasley.

Four Corners is regularly requested to donate our services to charities. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to support every request. Every year we select certain charities to support. Previous recipients have included Brighton-based charity -  The Rockinghorse Appeal and Water Aid. This year we have donated the print for Southern Water’s Summer Ball that is benefiting the NSPCC, the RNLI and Cancer Research UK.

Environmentally friendly packaging was the offer from the latest catalogue that we produced for The Packaging Store. Printed in four colour process on 100% recycled Cyclus Offset the A5 brochure details all kind of environmentally friendly packing supplies.

For more check out www.packagingstore.co.uk

Four Corners produced the marketing collateral for the The Green Wave event, organised by the Business Forum and New Era Associates, will be held in Preston Park from 11am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday 5/6 July 2008.

There will be showcasing opportunities for all sectors of the community in eight different Zones, which will be themed, and will provide lots of interactive entertainment for the family. For example, the Earth Zone could display wormeries, composting ideas and house a mini eco farm, whilst the Energy Zone will demonstrate products using sustainable energy, ranging from mobile phones to solar powered cars, with the addition of an Energy Play Area or eco circus for children.

The emphasis is on biodiversity, eco friendly, Fairtrade, homemade, locally produced, low carbon footprint, recycled and sustainable!