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Producing Quality Books for over fifty years

It’s not all about the services,

It’s the service!

About Berforts Group LtdBerforts Group is a leading provider of digital printing services, from conception ofcontent to printing and distribution of products. Our Gunnels Wood Road offices occupy 3 modern, purpose-built units in a prime location close to the A1(M), with 45,000 square feet of warehouse space available.

Berforts Group combines two highly responsive companies, strategically situated inHastings on the South coast offering traditional Lithographic printing and Stevenage, just 20 miles north of London concentrating on digital printing. Berforts Group have invested substantially in high tech leading edge digital print equipment. With 10 monochromepresses we have the capacity of well over 1.5 million A4 images per day and nearly 200,000 colour images on our two colour presses. All this printing power is supported bythe latest pre-press software allowing for simple jobs or complex variable data work. Prin-ergy software controls both litho and digital workflows, supported by the industryleading Tharstern MIS software.

Although Berforts Group traditional customer base hascentered on the legal and education publishing sector, thecomprehensive facilities now available mean we can offerservices to companies of all types and sizes - any businesswhere high quality print and fulfilment services arerequired. This can now extend to members of the public,with new developments in the personal photobook andgift markets. Any document or book which requiresprinting, in colour or monochrome, whatever thequantity - Berforts has the expertise to produce a highquality finished product at competitive prices.

Catalogue ordering• Easy browsing and ordering of commonly ordered products• Optional ability to order new print jobs online• We can Customize the storefront look and feel to match your corporate branding• Full soft proofing system with Smart Review• Intuitive user interface with shopping cart• Easy to use with convenient online checkout, reducing customer service overhead• Split shipping to multiple addresses• Order history and job tracking• Gives print buyer instant visibility into previous orders and current order status•

Web2Print System

Comprehensive proofing and review management

The Smart Review System provides a comprehensive solution for online proofing, review management and annotation capabilities. Your clients, customer reps and in-house staff can proof content, layout, and impositions any time, on any Web-connected computer. Online proofing saves time and costs associated with a lengthy approval process. This improved form of communication reduces errors and misunderstandings, and helps projects progress more quickly.The Smart Review System’s specialised online proofing tools allow detailed, professional-level proofing: reviewers can zoom and pan across images and documents at the pixel level to verify the smallest details of typography and trapping, and measure sizes with precision. They can verify colour values with a densitometer, identify and measure spot colours, and select specific colour targets.The Smart Review System supports all common production file formats, including JPEG, TIFF, EPS, PDF, PNG, GIF and DCS formats, as well as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Software (in PDF compatibility mode).

Berforts Group employ all the latest software for the efficient production of each job.Industry standard pre-press software is used in the preparation of files and the latest workflow software helps control the jobs through the factory.Bespoke software can be written to optimise the control of work.

Berforts Green PolicyBerforts Group Ltd formed a new ‘Green Team’ in 2007 to steer the company through the ever-growing legislation affecting environmental issues. Berforts Group Ltd Ltd is currently working towards attaining the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard, which monitors how a company is run and covers areas such as prevention of pollution and compliance with environmental regulation. The company has already been awarded Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certification. The FSC accredits independent third-party organisations who can certify forest managers and forest product producers to FSC standards and promotes the use of paper from well managed sources. As far as is practicable, Berforts Group Ltd ensures that products and materials bought in from suppliers comply with current environmental legislation. Key members of staff are being trained on an ongoing basis to understand the requirements of the evolving legislation. As digital, short-run printers, Berforts Group Ltd are already well-placed to make a significant contribution to reducing pollution and damage to the environment, using less paper and chemicals.

The following highlights some of the initiatives and benefits:

* Paper is sourced from a supplier with Chain of Custody certification such as the Forest Stewardship Council or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, to ensure the paper comes from managed sources

* Digital print tends to be a more environmentally-friendly production method. It eliminates waste as there is no need to print extra packs, or to print stock (with letterheads, for example) that is then reprinted. Digital ink is easier to extract in the recycling process as it is absorbed less by the paper than in traditional methods

* Use adhesives which are water based - not only are these greener to produce, but if a spillage were to occur, they can be cleaned up with water and not solvent. Envelope windows can sometimes be eliminated, but if required, should be made of pulp or vegetable starch

* A printer that can also act as a mailing house can reduce the need to minimise transport-related pollution by shipping materials between locations. Berforts Group Ltd can offer a one-stop shop to maximise benefits to the customer and the environment

* We also offer Kodak digital glossing as a alternitive to lamination which is much moreeco- friendly, as there is no plastic involved in the process

Digital & Litho Technologies

With the best of both technologies we can effectively print and bind from 1 to 10’000 copies

Digital Printing

Berforts Group Ltd understands the requirements of on-demand publishing and the company’s continued investment in state-of-the-art technology has made it a market leader in short-run digital printing.The company specialises in short-run colour and monochrome work where swift turnaround times are required. Utilising the latest state-of-the-art Kodak® digital printing technology, Berforts Group Ltd produces high quality printed products in the shortest possible time. Berforts Group Ltd’s well-equipped pre-press division has the ability to accept data in most file formats via secure log-in, FTP upload, e-mail or CD/DVD.Berforts Group Ltd particularly specialises in short-run book printing and loose-leaf reference production and updating, but also has the expertise and capacity to produce newsletters, leaflets, journals and personalised copies of books and other publications.

Litho Printing

Colour Litho Printing - As specialists in high quality litho printing, we provide B1 format printing.

Bookbinding and Finishing

Our services are flexible enough to complement traditional printing and digital printing alike, and as our binding is based around quality, not quantity, the fading art of true round-ing and backing is always kept alive. With the flexibility we are able to offer, we can easily fulfil what are often considered difficult jobs for other binding companies, e.g. tip-ins of folded maps, throw-outs and throw-clears, sprinkled edges and slip cases.

Our binding services include:

* Case binding* Perfect binding* Library binding * Fine leather binding * Legal journals * Medical journals * Handwritten books and poems * Signature books * Presentation books * Handmade slip cases

Binding and Finishing

Short Run Case Binding

We can undertake quantities from 1 to 1,000 books, whilst the high quality of work is maintained throughout every binding process:

* Cancellations and complicated tipping-in are easily catered for as all forwarding is carried out by hand. * Section sewn books are produced via hand fed, semi-automatic and automatic sewing machines, which allow bolted and cut head work to be sewn.* Book blocks are rounded and backed using a “Crawley” backing machine. The rounding and backing produced by this machine is unsurpassed by any other automated backing machine. * Cases ranging from 4” x 7” to 14” x 22” (102 x 180mm to 356 x 560mm) are producedusing our Kolbus casemaker. Case sizes falling outside these ranges are produced by hand. * We can foil block almost any design or layout required. Artwork and blocking dies can beproduced as required. Personalised lettering is also an option.

MailingThe Mail Piece:Our dedicated team of print experts may have already guided you through getting the mail piece exactly as you want it. If you have sourced it elsewhere, don’t worry, we can still mail it for you. However, if you get our team involved at an early stage, we can help ensure that you can get maximum postal discounts and that you get the right specification mail piece to work with Royal Mail’s Price in Proportion scheme.Envelopes:Once that has been decided, you next need to know whether you need paper envelopes or want to poly wrap the item with a flyer. At this point we can make suggestions regarding envelope/flyer design so that you can achieve maximum postal discounts – and yes, we can get these printed for you as well!Data:The next crucial element is the data that you mail to. If it is a subscribers list, we can run it through our postcode validation program to ensure that the address is 100% accurate. If you have purchased mailing lists, we can also append these and de-duplicate them based on your determined parameters to ensure that you are not needlessly printing and mailing items. We will also process the mail so that it conforms to the international standards for mailing to a given country and remove any obviously inaccurate addresses, correcting where possible.Postal Operator and Service:Finally, once all this has been done, you can choose your postal operator. We have international contracts with both Royal Mail and Swiss Post. For larger mailings we can do a profile mailing to utilise the various Direct Entry services that are available to us to further reduce costs. You can even choose to use other services for UK mail, with companies offering competitive rates on downstream access and a whole host of Royal Mail products to choose from.Mailing House:Hopefully, having got this far, you will realise that we are the best choice for the final, most important key element, the mailing house. We have 30 years experience of international mailing and still have our original customer! Our mailing team has achieved Royal Mail accreditations and has an excellent knowledge of what is possible and we have experienced people in all keys areas.

Warehousing and FulfilmentWarehousing & Fulfilment

Complementing the state-of-the-art digital printing resources which form the core of Berforts Group Ltd’s service offering, the picture is completed by a range of other services. With more need than ever to reduce fixed costs, Berforts Group Ltd offers customers the ideal solution - a complete package offering print production, warehousing and fulfilment.

Berforts Group Ltd has 45,000 square feet of warehouse space available for the storage of books, journals and other materials. Although our print-on-demand services should largely eliminate holding significant stocks of printed products, sometimes this is unavoidable. In addition to storing items for customers, books are routinely checked to ensure they are up to date and in mint condition. Loose-leaf books can be updated whilst in storage awaiting despatch.

Fulfilment services embrace the activities required to take the finished products through the process of picking and packing and onward delivery to our customers.

We use a combination of our own fleet of vans and the services of Royal Mail and specialist courier companies to deliver our customers orders worldwide. We also offer a range of priority delivery services for more urgent orders.

Using our print-on-demand technology urgent orders can be despatched within 24 hours of receipt of the order.

Gerald WhiteManaging DirectorE-mail: [email protected]

Den EdwardsDirectorE-mail: [email protected]

Richard WoolmerDirectorE-mail: [email protected]

Alan WhitelawSales & Marketing DirectorE-mail: [email protected]

Nigel GrantSalesE-mail: [email protected]

Warren BerlinerSalesE-mail: [email protected]

Alex WhitelawSalesE-mail: [email protected]

Steve CoulsonCustomer Services ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

Jo SteeleAdministrationE-mail: [email protected]

Sandie BallAdministrationE-mail: [email protected]

Simon SingletonCommercial ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

Nigel WoodProduction ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

Rob GyppsIT ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

David CostelloData SpecialistE-mail: [email protected]

Dave VigorStudio ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

Jo CorderyPre-pressE-mail: [email protected]

Pete DavisFinishingE-mail: [email protected]

Bill KingBindery ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

Nigel AppsMailing ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

Rick RaynerWarehouseE-mail: [email protected]

Haley WilesLegal & Regulatory Despatch ManagerE-mail: [email protected]

John LeggettDespatchE-mail: [email protected]

Meet the Team

Registered Office: 17 Burgess Road, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 4NR, UK

Company Registration No 05501856 VAT Registered Number: 862959767

23-25 Gunnels Wood Park

Gunnels Wood Road

Stevenage

SG1 2BH

Tel: +44(0)1438 312777

Fax: +44(0)1438 365521

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.berforts.co.uk

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