Minimising your carbon footprint with www.rjdisplay.co.uk

LARGE FORMAT PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS

Following the appointment of Damon Piall as Visual Communications Director RJDA are delighted to announce the launch of www.rjdisplay.co.uk – a product driven website to help maximise your large format print output whilst minimising your carbon footprint.

“With environmental print and green printing very much to the fore www.rjdisplay.co.uk represents a perfect combination for clients as RJ-DA’s marketing experts are perfectly placed to ensure campaigns achieve maximum impact from concept through to print. Add into the mix exhibition print, vehicle graphics, vehicle wrapping, portable displays and rolla banners and the brand new RJ Display.co.uk site delivers a powerful blend of eco friendly solutions for large format print in Derby, Nottingham and the East Midlands.” enthused Damon.

If you have been tasked with improving the sustainability of your large format print make sure you visit www.rjdisplay.co.uk.

Alternatively pop in and check out our new environmentally friendly product range, we are located just off junction 25 of the M1 near Derby and Nottingham.

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Sunday 25th July at 15:26 signalled the end of a tantalising wait for RJDA’s skydiving quintet.

The moment had come for Andy, Ben, Chris, Lee & Ross to finally climb aboard Langar Airways, a true no frills airline, destination 13,000 feet with no seats or landing card!

It was time to put up or shut up and it seems most of the team, notably Rocket Renner, did just that. With barely a word spoken the in flight entertainment was severely lacking and the required altitude was reached all too quickly.

A tap of the shoulder and with rolla shutter doors up there was no backing out now…awaiting our Guys in the Skies the first part of their jump, a 45 sec, 120 mph adrenaline fuelled freefall. Gasping for breath, pulses racing and with ice particles in their beards from a band of thick grey cloud (well Ross at least!) the first 7,000 feet was negotiated with dignity mostly still intact.

With parachutes safely deployed things got a little more sedate and the majority of the team (sorry Renner you did look to be suffering there) could savour the remainder of the experience as they wound their way down over the Nottinghamshire countryside.

With feet firmly back on solid ground the Guys in the Skies would like to say a massive thank you to all of you who have pledged your support and we hope the pictures were worth it.

We’re all agreed Skydiving was an awesome experience but we still have a way to go to hit our sponsorship target of £2,000.

If you haven’t already it’s not too late to sponsor the team…

http://www.justgiving.com/RJDAskydive

ECS (Nottingham) Ltd are global manufacturers and distributors for high quality water based and UV coatings, certificated pressroom chemicals, fountain solutions and sundry products.

When they came to RJDA a few months ago it was to sell us their products…

…they were so impressed with our set up they left the building full of design inspiration and a vision for a new brochure.

We soon had the new brochure underway and ECS were so pleased with the progress they asked us to re-design and host a website for them. We have subsequently rolled out business cards, leaflets, roller banners, pop up exhibition stands and they have an ongoing wish list for design and print!

Oh ……..and for the record we did purchase ink supplies!

Fostering good relationships with clients is paramount to RJDA’s success and especially so in the case of Derbyshire County Council.

We recently helped DCC with a FOSTER CARE fortnight, a national campaign aimed at promoting the care of children in ‘private fostering’ arrangements aptly named ‘Someone Else’s Child’.

The brief was to assist the council in raising awareness of the fact they were on hand to provide advice on how to meet the child’s needs and support the carers at the same time and their campaign included TV, newspaper and radio adverts as well as a big stagecoach bus which was a huge moving advert that toured the county for the full fortnight.

RJDA designed and printed leaflets, posters, roller banners, and exhibition stands to support the campaign.
It was hailed as a huge success by the organisers and the stage coach will continue to be used throughout the year….

so keep your eyes open for the big black bus!

RJDA have teamed up with large format technology supplier City & West End Solutions in taking delivery of the UK’s first 42″ HP L25500 latex printer.

According to Production Manager Julian Oldham the L25500 is a reflection of RJDA’s drive towards a significantly cleaner, greener and more efficient print process and will sit alongside RJDA’s existing HP products the HP Z6100′s & Scitex FB7500.

In a dual appointment, RJDA’s creative team led by Account Manager Daran Zikic, will also take over the management of C&WE’s ongoing PR & marketing strategy for the next 12 months.

The so called ‘baby latex’ represents RJDA’s first case study opportunity to utilise their wealth of large format print experience in a marketing capacity.

With many of its staff familiar with large format kit, RJDA’s creative team are perfectly placed to deliver an innovative marketing mix of video, PR, eshots and web based solutions to drive C&WE’s sales over the coming months.

RJ Design Associates (RJDA) has invested in the latest pressSign colour management software from Bodoni Systems in order to meet increasing demand from its clients for standardised printing.

The Derbyshire company, which started out as a design agency before expanding into photography, digital, wide-format and litho printing, bought the software from UK reseller Compose System.

Also included in the installation was Compose’s Star Proof dot-structured proofing software, coupled with Epson inkjet technology.

Kevin Caughtry, UK and Ireland sales manager for Compose, said: “Bodoni’s pressSign works on a traffic light basis for approval of the dot gain and densities based on ISO Standards: green for passed and red for failed, with an overall percentage score.

Read the full article from print week here

New Print Production Manager - Julian Kitchener

Julian Kitchener joins marketing communications agency, RJ Design Associates, as their new Digital Print Production Manager. 2008 has been an extremely successful year for RJDA and as such the company has moved to larger premises and taken on more staff to meet the demands of their business.

Julian is responsible for all print production of the large format equipment including the Seiko Colorpainter 645, the HP Designjet 5500 and the two new HP Designjet Z6100 printers. Julian’s background is firmly set in the large format print industry having started 21 years ago as a trainee on silk-screening and working his way up with the technology to be experienced in all things digital.

Kitchener explains, “I’m thrilled to be working in such a dynamic and creative environment – to be able to focus on one area of the digital production means I can streamline the process to increase production output even more – and its only going to get better once we’re in the new building!”

Rob Walker, Managing Director, says, “Although everyone here has their own unique skills that, pooled together, make RJDA what it is today, the experience Julian brings with him will only enhance the company’s performance.”

The new premise is over three times bigger than their previous building and a direct reflection of the growth of the company over the last year. RJDA now provide complete marketing communication services to some of the UK’s biggest brands.