About Us

Who we are :

Established in the early 1900s (under former name Swindon Press) ESP Colour has grown to become one of the UK's most respected independent commercial colour printers.

ESP’s continuous investment programme puts the company at the top of the most efficient high quality printers in the UK. Printing the majority of work on quality triple coated papers at 247 screen as standard is just one example of how investment in plant and people really does make ESP different to most other printers.

Accredited with ISO 9001:2000 Quality Assurance, Environmental Management System ISO 14001 and working to ISO 12647-2 Colour Management, our objective is always to exceed the expectations of our clients and suppliers in quality, customer service and communication.

We hope you find a browse through our website both informative and enjoyable, It should give you an insight into ESP Colour Limited; how we work the services we have to offer and the benefits of following our way of working.

Environment and Social Responsibility :

We have ISO14001 and soon will be FSC and PEFC accredited, in fact all our house stocks are FSC certified and we use vegetable based inks. We’re constantly working to improve our and our suppliers’ impact on our surroundings. 2008 will also see us work towards Carbon Neutrality

We take the welfare of our employees seriously, we have an excellent pension plan, healthcare for all, open and accessible management and lots of social events throughout the year. We enjoy fundraising events and support local and national charities.

Suppliers are an extension of ESP and treated accordingly with many loyal long standing partnerships with key suppliers we make sure we are a good customer to them by working transparently and honestly at all times.

How we work and what we expect :

Our main aim is to make your working day as enjoyable and satisfying as possible. We are a very experienced and trustworthy team from sales and customer service through to repro, print, finishing and despatch. Whether dealing with clients, suppliers or colleagues we operate with the maximum efficiency and the minimum of fuss. We love to offer and listen to alternatives if it means there are better ways to produce your print and we’ll always show you savings where we can make them.

From receipt of a specification a quotation will be calculated. Upon approval, our works instruction is automatically generated. This also passes on the technical details to repro to speed up production of proofs. Our hi-res proofs are calibrated to our presses at ISO 12647 colour management standard.

It’s rare when things go wrong and we’re bitterly disappointed if they do, but you can rest assured that we’re swift to put them right. We do not let our customers down.

We have a delivery monitoring system where via a plasma TV screen in our office we can track all deliveries. Our drivers text in upon delivery and we can automatically e-mail you the signatory and time of arrival. We understand how important on-time delivery is to you and this system demonstrates our transparency.

All we expect from you are clear and concise instructions. We can cope with almost all artwork formats, PDFs are best and we’re on hand to offer any help and advice you might need.

Quality :

We operate to ISO9001 and our own QUIDS system. We don’t have a dedicated Quality Controller as we’re all proud of the work we produce and understand that we are all responsible for quality.

We’ve developed our own QUIDS system (Quality Indicators, Discoveries and Spots). Through this, we are all encouraged to be open and raise all items, no matter how small; where we could have improved, where we did well and where we had a near miss. These are reported back and we look at ways of improving for next time.

Our presses run to ISO12647 colour management standards via our image control software. Sheets are scanned for colour accuracy before running and then at fixed intervals throughout the run. Colour accuracy reports can be produced at the end of the run to demonstrate colour consistency.

Our finishing kit is the most modern and efficient around giving consistent and accurate finishing time after time.

Using IT in the Print Process :

Print is changing, yes we still use ink and water to produce high quality print but the speed at which we can communicate, organise and produce has been revolutionised by IT.

ESP takes every opportunity to streamline its customer service and manufacturing by using the latest software available or developing its own software to improve and enhance its service to clients.

Some of examples of how we do this:

• Advanced in implementation of JDF (Job Definition Format).
  JDF is a comprehensive XML-based file format and proposed industry standard for end-to-end job ticket specifications combined with a message description standard and message interchange protocol. JDF is designed to streamline information exchange between different applications and systems.
• Microsoft Sharepoint IT infrastructure to co-ordinate all reporting throughtout the business.
• Automated intelligent imposition software to ensure most efficient printing and material costs for grouping jobs together.
• ESP developed online publishing and proofing system for production of multipage handbooks. Branded as E-Sports Publications for more information visit www.e-sportspublications.co.uk.
• Automated POD system (Proof of Delivery) which can send you an email seconds after your delivery has been signed for!
  

For more information on the Benefits and more examples please do not hesitate in contacting us