The Hull-headquartered supplier of specialist papers has teamed up with Monotype; the British Council’s Architecture, Design & Fashion department; and creative hub It’s Nice That to put together the Beauty in the Making event.

It will explore all aspects of the creative process, and includes a series of workshops and talks.

GF Smith joint managing director John Haslam said the company aimed to attract 5,000 creative professionals over the course of the five days.

“As an industry as a whole we need to educate and inspire,” he stated.

“Good print, good paper and good design will deliver a beautiful and effective product. This is all about the power of print and it’s in the interests of every printer to come along to this.”

Previously unseen items from Monotype’s Gill Sans archive will also be on display in public for the first time.

Workshops include letterpress printing and paper making, as well as a “handmade envelope experience.”

GF Smith will also launch its new range of Japanese Papers during the exhibition.

Beauty in the Making is being held from 23-27 April at Victoria House Basement in Bloomsbury.

It will also be the venue for the UK and European premier of Linotype the Film on the evening of 26 April, although tickets for this are already sold out.

To book free tickets to attend Beauty in the Making, visit beautyinthemaking.eventbrite.co.uk

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He said: “A successful production manager can work in any environment.”

He hopes to introduce lean manufacturing, which aims to reduce waste and increase staff motivation, claiming “manufacturing follows the same rules” as print.

Plans to grow the business by expanding and venturing into new production lines are in place but Bowden said: “No matter what systems you have in place, if your staff is not behind it, it’s not going to work.

“There is a wealth of talent in the Tenza team and I am working with those who have in-depth knowledge. Adding lean actions is going to bring big benefits.

“You don’t a financial ticket to improve your business,” he said.

It is improving the working practices in a company that “brings changes”, Bowden claims. He encourages staff to “treat the customer as the next person in the production line” to create better relationships.

Tenza Technologies supplies self-adhesives, particularly label stock laminates, document enclosed self adhesives and book protection products to distributors, resellers and wholesalers globally.

The company was established in the 1960s in Saxmundham, Suffolk and currently turns over £17m annually with a team of 100 on-site staff.

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It will also discover which other forms of media work best alongside print with regards to advertising.

According to Two Sides director Martyn Eustace, the survey will enable the organisation to better focus its advertising, as well as going to print buyers with valuable information on the advantages of advertising in print.

He said: “There is no point telling people who love print how good print is. This will help is focus our advertising better.

“We really need the industry to do its bit. There is no point sending it to our members, the more people we can get responses from, the more useful the survey will be.”

Emails have already been sent out by Two Sides encouraging its members to forward the survey, but anybody else wishing to help can contact the organisation through its website www.twosides.info.

In May last year, the independent paper manufacturer announced increases of up to 8%.

It then claimed that the increase occurred due to “significant increases in energy and raw material costs” and a year on, things do not appear to have improved.

In a statement, the company said: “Considering the significant and ongoing price increases of its energy and raw materials, Idempapers, the manufacturer of the well-known Idem brand has decided to raise the prices for its range of carbonless reels products.

“Therefore, Idempapers SA is announcing a 7% price increase on carbonless reels products effective for all deliveries from 4 June 2012. Our sales team will be contacting all customers shortly to discuss the details of the increase with them.”

Greenpeace recently published the results of a year-long investigation, which uncovered traces of endangered ramin trees that had allegedly been sent to APP’s main Indonesidan pulp mill, Indah Kiat Perawang.

In the report, Greenpeace states that ramin logs were visually identified amongst those waiting to be pulped inside the factory gate and that samples of these were sent for independent testing. The environmental NGO goes on to claim that 49 out of 56 logs tested were confirmed to be from ramin trees.

Ramin is protected by Indonesian law and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). All products containing Indonesian ramin, with very few exceptions and including pulp and paper, are covered by laws set by these bodies.

Since 2001, Appendix II CITES states that international trade of endangered species, including ramin, can only be authorised by an export permit. The only legal source of ramin in Indonesia is the FSC-certified PT Diamond Raya selective logging operation.

According to Greenpeace, APP has stated that Sinarmas Forestry is its “exclusive” supplier of pulpwood in Indonesia, a company not covered by a ramin export permit.

CITES also states that exports of ramin are limited to sawn wood and timber products and any other internationally traded products, including paper, are in violation of Appendix II CITES.

Greenpeace claims that APP and Sinarmas Forestry are in violation of CITES regulations, based on the ramin it identified in Indah Kiat Perawangs’ log yards.

Following the accusations, a number of APP customers, including food company Danone and diary publisher Collins Debden, a subsidiary of book publisher Collins, have suspended purchasing from the manufacture either permanently or until they are satisfied that the paper company is trading sustainably.

IT and printing supplier Xerox enforced a permanent ban on APP products in 2002, although corrective action had to be taken when the company discovered APP paper had been bought and resold as recently as 2011 by one of its European units.

APP is awaiting the result of the Ministry of Forestry’s investigation into the alleged discovery of ramin at its pulp mill before it responds to the accusations and has issued the following statement in the interim:

“APP is committed to ensure that its operations, control systems and chain of custody process are in accordance with Indonesian law. The Ministry of Forestry has issued public statements regarding the investigation process for the ramin issue, and therefore APP will provide update on the matter once the process is completed.”