Allan Bell

Operations Director at Thornton Print

Cramlington, England, United Kingdom

About

I am a time served printer , having worked in various fields of print industry , including metal decorating ,packaging , comercial print & more recently banknote production ,I have experience of many print presses KBA , KOMORI , HEIDELBERG ,CRABTREE &MAN ROLAND . I was originally litho print manager but have now moved into works manager role in commercial print &labels, overseeing day to day running of the plant, production planning, continuous improvement,apprentice training,upgrading old technology to new to make the plant a modern print production facility I am looking to contact industry professionals to Improve ways of moving forward our buisness.

Experience

  • Company Director at Thornton Print
    Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Thornton Print Ltd (6 yrs 5 mos)
    • Works Manager
      Jun 2015 - Oct 2021 · 6 yrs 5 mos

    • Works manager (joint)
      Jun 2015 - Jun 2015 · 1 mo

      I am responsible for the day to day running of our litho print dept& print finishing. Also as part of my role estimating of all production enquiries & new job costing & procurement of all dept needs. I deal with suppliers & customers for all our print requirements including print finishing . Our print dept covers both UV & Conventional print including perfecting presses. For all enquiries regarding labels & print processes we provide please message for more information.

  • Works manager / litho at Thorntonprint
    2015 - 2016 · 1 yr

  • Print consultant at Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd
    Oct 2014 - Jun 2015 · 9 mos

    Working on 2 colour Notascreen (including Spark ) and 5 colour Orlof banknote presses

  • Printer at De La Rue
    Oct 2006 - Jun 2015 · 8 yrs 9 mos

    Production of various currencies from countries around the world working on KBA ORLOF & 2 colour NOTASCREEN (including SPARK ) presses ,5 colour KOMORI Intaglio presses