Goss International

What's with the Frog?!

We often get asked,
"What's with the frog?" Now after nearly 30 years of trading it's time to reveal all...

The answer is not to be found in the attributes normally associated with an animal that can breathe through its skin and hibernate in mud for months. For Bespoke founder, Clive Goodacre, the original frog-on-a-penny-farthing engraving reflected the incredible intricacy and quality that can be reproduced in print. He found the 19th Century engraving while researching an edition of the Penrose Annual, a yearly synopsis of the printing industry.

In 1980, Bespoke was formed as the first company in the UK to provide printing-industry-literate content for PR and newsletters. The engraving was the perfect vehicle to catch attention and act as a talking point as the business established itself.

By the mid-1990s, Bespoke had expanded its services to design, exhibition fulfilment and general marketing. The business had also spawned many new team members so a logo depicting single-seater transportation was no longer appropriate.

Several logo transformations have taken place since as the Bespoke business has evolved - ribbit, ribbit!

Goss International

Goss International manufactures web offset presses for the newspaper and commercial markets. An independent company headquartered in the United States of America it also has operations in the United Kingdom, France, Holland, Japan and a joint venture in China. In addition to its main facilities, the company has a network of agents and offices that spans the globe, bringing flexible solutions to newspaper and commercial web printers.

Goss International’s industry leadership position is built on intensive collaboration with customers and a proven ability to innovate and execute, making web offset a more effective way to communicate. In-depth process knowledge and expansive R&D efforts continue to deliver differentiating breakthroughs like gapless Sunday^™ press, Autoplate^™, Flexible Printing System^™, Automatic Transfer^®, DigiRail^™and Ecocool^® technologies as well as advanced workflow and finishing systems.

In August 2004 Goss International acquired Heidelberg Web Systems and combined its portfolio of products adding the full range of commercial web products, finishing and auxiliaries to its portfolio.

Bespoke Contacts:

Fiona Rasburn
Natasha Sparkes
Claire Russell-Jones
Nicole O’Donoghue

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