At Opal we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously. In striving to balance our unavoidable carbon emissions, and committed to helping clients meet their carbon reduction objectives, Opal have become the South West’s first certified Carbon Balanced Publication Printer. We are one of only nine printers in the UK able to Carbon Balance the emissions of the whole printed job through World Land Trust. 

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Wow! What an incredible honour to be chosen to print the next autobiographical trio for Don McCullin.

Internationally renowned  photo-journalist Don, paid Opal a visit on Friday with Katherine and Marc from The English Group. 

At the very early stages of production, we wanted to test a few materials and scans to gain valuable feedback so we have a perfect plan when in full production in the summer of 2015. 

This is a brief insight into Don's visit . . .  

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OPAL Celebrate 25 years in business

25 April 2013 | 12-7pm

The mechanics of print is a process normally hidden from view. A world of metal, paper and ink, with the inner workings known only to a select few. We’re inviting you to step behind the scenes, experience the smell of wet ink on fresh stock, the roar of a litho press running full tilt and understand the subtle tweaks made to make a letterpress project just right.

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