60 seconds with Point Control

Lancashire-based perfect and PUR binding specialist Point Control began life 18 years ago when founding directors Richard Berwick, Andrew Cavannagh and Shaun Gill decided they wanted to work for themselves.

Where are you based?

Point Control is located in Huncoat Business Park, Accrington

How many staff do you have? 

Seven in total

What does your firm do? 

Binding including our new lay-flat service ‘Infinity Binding’, alongside mainstays of PUR and perfect binding 

What’s your typical customer? 

B1 and B2 litho and digital printing companies and design agencies

Which geographic areas do you serve? 

Mainly the North West including Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Cumbria with customers in West Yorkshire, North Wales and Northumbria. And digital book binding from across the UK

Which markets do you serve? 

SMEs, retail, publishing – anyone who wants a book or brochure binding

What’s your USP?

The accumulative skill, knowledge and attention to detail of our staff

What’s your mission statement? 

To treat every job we produce like it’s our own and we’re paying for it

What equipment do you run? 

Muller Martini PUR/perfect binding line, two Wohlenberg guillotines, MBO folders and our lay-flat kit

What’s been your proudest achievement in the past few years? 

To still be here when so many others have gone

Where will you be in five years’ time? 

Keeping PUR, perfect and lay-flat book and brochures alive

What’s your team’s favourite biscuit? 

We prefer a packet of Bacon Fries washed down with a pint of local Moorhouse’s Blond Witch ale