Pureprint takes delivery ofa ten-unit perfecting Speedmaster XL105 next week to give it a five-machine line up of the XL presses. The latest will be in full production in four weeks’ time.
The new machine will replace a ten-unit SM102 installed when the company expanded to a second factory in Uckfield to accommodate the long perfector and its Muller Martini perfect binding line XLs while the original Beacon Press plant has two single-sided machines and Pureprint’s growing digital set up, headed by an HP Indigo 10000. The fifth XL is part of the Abstrakt factory in Kings Langley that the group acquired last year.
The ten-colour perfecting XL is substantially heavier than the SM Classic it replaces which has meant that modifications to the press base have been required. These that have been taking place ahead of the installation. The press itself is coming from a high quality printer in Germany that is replacing the press with a 15-unit machine. Pureprint managers have print tested the press and it is being moved by Heidelberg.
The investment could double Pureprint’s capacity on perfecting work. The press is faster and with the company’s experience of XL levels of automation, the expectation is that throughout will rise by at least 40%.
The Sussex company has also invested in its IT infrastructure moving the Kodak Prinergy workflow that drives both offset and digital operations to a virtual server set up and improving its capacity to handle variable data print that is becoming a key part of the digital print offering. It has also secured ISO 27001, the data handling standard needed for some personalised work.
“The plan was always to have a full line up of B1 XL presses with digital replacing B2,” says marketing director Richard Owers . “We need the level of productivity these presses provide.”
The investment could double Pureprint’s capacity on perfecting work. The press is faster and with the company’s experience of XL levels of automation, the expectation is that throughout will rise by at least 40%.
