Alltrade Printers Places Double Press Order at drupa 2012
05/15/2012
- Two Speedmaster XL 106 presses support company's future expansion concept
- Peak Performance Class Speedmaster XL 106 five-color with coater to be delivered in July / second press will be delivered after extension of the factory has been completed
- Largest supplier of retail calendars in the UK also relies on Heidelberg postpress equipment: The new Polar 115 X Plus comes equipped with comprehensive materials handling
Terry and Dilu Mukadam, owners of Alltrade Printers, have placed an
order for two Speedmaster XL 106 technology presses and a Polar 115
X Plus guillotine at drupa 2012. The first of two B1 format,
18,000sph presses will be delivered to their Birmingham factory in
July. This will be a Speedmaster XL 106-5+L, a five-colour and
coater, and it will replace a Speedmaster CD 102.
An additional second press (specification to be finalized) will arrive next year but only after Alltrade has completed an 11,000sq ft extension to take its premises up to 42,000 sq ft in readiness for future expansion.
Although its name suggests it is a trade printer, the company has long since extended to serving many markets directly. It attributes the larger part of its work to the calendars and greetings cards market but it also handles a broad range of high quality commercial work.
The company has a strong reputation for high quality and response and this means all its presses are specified with coating. Work can often be transferred direct from press to one of the company's many finishing options which include cut, fold, stitch, collate, wire-o binding, shrink wrapping and labelling.
Largest supplier of retail calendars in the UK also relies on Heidelberg postpress equipment
It added a third Stahlfolder, a fully automated TH 56, three months ago. The show order includes the Polar 115 X Plus which comes equipped with comprehensive materials handling including stacklift, jogging tables, Transomat downloader and weighing scales.
Only about 25% of the work through the press will use all five units but it needs this for high volume, high output calendar and commercial work. One handled at the end of last year was a 50,000 run calendar produced and delivered to the shops within five days. This was made possible because of investment in high speed Wire-o binding and shrink wrapping lines.
"We were wooed by another press manufacturer but after a long and thoughtful process we returned to Heidelberg, a company we know and trust to supply top quality presses that complement our prepress and postpress equipment and with the support to match," says Dilu Mukadam. "We have been a long term Heidelberg customer and continue to buy regularly, often at drupa. Our work can be very seasonal and having a short makeready, high speed press will be a real asset at our peak periods."
Digital printing with Heidelberg
This major press investment comes less than a year after it became the first UK company to buy a Ricoh C 901 through Heidelberg. Since drupa 2012, Heidelberg is offering its complete range of digital print solutions for commercial and packaging printing under the name Heidelberg Linoprint. It has been flat out ever since, running 12 to 16 hours a day so plans to use it to promote online personalized calendars and greetings cards has yet to be realised. It remains a future plan and, with the enlarged premises, Alltrade will consider adding a second machine.
Having been in business for over 30 years and run by Terry and Dilu since 1983, the 20 staff company which generates £4.5 million sales per annum has a strong track record and has a choice of finance options which it is currently considering.
Gerard Heanue, managing director of Heidelberg UK, says: "Alltrade Printers are close and valued partners and we are really pleased that they have once again come to us at drupa, seen the potential of the latest generation press technology and placed an order. They have a deep technical knowledge and a clear-sighted business vision."
Figure 1: Dilu and Terry Mukadam with Gerard Heanue on the new Speedmaster XL 106 in Heidelberg's Hall 1 at drupa 2012
For further information about the company and image material, please visit the Press Lounge
of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at www.heidelberg.com.
Heidelberg at drupa 2012
Today's print media service providers are faced with a dynamic and challenging market. Companies that want to achieve success in an environment of this kind need to optimize their business models by seizing on market trends in the industry and using them to their advantage.
During drupa 2012, from May 3 to 16, Heidelberg will be showcasing in Hall 1 an extended portfolio of products and solutions that have been developed specifically for the latest market requirements. The trade show presentation, held under the banner "Discover HEI", will center on lean production (HEI Productivity), green printing (HEI Eco), web-to-print (HEI Integration), short-run-printing (HEI Flexibility), differentiation through coatings and special effects (HEI Emotions), the future of packaging printing (HEI End), and gaining an edge through the latest know-how (HEI School). The company is exhibiting solutions that enable print shops and postpress businesses to meet the latest market requirements in full.
www.drupa.heidelberg.com
For further information, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Public Relations
Silke Wolf
Phone: +49 (0) 6221 92-5061
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 92-5069
E-Mail: silke.wolf@heidelberg.com
An additional second press (specification to be finalized) will arrive next year but only after Alltrade has completed an 11,000sq ft extension to take its premises up to 42,000 sq ft in readiness for future expansion.
Although its name suggests it is a trade printer, the company has long since extended to serving many markets directly. It attributes the larger part of its work to the calendars and greetings cards market but it also handles a broad range of high quality commercial work.
The company has a strong reputation for high quality and response and this means all its presses are specified with coating. Work can often be transferred direct from press to one of the company's many finishing options which include cut, fold, stitch, collate, wire-o binding, shrink wrapping and labelling.
Largest supplier of retail calendars in the UK also relies on Heidelberg postpress equipment
It added a third Stahlfolder, a fully automated TH 56, three months ago. The show order includes the Polar 115 X Plus which comes equipped with comprehensive materials handling including stacklift, jogging tables, Transomat downloader and weighing scales.
Only about 25% of the work through the press will use all five units but it needs this for high volume, high output calendar and commercial work. One handled at the end of last year was a 50,000 run calendar produced and delivered to the shops within five days. This was made possible because of investment in high speed Wire-o binding and shrink wrapping lines.
"We were wooed by another press manufacturer but after a long and thoughtful process we returned to Heidelberg, a company we know and trust to supply top quality presses that complement our prepress and postpress equipment and with the support to match," says Dilu Mukadam. "We have been a long term Heidelberg customer and continue to buy regularly, often at drupa. Our work can be very seasonal and having a short makeready, high speed press will be a real asset at our peak periods."
Digital printing with Heidelberg
This major press investment comes less than a year after it became the first UK company to buy a Ricoh C 901 through Heidelberg. Since drupa 2012, Heidelberg is offering its complete range of digital print solutions for commercial and packaging printing under the name Heidelberg Linoprint. It has been flat out ever since, running 12 to 16 hours a day so plans to use it to promote online personalized calendars and greetings cards has yet to be realised. It remains a future plan and, with the enlarged premises, Alltrade will consider adding a second machine.
Having been in business for over 30 years and run by Terry and Dilu since 1983, the 20 staff company which generates £4.5 million sales per annum has a strong track record and has a choice of finance options which it is currently considering.
Gerard Heanue, managing director of Heidelberg UK, says: "Alltrade Printers are close and valued partners and we are really pleased that they have once again come to us at drupa, seen the potential of the latest generation press technology and placed an order. They have a deep technical knowledge and a clear-sighted business vision."
Figure 1: Dilu and Terry Mukadam with Gerard Heanue on the new Speedmaster XL 106 in Heidelberg's Hall 1 at drupa 2012
For further information about the company and image material, please visit the Press Lounge
of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at www.heidelberg.com.
Heidelberg at drupa 2012
Today's print media service providers are faced with a dynamic and challenging market. Companies that want to achieve success in an environment of this kind need to optimize their business models by seizing on market trends in the industry and using them to their advantage.
During drupa 2012, from May 3 to 16, Heidelberg will be showcasing in Hall 1 an extended portfolio of products and solutions that have been developed specifically for the latest market requirements. The trade show presentation, held under the banner "Discover HEI", will center on lean production (HEI Productivity), green printing (HEI Eco), web-to-print (HEI Integration), short-run-printing (HEI Flexibility), differentiation through coatings and special effects (HEI Emotions), the future of packaging printing (HEI End), and gaining an edge through the latest know-how (HEI School). The company is exhibiting solutions that enable print shops and postpress businesses to meet the latest market requirements in full.
www.drupa.heidelberg.com
For further information, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Public Relations
Silke Wolf
Phone: +49 (0) 6221 92-5061
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 92-5069
E-Mail: silke.wolf@heidelberg.com
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