Merger Team Decide to Oust Old Kit in Favour of Stitchmaster ST 350
07.02.2007
BCQ, the company formed from the merger of Buckingham Colour and
Colour Quest, has made its first joint investment, buying in a
Stitchmaster ST 350 saddlestitcher from Heidelberg to replace two
Muller Martini lines.
"We are trading in two machines for one faster machine which will be JDF-compliant and as such future-proof," says Tyrone Spence, joint Managing Director of the new enterprise alongside Richard Knowles. "We have all moved across to the Buckingham plant now which is a modern and impressive building so we needed equipment with the livery to match. The grey looks better than green!"
Both merging companies are loyal, long-term Heidelberg customers but both demand technology excellence and it is the commercial capability of a product on which buying decisions survive or fall.
"We are trading in two machines for one faster machine which will be JDF-compliant and as such future-proof," says Tyrone Spence, joint Managing Director of the new enterprise alongside Richard Knowles. "We have all moved across to the Buckingham plant now which is a modern and impressive building so we needed equipment with the livery to match. The grey looks better than green!"
Both merging companies are loyal, long-term Heidelberg customers but both demand technology excellence and it is the commercial capability of a product on which buying decisions survive or fall.
"Finishing has to be first rate to match the quality of print
we are putting out from the Speedmasters," says Mr Spence.
"Buckingham Colour has focused on end user business and Colour
Quest attributed 85 percent of its sales to print management
companies. That means BCQ now has a very comprehensive and
demanding set of end users who want a fast, quality service at
competitive prices. That means we need front to back efficiency and
the ST 350 is part of that."
The Stitchmaster ST 350 is a 12,000 cycles per hour line which can handle untrimmed sheets of 85 x 128 millimeter up to 320 x 480 millimeter format and up to 12 millimeter calliper stocks. It can have six normal or four wire loop stitching heads.
BCQ will take six stations plus a cover feeder. The system is controlled by touchscreen and it features easy accessible parts and a quality control and ejection system to ensure every signature is correct and waste is minimised.
The Stitchmaster ST 350 is a 12,000 cycles per hour line which can handle untrimmed sheets of 85 x 128 millimeter up to 320 x 480 millimeter format and up to 12 millimeter calliper stocks. It can have six normal or four wire loop stitching heads.
BCQ will take six stations plus a cover feeder. The system is controlled by touchscreen and it features easy accessible parts and a quality control and ejection system to ensure every signature is correct and waste is minimised.
For further information please contact:
Diana Thompson, Plus Point PR Ltd, on 01494 817178
E-mail: diana@pluspoint.co.uk
or
Mark Hogan, Heidelberg UK, on 020 8490 3500
E-mail: mark.hogan@heidelberg.com
Diana Thompson, Plus Point PR Ltd, on 01494 817178
E-mail: diana@pluspoint.co.uk
or
Mark Hogan, Heidelberg UK, on 020 8490 3500
E-mail: mark.hogan@heidelberg.com
or
Tyrone Spence, BCQ, on 01280 824000
Tyrone Spence, BCQ, on 01280 824000
