Melody Press upgrades front end to further enhance its quality
18.12.2008
Melody Press in Guernsey has taken delivery of a Suprasetter A52
this month, secure in the knowledge that its long term partner
Heidelberg will be able to provide solid support to it across its
whole area production.
Melody Press in Guernsey has taken delivery of a Suprasetter A52 this month, secure in the knowledge that its long term partner Heidelberg will be able to provide solid support to it across its whole area production.
The Suprasetter replaces a polyester-based platesetter. Melody Press believes that running metal plates will further enhance its quality, a key issue for the company which provides a broad range of commercial work, 90 percent local but with some work from off island including contracts with Gibraltar.
"Although it's tough economically we have not seen the sort of downturns that some in our market have seen. We continue to generate good volumes of work and we put this down to our 52 years experience in the local market and a consistent commitment to high quality at a reasonable price," says Adrian Tostevin, managing director of Melody Press. "We are spending circa 120,000 pounds this year on upgrading our Studio & CTP, part of a regular investment which we believe will enable us to grow from our current sales turnover by 70 percent within five years."
The company could have paid 25,000 pounds to 30,000 pounds for another polyester system but experience has shown that the higher investment in a metal system (circa 100,000 pounds) pays dividends in terms of quality of even short run work.
The company's average print run is about 20,000 although it frequently handles runs up to 180,000 on its B3 presses, a Speedmaster SM 52-4 and two Printmaster QM 46-2 portrait presses. Some 70 percent of its work is now full colour, the remainder black and white or spot colour contracts.
Prepress and pressroom are seamlessly connected with Heidelberg's two way workflow module Prinect Prepress Interface which helps speed up makeready and control colour data.
The Suprasetter A52 will run with Heidelberg's own brand Saphira Chem-free plates, an environmental choice eliminating chemistry and waste. This fits with the company's views on good environmental standards.
The company also retains a Cylinder from 1960 and a platen from 1965.
Mr Tostevin comments: "Heidelberg equipment is built to last. Clearly we don't expect this prepress system to have that same life expectancy but we know it is robust and reliable and that is always important in our equipment choice. We have a long term relationship with Heidelberg; they are a trusted supplier."
In the studio the company is upgrading from Quark 6 to Quark 8. Its design work does not compete with its agency customers but enables the company to support the personal and SoHo (Small office home office) type customer needing a one stop production solution.
Melody Press is a family run business started in 1956. It puts its success down to offering a reliable quality service and re-equipping regularly to retain top standards and the right cost base.
For further information, please contact:
Diana Thompson, Plus Point PR Ltd, on 01494 817178
or
Mark Hogan, Heidelberg UK, on 020 8490 3500
or
Adrian Tostevin, Melody Press, on 01481 201249.
Melody Press in Guernsey has taken delivery of a Suprasetter A52 this month, secure in the knowledge that its long term partner Heidelberg will be able to provide solid support to it across its whole area production.
The Suprasetter replaces a polyester-based platesetter. Melody Press believes that running metal plates will further enhance its quality, a key issue for the company which provides a broad range of commercial work, 90 percent local but with some work from off island including contracts with Gibraltar.
"Although it's tough economically we have not seen the sort of downturns that some in our market have seen. We continue to generate good volumes of work and we put this down to our 52 years experience in the local market and a consistent commitment to high quality at a reasonable price," says Adrian Tostevin, managing director of Melody Press. "We are spending circa 120,000 pounds this year on upgrading our Studio & CTP, part of a regular investment which we believe will enable us to grow from our current sales turnover by 70 percent within five years."
The company could have paid 25,000 pounds to 30,000 pounds for another polyester system but experience has shown that the higher investment in a metal system (circa 100,000 pounds) pays dividends in terms of quality of even short run work.
The company's average print run is about 20,000 although it frequently handles runs up to 180,000 on its B3 presses, a Speedmaster SM 52-4 and two Printmaster QM 46-2 portrait presses. Some 70 percent of its work is now full colour, the remainder black and white or spot colour contracts.
Prepress and pressroom are seamlessly connected with Heidelberg's two way workflow module Prinect Prepress Interface which helps speed up makeready and control colour data.
The Suprasetter A52 will run with Heidelberg's own brand Saphira Chem-free plates, an environmental choice eliminating chemistry and waste. This fits with the company's views on good environmental standards.
The company also retains a Cylinder from 1960 and a platen from 1965.
Mr Tostevin comments: "Heidelberg equipment is built to last. Clearly we don't expect this prepress system to have that same life expectancy but we know it is robust and reliable and that is always important in our equipment choice. We have a long term relationship with Heidelberg; they are a trusted supplier."
In the studio the company is upgrading from Quark 6 to Quark 8. Its design work does not compete with its agency customers but enables the company to support the personal and SoHo (Small office home office) type customer needing a one stop production solution.
Melody Press is a family run business started in 1956. It puts its success down to offering a reliable quality service and re-equipping regularly to retain top standards and the right cost base.
For further information, please contact:
Diana Thompson, Plus Point PR Ltd, on 01494 817178
or
Mark Hogan, Heidelberg UK, on 020 8490 3500
or
Adrian Tostevin, Melody Press, on 01481 201249.
