British Customer Micropress Invests More Than EUR 5 Million in the Future
11/29/2011
- Company's first long perfector, a Speedmaster XL 105-8-P, will be installed in December
- Prinect Inpress Control for maximum productivity
- Second stitching line Stitchmaster ST guarantees increase in flexibility
- Simultaneous Plate Changer AutoPlate XL reduces make-ready time
More than EUR 5 million are being invested in the future of East
Anglian printer Micropress - the investment includes the move to a
new building, refurbishment and new equipment from Heidelberg.
Managing Director Mike Cross, who founded Micropress 37 years ago,
is moving his company from Halesworth to Reydon on the Suffolk
coast. The new printshop is located on a 25,000 square-feet
freehold site.
Installation of the new equipment in December
The new Speedmaster XL 105-8-P with two spectrophotometric inline measuring systems Prinect Inpress Control will be delivered to the new factory in December with the full production transfer taking place in early 2012. At the same time, the second stitching line Stitchmaster ST 450 will be added.
A second machine will give the company greater flexibility and the potential for growth.
The new Speedmaster XL 105-8-P with two spectrophotometric inline measuring systems Prinect Inpress Control will be delivered to the new factory in December with the full production transfer taking place in early 2012. At the same time, the second stitching line Stitchmaster ST 450 will be added.
A second machine will give the company greater flexibility and the potential for growth.
Prinect Inpress Control for maximum productivity
Micropress was the first company to install a Prinect Inpress Control inline spectrophotometer on its Speedmaster XL 105-5 in 2007. The switch from Speedmaster SM 102 to Speedmaster XL 105 technology with Prinect Inpress Control increased the company's output by 35 to 40 percent and led on to Micropress adding this inline color and registration tool to a Speedmaster XL 75-5 two years later.
The company believes that the investment will provide a steep increase in capacity and that Prinect Inpress Control will give a ten minute reduction in makeready. Micropress is also adding AutoPlate XL, which will allow it change plates simultaneously, further reducing the make-ready time.
The move to the new premises will also guarantee the company a much better workflow. Also customer benefits are obvious: "Our customers welcome our policy of on-going investment. Latest and best technologies help us maintain our top quality reputation and to be responsive, because we reduce makeready times significantly. We also minimize start-up waste, which has both environmental and cost benefits", says Mike Cross.
Micropress was the first company to install a Prinect Inpress Control inline spectrophotometer on its Speedmaster XL 105-5 in 2007. The switch from Speedmaster SM 102 to Speedmaster XL 105 technology with Prinect Inpress Control increased the company's output by 35 to 40 percent and led on to Micropress adding this inline color and registration tool to a Speedmaster XL 75-5 two years later.
The company believes that the investment will provide a steep increase in capacity and that Prinect Inpress Control will give a ten minute reduction in makeready. Micropress is also adding AutoPlate XL, which will allow it change plates simultaneously, further reducing the make-ready time.
The move to the new premises will also guarantee the company a much better workflow. Also customer benefits are obvious: "Our customers welcome our policy of on-going investment. Latest and best technologies help us maintain our top quality reputation and to be responsive, because we reduce makeready times significantly. We also minimize start-up waste, which has both environmental and cost benefits", says Mike Cross.
Micropress is a 24 hour, five-day-a-week printshop with a permanent
weekend shift. The company is the major shareholder in Richardson
Printing in Lowestoft and in publishing house BC Publications.
Think Ink in Ipswich is its digital arm. Together these provide
litho, digital, finishing and mailing service to a nationwide
client base. Products include business cards, leaflets, brochures,
newsletters, magazines and books.
Image 1:
The Speedmaster XL 105, no matter which configuration, sets new standards for highly industrialized offset printing in the commercial and packaging market.
Image 2:
Mike Cross, Managing Director and founder of Micropress, invests more than EUR 5 million in his business
Image 3:
The installation of a second stitching line Stitchmaster ST 450 promises greater flexibility and growth potential.
Image 4:
More than EUR 5 million is being invested in the move of Micropress to Reydon and in new Heidelberg equipment.
Images and further company information are available in the press portal of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at www.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
Image 1:
The Speedmaster XL 105, no matter which configuration, sets new standards for highly industrialized offset printing in the commercial and packaging market.
Image 2:
Mike Cross, Managing Director and founder of Micropress, invests more than EUR 5 million in his business
Image 3:
The installation of a second stitching line Stitchmaster ST 450 promises greater flexibility and growth potential.
Image 4:
More than EUR 5 million is being invested in the move of Micropress to Reydon and in new Heidelberg equipment.
Images and further company information are available in the press portal of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at www.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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