Colourstream Gets the Greene Light on CtP and 10-Unit Investment
15.02.2005
Colourstream in Derby has taken delivery of its second Speedmaster
SM 74-10P and will install a Suprasetter thermal CtP system next month.
The first UK company to take a ten-colour B2 press from Heidelberg four years ago, Colourstream has returned for a second to help it lift turnover from £3 million to close to £4 million.
The new ten-colour replaces a five-colour Speedmaster SM 74 but uses the same level of manning and improves the overall factory throughput by about 30 percent.
Managing director John Greene says: "Our experience with multi-unit perfecting has been so good we have returned to Heidelberg for more. We have never had a marking issue because even four years ago second generation jacket technology was in place. But the latest press features the new Preset Plus Feeder and updated transfer drum system and so productivity is increased and maintenance reduced."
The company is also replacing a Screen PlateRite 4000 CtP system with Heidelberg's own developed and manufactured Suprasetter. Colourstream was given a preview of the Suprasetter in development stage in return for its feedback on the machine.
"It's very solid and it's taken CtP up a gear," says Mr Greene. "It is a generation ahead of the system we have and it will increase our productivity. Being Heidelberg we know that it will be reliable and will last at least five years."
The company's all Heidelberg finishing facility is up to date after a Polar Flowline was installed two years ago and a TD 78 buckle folder last June. It has full cut-fold-stitch services in-house enabling it to meet tight deadlines cost-effectively for customers throughout the UK.
Colourstream handles a broad range of general commercial work. But it aims to be more than a conventional printer (where it has both litho offset and digital production) and it offers design and artwork, illustration, photography, copywriting and distribution services.
The press is housed at prestigious 12,500 square feet premises in Pride Park, near the Derby County Football Club stadium.
For further information please contact:
Diana Thompson, Plus Point PR Ltd, on 01494 817178
Or
Irene Duffy, Heidelberg UK, on 020 8490 3500
Or
John Greene, Colourstream, on 01332 224860
SM 74-10P and will install a Suprasetter thermal CtP system next month.
The first UK company to take a ten-colour B2 press from Heidelberg four years ago, Colourstream has returned for a second to help it lift turnover from £3 million to close to £4 million.
The new ten-colour replaces a five-colour Speedmaster SM 74 but uses the same level of manning and improves the overall factory throughput by about 30 percent.
Managing director John Greene says: "Our experience with multi-unit perfecting has been so good we have returned to Heidelberg for more. We have never had a marking issue because even four years ago second generation jacket technology was in place. But the latest press features the new Preset Plus Feeder and updated transfer drum system and so productivity is increased and maintenance reduced."
The company is also replacing a Screen PlateRite 4000 CtP system with Heidelberg's own developed and manufactured Suprasetter. Colourstream was given a preview of the Suprasetter in development stage in return for its feedback on the machine.
"It's very solid and it's taken CtP up a gear," says Mr Greene. "It is a generation ahead of the system we have and it will increase our productivity. Being Heidelberg we know that it will be reliable and will last at least five years."
The company's all Heidelberg finishing facility is up to date after a Polar Flowline was installed two years ago and a TD 78 buckle folder last June. It has full cut-fold-stitch services in-house enabling it to meet tight deadlines cost-effectively for customers throughout the UK.
Colourstream handles a broad range of general commercial work. But it aims to be more than a conventional printer (where it has both litho offset and digital production) and it offers design and artwork, illustration, photography, copywriting and distribution services.
The press is housed at prestigious 12,500 square feet premises in Pride Park, near the Derby County Football Club stadium.
For further information please contact:
Diana Thompson, Plus Point PR Ltd, on 01494 817178
Or
Irene Duffy, Heidelberg UK, on 020 8490 3500
Or
John Greene, Colourstream, on 01332 224860
