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| 25.02.2004 |
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Javelin Printing in Kirkby last week took delivery of a Speedmaster CD 102-6LYLX with anilox coating and the new drupa specification Preset Plus feeder. A POLAR 115 System 2 cutting solution has also been supplied.
The new press replaces a seven year old press because the company is a convert to Speedmaster CD technology with its ability to produce top quality across a range of paper and board stocks. The new press will give it about a 30-40 percent increase in productivity but also more flexibility with the option of up to six colour as well as full coating with extended delivery.
"I wouldn't run a press without coating these days," says managing director Brian Higgins. "It is practical because of the amount of silk and matt coated stocks specified. With coating you know they will not mark in the finishing area and that's important to us because we handle a lot of very high quality colour work. The anilox option gives us more comprehensive coating options, including aqueous, in-house. The five-colour CD 102 we put in three years ago has standard coating."
The company knows that sometimes it will have a lot of six-colour and other weeks none (it estimates 40 percent full six-colour usage) but it wants the flexibility of paper thickness, speed, changeover and colour requirements that this press specification offers.
The £5.5 million turnover company disposes of 25 tonnes of paper waste a month, a fair indication of the guillotining throughput at the plant. Its new POLAR 115 System 2 replaces an older Perfecta and comes with jogging, cutting, transfer and waste disposal units included. It has had excellent service from an existing POLAR which made the choice in this area very simple.
Based in Kirkby, most of Javelin's work is from the north-west although through intermediaries, agents and procurement houses, it can reach a national and international base of end users. The plant runs 106 continuous hours a week with weekend overtime as required.
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Company Profile
Over the course of its more than 150-year history, Heidelberg has grown from a traditional printing press manufacturer to become the world's largest solutions provider for the print media industry. With its seamlessly integrated hardware and software solutions, it has established a commanding lead over other market players. Heidelberg is a one-stop supplier of everything from prepress solutions to a wide range of products for printing and finishing pro- cesses, relevant training and accompanying services.
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