A Creative Design Company in Cheshire Further Expands with an Obeli & Ideal Purchase from The Finishing Point

Posted on – 23rd August 2017

A fresh & vibrant print company housed in the heart of Cheshire has approached The Finishing Point for help in upgrading their in-house equipment and essentially increasing productivity without having to recruit. The company offers a new approach to digital and wide format print and by housing the latest in large format, digital printing and finishing technology, they are able to provide a range of dynamic solutions for all retail, industry, commercial & domestic applications.

The Issue

• The traditional finishing equipment impedes on quality whilst the new Xerox Versant offers excellent print quality
• Slow and labour intensive finishing techniques holds back production
  
• Manual paper guillotines are not able to cope with the demand
• The company has a requirement to regularly cut SRA2 sheets and SRA3 landscape sheets
• The new digital press opens up new print streams but the companies finishing machines were outdated
• Finally the company regularly turned work away due to its inability to complete certain finishing tasks such as perforating

The Challenge

The company already produced a high end product so our main challenge was to add value to this whilst increasing productivity internally without the need for staff recruitment. To achieve this we needed to supply powerful machinery which was small enough to fit in a tight, compact room. By doing so, the company would be able to access lucrative markets such as greeting cards without busting the budget.

The Solution

Having spoken with Mat (who you can see in the image) on numerous occasions with regards to upgrades and how best to complete certain tasks it was clear he knew the direction he was going to take – the difficulty was making him stay still long enough to show him the The Finishing Point Effect!

Mat was keen on exploring as many avenues as possible in order to add new revenue streams to his business, as a result we arranged a morning at our Cheshire Showroom to demonstrate our new range of finishing equipment and paper guillotines. We demonstrated everything we had to show, including the latest Near PUR perfect binding machines, compact low cost booklet makers, paper guillotines including the Gemini & Ideal Range as well as our new creasing range and our traditional wire binding machines from Renz. It took up most of the day but it did show a complete array of what is possible with our equipment.

After careful negotiation and calculation of space requirements Mat opted for an EasiCrease Europa HF, an Ideal 4855 Paper Guillotine and a Renz SRW360 Comfort Plus wire binder. These three items had immediate requirements and could be put to good use straight out of the box.

• New EasiCrease Europa HF
• Cross Perforation Bar (24 Tpi) for EasiCrease HF
• Ideal 4855 Guillotine with Digital Clamp Pads

The Outcome

• With the new machines, the company could achieve faster, easier and better production and could easily produced correctly creased cards thanks to the card creasing machinery
• The company could also implement perforating functions in-house for the first time (a live perforating job came in the same day as the EasiCrease was installed – perfect timing!)
  
• Faster transfers from flat sheets to finished products could also be achieved
• The company now had the ability to bring in SRA2, reducing paper costs
• The upgrades enabled the company to access new revenue streams with the new availability of creasing & perforating options
• The machines also fitted perfectly meaning no working areas were lost
• A very happy team!

Customer Comments

“Thanks for the extensive information and your professional insight as always! It’s really good to work with a supplier who puts in the time and effort to help end users such as ourselves achieve the best possible outcome for our clients. Cannot fault the service you provide, the whole team are very knowledgeable about the entire print industry and that makes a difference. The new finishing equipment showroom and the whole Easi brand of machinery are exceptional and offer great value for money. I will certainly be back for the Perfect Binding Machine I just need to find a spot to squeeze it in. Special thanks to the installation engineers who managed to get the guillotine through our maze of machinery without leaving a mark, great job!”

If you too, would like to upgrade your machinery to meet growing customers demands and trends, please contact us today, a member of our team will be more than happy to help and we can also provide you free demonstrations of our products at our showroom! With more than 25 years experience as a leading supplier of print finishing equipment and consumables, we can help you find the perfect solution for your printing needs.