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News Release from: Screen Europe | Subject: VLF Platerite Ultima 16000 thermal CTP system
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 March 2007
CTP System Doubles Packaging Firm's
Plate Making
Modernising its existing film pre-press operation with Screen's VLF Platerite Ultima 16000 thermal CTP system has more than doubled plate making output at packaging company Boxes GH, Great Harwood.
Modernising its existing film pre-press operation with Screen's VLF Platerite Ultima 16000 thermal CTP system has more than doubled plate making output at packaging company Boxes GH, Great Harwood The UK company has experienced an upturn in efficiency since installing the system
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 28 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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It has increased its hourly plate production from six to 14 plates per hour and the procedure of receiving the file, planning, stepping and imaging the plates has been reduced by 50 per cent, said Screen.
Servicing two MAN Roland presses and typically imaging 1,140mm x 1,410mm and 1,030mm x 785mm Fuji plates, the Platerite Ultima 16000 has reduced Boxes GH's outsourcing bill by around GBP10,000 per month.
"We have certainly done the right thing by upgrading our pre-press department to include a CTP operation," said Phil Ashcroft, pre-press manager at Boxes GH.
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Ashcroft added: "After watching the market for some time, we believed now to be the right time to make the change as systems have come down in price and the benefits of the technology are well proven.
Investing in the Platerite Ultima 16000 has shown to be such a worthy investment that we expect a return on investment of just over two years." Boxes GH produces six-colour packaging for a number of well-known FMCG companies in the UK.
Before committing to the Screen system, the company considered many competing models but chose the Platerite series because of its good reputation within the industry, said Screen.
So thorough was the company in its market research that it visited a packaging manufacturer in York that already works with a Platerite Ultima 16000 plate making line to witness the system's capabilities first hand.
Ashcroft explained: "We did a thorough investigation in to all the VLF CTP systems in the industry, giving them all a 'good and bad' criteria marking.
The Platerite Ultima 16000 was out in front in all the variables and became the obvious choice." He continued: "Since going live with the system in the summer, the Platerite Ultima 16000 has transformed our business in so many ways and we are delighted with the results we are achieving.
Its installation has helped us eradicate bottlenecks at the pre-press stage.
In addition, the system's ability to output instant and automatic register and a first generation dot means the quality and accuracy we are producing is unsurpassable." And he added: "We are amazed at how easy it has been to upgrade to CTP and the Platerite Ultima 16000 has been extremely well received by our employees.
The investment has increased our production potential considerably and has made us highly competitive." Part of the international Clondalkin Group, Boxes GH is a producer of printed folding cartons and deals primarily with food and household products brands.
The Great Harwood site houses a finishing department, consisting primarily of Bobst systems, and the company employs 120 staff and has an annual turnover of GBP9.5million.
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