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News Release from: Kolbus UK | Subject: Lithrone L528
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 September 2004
Reliable Performance Clinches Sixth
Press Order
Derbyshire (UK) trade printer Plan 4 Print has ordered its sixth Komori press, this time a five-colour Lithrone L528 with coater.
Derbyshire (UK) trade printer Plan 4 Print has ordered its sixth Komori press, this time a five-colour Lithrone L528 with coater The B2 press will join a four-colour and five-colour Lithrone when it is delivered at the end of September and the company intends to operate the new Lithrone 24 hours a day virtually from commissioning
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 28 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We keep going back to Komori partly because we get a service that is absolutely second to none," said Plan 4 Print managing director Kelvin Wellard, who founded the company 16 years ago.
"We currently employ 20 people, so we're not large and we've found that companies of our size can often be poorly treated by some press manufacturers.
Komori has always been attentive to our requirements and with the Lithrone being such a leading quality press, the choice is obvious," he continued.
Plan 4 Print started life as a repro house, moving into print 18 months later with its first Komori press.
Today it operates a range of pre-press, press and finishing facilities, supplying work to a variety of local printers and advertising agencies.
"The Lithrones have proved to be extremely reliable, and produce a very sharp dot combined with excellent rolling power for handling large solids.
The new Lithrone will be interfaced with our Screen CTP system, which will enable us to reduce our make-readies even further.
We will also be taking this opportunity to upgrade the existing Lithrones so that we can set up these presses with job data from the CTP system," commented Wellard.
The equipment at the Derbyshire site includes a Linotype drum scanner, a memento of its early days as a repro house.
"We still use it for some work.
It gives us the ability to handle the more difficult colour work, which is why we need the Lithrones because they enable us to continue that level of quality throughout the pressroom," said Wellard.
Plan 4 Print moved into its current 10,500 square foot site three years ago and has recently taken on additional staff as part of its expansion programme.
Other equipment at the Ilkeston site includes die cutting and creasing and stitching.
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