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News Release from: Komori UK | Subject: System 38S/1250 web offset press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 November 2005
24-Hour Production From Komori Web Press
Europe's first 32-page Komori System 38S/1250 web offset press is now in full production at UK printer York Mailing, following an additional GBP4.5m investment programme.
Europe's first 32-page Komori System 38S/1250 web offset press is now in full production at UK printer York Mailing, following an additional GBP4.5m investment programme that included the installation of new pre-press and CTP facilities The new press, the company's fourth Komori web offset machine within three years, proved its value within the first few weeks of operation
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Chairman Mike Newbould explained: "You could easily expect a press of this size and calibre to take several months to bed in but the System 38S/1250 has been in production 24 hours-a-day since the first weeks of commissioning.
The practical design of the controls means that the press offers sophistication without complexity, and the learning curve has therefore been very quick.
The philosophy behind the 32-page System 38S/1250 fits perfectly with the culture of York Mailing.
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We already operate three Komori 16-page System 38S web offset presses, and whilst we needed to significantly increase capacity, we did not want to go for the larger pagination presses, which serve a different market.
The new System 38S/1250 has already been used to print the broadest range of formats." He added that the third essential element of the Komori press is print quality and that is of vital importance to York Mailing, as well as print compatibility between the company's Komori 16-page presses and the new 32-page press.
The company installed its first Komori 16-page System 38S in 2002 and now operates four, five and six colour models.
They include the high speed 60,000 sheets per hour (sph) System 38S.
All of the 16-page presses and the new 32-page version are equipped with spine gluing and rotary trimming facilities.
Because the 32-page System 38S/1250 press uses the same 965mm reels as the 16-page versions, York Mailing has been able to integrate the new press without further investment to its reel handling or despatch facilities.
Newbould said: "We have also found that Komori listens to its customers, and what it has created with the new 32-page System 38S provides a natural progression for a 16-page web offset house.
The 32-page web version offers the same print quality, make-ready times and versatility as the 16-page presses.
The high level of automation allows us to change plates and folder formats in a similar time to our Komori 16-page presses." Chris Ingram added: "The new press has already run a wide range of paper weights and we're able to handle run lengths as low as 15,000 as well as jobs requiring several million copies.
The expanded press capacity, along with our additional pre-press and finishing facilities, means we can now ensure that our clients can bring their promotional print to market to meet ever more competitive deadlines." York Mailing specialises in promotional print material such as retail flyers, media inserts, catalogues and door drop packs.
The company, co-founded in 1998 by Mike Newbould and chief executive Chris Ingram, is one of the UK's biggest privately owned web offset houses, employing 220 people between its 65,000 square foot premises in York and its 30,000 square foot site in Northampton.
Group sales this year are expected to be GBP33m. Request a free brochure from Komori UK ...
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