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News Release from: MAN Roland GB | Subject: Roland 700 press with in-line perfector
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 May 2007
First Printer Runs 10-Colour Rolands
Alcohol-Free
The first company in the UK to purchase on the same order two 10-colour Roland 700 sheet-fed presses with in-line perfector will also be be the first firm to run Roland 700 perfectors alcohol-free.
Both presses are equipped with MAN Roland's Colorpilot system, which is run in conjunction with ISO 12647-2 Print management services provider APS Group is making the investment as part of its strategy to differentiate itself in the market place by offering a range of print management services
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 17 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cheshire company APS took the decision to buy two new presses because it needed to boost production capacity, the result of acquiring major new accounts, promising new business in the pipeline and increased work from existing customers.
Cid Thomas, a director of APS, said: "We have grown significantly in the last two years, which has led to an unprecedented demand from new and established clients for marketing related print.
Our customers expect us to be able to respond to the challenging requirements of their marketing objectives and in addition to being able to arrange outsourcing through our print hub, it became increasingly evident that we needed to increase our own on-site manufacturing capability." He added: "We have a 30-year association with MAN Roland so we approached the company first.
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We did investigate other suppliers but MAN Roland offered us such a good deal on a second press that we decided to take up the offer - unquestionably the right decision because since the two machines were installed they have never been idle.
The installation went smoothly.
There were no problems and the first press was running at 11,000 copies per hour for the first job we printed in training.
That is quite exceptional considering the maximum speed is 12,000 copies." APS's print manager, Ian Duddle, who spearheads the company's environmental strategy, added that the presses had to pass a rigorous environmental assessment.
Duddle explained: "Our existing presses run alcohol-free fount and so we expected, from day one, this to be the same for the new ones.
We are pleased to report this was the case and we experienced no problems.
As part of our commitment to environmental good practice and as part of the print floor investment we also installed a central ink pumping system, which reduces waste and cuts down further the VOC emissions." And he continued: "The nature of the majority of work means that we have to be able to provide total consistency of brand and image across the full range of marketing collateral.
Colorpilot attends to automatic calibration and displays any deviations on the screen in less than 14 seconds." APS has had the two presses fully prepped for the in-line sheeter option - MAN Roland's press format make switching between sheeter and normal cut sheets a simple process, claimed the company.
Gary Doman, MAN Roland GB's director of sales for sheetfed and finishing equipment, said: "This is a prestigious order for MAN Roland.
Whilst the APS Group has been a valued customer of ours for many years there are no longer any guarantees in this business that clients will stay with an existing supplier.
We would expect APS to look at the products from all leading suppliers and we are, of course, delighted that MAN Roland was selected as the supplier again." Doman added: "We are now playing our part in supporting APS's manufacturing division which is one of the most modern, productive and environmentally friendly press rooms in the UK.".
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