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News Release from: MAN Roland GB | Subject: Roland 900 XXL size-8 press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 December 2007
New Press Is Precursor Of Full
Alcohol-Free Print
Triggering the complete adoption of alcohol-free printing at point-of-sale and poster printer, SMP Group, will be a Roland 900 XXL size-8 press from MAN Roland.
SMP Group has ordered the Man Roland press for its Woolwich, London (UK) operation The new five-colour machine, which will be installed this month, will be run from the start without alcohol and will be the precursor , of other machinery at the plant following that lead to reduce the level of alcohol used within the company's press hall
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 17 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The machine will feed materials from 0.1mm through to 1.2mm thick, allowing direct printing on to board as well as paper stocks, said MAN Roland.
The press will be equipped with chilled ink rollers for even and accurate ink coating across the full width of the machine, added the company.
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Also to be included will be a dust extraction system to remove any particles from substrates prior to being fed through the press and powder extraction post-printing.
Bradley Slade, SMP Group's managing director, commented: "The Roland 900 XXL will provide the additional printing capacity that we require at this point in time.
Members of our production team visited a MAN Roland installation in Spain and they were highly impressed by the machine's capabilities.
Seeing the press in action allowed them to see the benefits of some of the additional features, such as the dust extraction unit at the front of the press." He added: "The Roland 900 XXL will handle a wide range of substrates right through to 1.2mm board, which is ideal for the variety of customer requirements that we have to be able to handle." Bradley Slade explained the switch to alcohol-free printing: "Environmental issues are extremely important, for us as the printer and our customers and this new arrival gives us an ideal opportunity to make the move to alcohol free printing.
The new installation will allow us to decommission two of our older presses, leaving us with litho presses that are more than capable of making the move to greener alcohol reduced production." The Roland XXL will be installed alongside the SMP Group's KBA large-format press.
SMP Group uses a mix of screen, litho and digital printing to produce a range of work in the outdoor and point of sale market.
That includes bus sides, posters for the London Underground railway system and large billboards.
It also produces material for point-of-sale clients in-store promotional products, including window displays to free standing display units.
Gary Doman, MAN Roland's sheetfed sales director, said: "The Roland 900 XXL will prove an ideal point of focus for the SMP Group's move in to alcohol free production.".
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