Pindar Opts For Bespoke MAN Roland Lithoman Press

Pindar Graphics has invested GBP7 million in a new bespoke printing press that will allow its customers to communicate more effectively with their key target audiences.

Pindar Graphics has invested GBP7 million in a new bespoke printing press that will allow its customers to communicate more effectively with their key target audiences.

According to Pindar, they will do so through a range of new publishing executions and creative formats, including the addition of multiple fragrances, varnishes or spot colours.

The Scarborough (UK) company has collaborated closely with MAN Roland to develop a 40-page, short grain, five-unit web press that has been modified to meet specific customer requirements.

The Lithoman III includes in-line stitching and trimming, allowing finished work to be produced at the end of the machine, saving time and money.

The Lithoman III will be capable of printing 40-pages at 60,000 copies per hour and its configuration will also allow Pindar to standardise the paper widths used on all of its machines, it is claimed.

That is particularly important, given that the format of certain jobs has been adjusted with regard to the Royal Mail's Pricing in Proportion regulations.

The press is also said to provide high speed, economic production of lower paginations, such as tabloid, as well as the ability to manufacture sub-A4 page depths and is particularly effective on the square or delta formats that are becoming increasingly popular with designers, marketing professionals and the public.

The new system's embedded technology is claimed to generate environmental benefits that support the company's corporate social responsibility programme.

Pindar said that significant volumes of ink, paper and energy will be saved through the introduction of the new press.

Andrew Dalton, chief executive of Pindar Group, said: "Our progressive and innovative approach to print and production is mirrored in our continuous investment in state-of-the-art technology.

Pindar's unique and sophisticated resources allow us to offer creative, complex, high volume outputs for both consumer led and business-to-business projects." MAN Roland's director of web sales, John Ellis, said: "Pindar has a history of not following the crowd when deciding on machine configurations.

The company shocked the industry when announcing the UK's first 48-page press and will undoubtedly provide another surprise with this announcement of a major investment in short grain.".

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