PLANT LIST
Pre-press Department
Our pre-press department uses the latest Heidelberg Prinect workflow technology.
Calibrated system to ISO 12647-2
CIP 32 Colour Management System
7 Mac Pros using operating system 10.13.6 Mas OS High Sierra), all with colour corrected screens and the following software – Quark Xpress 2016, Adobe Creative Cloud
Dedicated superfast internet connection ensuring fast file upload and download and also guaranteeing over 99% uptime
Prinect JDF Workflow
Remote Access file upload and Online Proofing and can automate file upload, pre-flight, imposition and proofing when appropriate
We offer PDF proofs, online proofing, hi and low resolution digital proofs, book proofs, machine proofs, dummies and prototype
We output through a fully automated direct to plate-setter (CTP)
We can receive artwork via, Remote Access direct file transfer into our workflow, FTP, SFTP, file transfer and or e-mail as well as CD/DVD and most other disk formats.
Litho Printing
1 x Heidelberg XL 106L 6 colour plus coating unit (2013) with CPC, Inpress Control and Intellistart.
1 x Heidelberg XL 106L 5 colour plus coating unit (2017) with CPC, Inpress Control 2 and Intellistart.
1 x Heidelberg XL 105L / 6 colour plus coating unit (2004) with Image Control.
1 x B3 Heidelberg 52L Anicolor 4 colour (2012) plus coating unit.
Digital Printing
2 x HP Indigo 12000 B2 (2019).
1 x HP Indigo 7900 B3 (2017).
1 x Heidelberg Linoprint CV Colour Digital Press with White Ink and Spot Gloss Coating Unit.
3 x Konica Minolta Biz Hub digital laser press.
1 x Buskro inkjet system – using wax-based inkjet which can be applied to some laminates, UV varnishes and plastics.
1 x VideoJet Inkjet Printer (C6 – C4).
Data Processing
We are members of the DMA and are signed up to the Data Protection Act and exceed the requirements of ISO 27001.
We use data the market leadingCygnus software.
We work with Royal Mail and all of the DSA mail providers meaning that we can offer youthe best postage rates and service levels.
We have extensive experience with Mailmark.
We can improve your data quality by verifying and correcting your addresses and can also provide enhanced databases for you to use on your next mailing campaigns.
Our services include:
Data Management
Data cleansing, merging and purging
PAF, postcode generation
Upper / lower case conversion
Title / qualification / salutation generation
Personalised barcodes generation
Mailsort
Mailmark
Import / export multi-formats
Personalisation formatting
Ad hoc selection and segmentation
Personalisation
We offer everything from full colour variable printing and personalisation across a variety of digital printing machines as well as black simplex and duplex lasering.
We are also able to offer black inkjet personalisation, which can go down on top of some laminates and UV finishes.
Enclosing
We can mechanically enclose DL, C6, C5 and C4 packs with a barcode reader for 100% mailing if required.
We also have a large hand enclosing and make up team for mailing packs that cannot be fulfilled by machine.
1 x Bhurs BB300 6 Station + 1 stream feeder and bar code reader.
1 x Bhurs BB300 6 Station x1 (C6 – C5).
1 x Bhurs BB300 8 Station (C6-C5).
1 x Flow-Wrapping - Wrapper FW3400horizontal form fill seal (A7 – 135mm x 200mm / 80gsm – 20mm).
Bindery
Our folding capabilities include section folding, gatefolds, pharmaceutical minature leaflets, re-moist gumming, impact and low tack gluing, stop start perforations and one piece mailers.
WIRO BINDING
1 x Setmaster 28 station collating technology system (A6 – A3).
1 x Setmaster 32 station collating technology system (A6-A3).
1 x Rilecart FAR 5/55 autopunch.
1 x Rilecart autopunch PB735.
1 x Rilecart autopunch B599.
2 x Rilecart footpunch.
1 x Renz footpunch.
2 x Rilecart TP480 binder.
1 x Rilecart R500 binder.
FOLDING MACHINES
4 x MBO folders.
3 x Stahl folders.
1 x Hertzog & Heyman Miniature folder.
1 x Hunkeler with taping/gluing facility + Concept 4 Robatech gluing x 4.
1 x Moll Pocket Folder.
SADDLE STITCHING
1 x Heidelberg ST350 Stitchmaster 6 station with cover feed maximum size of 495mm x 320mm and a minimum size of 120mm x 75mm.
1 x Muller Martini 6 station with cover feeder A6 – A3.
1 x Duplo i-Saddle2.
LAMINATING AND UV VARNISHING
1 x B102 Billhofer.
1 x UV Varnishing Trumax.
1 x Foliant Mercury 530 SF B2 laminator.
1 x Foliant Gemini B2 Laminator.
SPIRAL BINDING
1 x PBS (plastic binding system).
1 x Allen Bradey DTAM.
2 x Korber Paperlink.
PERFECT BINDING
1 x Horizon BQ-470 4 Clamp PUR Binder and HT-30C On-Demand Trimmer.
1 x Horizon BQ-270V and HT-30C On-Demand Trimmer.
1 x Coltec 8 Station Collator.
DIE CUTTING
1 x BOBST SP102-E Autoplatine.
2 x Morgana digital creaser and folder.
2 x Heidelberg Cylinder.
1 x Horizon CRF 362 creaser and folder.
1 x Heidelberg Platen crease and die cutting.
GUILLOTINES
3 x Polar EMC 115.
1 x Wholenberg 92.
1 x Percfecta 92.
1 x Polar 78.
WRAPPING, COUNTING AND TABBING
1 x Shrink-Wrapping ADPAK SMIPACKS560NA (A6 – A3).
1 x Wraps UK Shrinkwrapper (A6 – A3).
1 x Arran Ram Bundler.
1x Vacumatic paper counter.
1 x Tabbing AMS 8900 Tabbing machine.
HANDWORK SERVICES
We have an extensive and highly skilled in-factory hand work team, with years of experience making up boxes, folders, capacity gluings, pop-ups, direct mail packs; almost anything that you can think of.
LOGISTICS
We run a fleet of 8 vehicles, including two 18 tonne trucks.