Southern Colour success: sales rise during massive press swap

Southern Colour has fired up the most advanced Heidelberg presses in Australia.

The Melbourne firm has now commissioned the two Speedmasters it ordered at Drupa: a 10-colour XL106 perfector and six-colour XL106 with in-line coater. The presses were installed in August-September.

Heidelberg Australasia's managing director, Richard Timson, told ProPrint: "There is nothing more advanced than those two machines that they've got."

The two new Speedmasters have replaced two 2009 model XL 105 presses: a 10-colour and a six-colour. The press swap is expected to produce a 20% productivity boost.

[Photos: Southern Colour installation]

Southern Colour managing director Rod Dawson said the press swap went so smoothly that the firm was able to record higher sales than in July and August.

"We worked with Heidelberg to have a staggered installation so that we wouldn’t lose any capacity and would have two presses in operation throughout the process. Everything has gone according to plan and there hasn’t been a single job impacted by the installation," said Dawson.

"Our new XL presses feature InPress control and new Image Control so we had Heidelberg’s specialists from Germany on site to train all our printers and that was extremely beneficial."

Heidelberg Australasia's head of servicing, Damian Fitzpatrick, said extensive planning took place to minimise disruption to Southern Colour’s production schedule.

"Our highly skilled technicians were able to develop a floor plan that enabled Southern Colour to continue to meet its commercial obligations without having to juggle equipment and schedules," said Fitzpatrick.

"Ensuring our customers can continue to operate during the installation and commissioning of any new equipment is of paramount importance to our service team."

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