Blue Honey Press installs first laminator

Laminating and embossing company Blue Honey Press (formerly Superior Foils) has purchased its first laminating machine from printer dealer Graph Pak, and installed it at its Melbourne location.

Blue Honey purchased an Autobond laminator machine from Graph Pak in response to to customer pressure for a one-stop-shop, and founders Lee and John Rushgrove say it has offered services to customers they have never had before.

“We wanted a good, reliable machine with no downtime to complement our other foiling and embossing services,” says Lee.

“It has brought in a lot more work from existing customers who would otherwise go to other businesses for laminating needs.”

The company has installed the Autobond Mini 76 T, with a 760 x 1050 capacity, which runs at 45 metres a minute, and is described by Graph Pak managing director Tom Ralph as a ‘workhorse’.

Blue Honey partner and production manager Andrew Tunstall says “We’re currently running the machine at about 40 per cent capacity, and we want to get it to 100 per cent.”

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“The machine can manage it, we just need the customer demand to drive that production.”

ProPrint also spoke to sales executive Amanda Brandon, who says the company hopes the machine will spark both existing and new customer growth.

According to Graph Pak it is the first machine it has supplied to Blue Honey, which needed a laminating solution that would last for 15-20 years.

Managing director Tom Ralph says the deal was made due to market pressure for high-speed laminating services. “It is a high quality, made-to-order machine which can laminate 45 metres of material per minute,” he says. “It was specially made in the UK, and is the latest model in the 76 series.”

Ralph also says 2015 was the ‘best year in nine years’ for sales growth.

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