The vendor has already smashed its full-year sales targets with 30 orders for Polar cutting kit in the first six months of its financial year.

Alastair Hadley, general manager, sales and marketing, at Heidelberg Australia, said the increase in sales of digital presses was partly to thank for the uplift. “Our small guillotines fit nicely into this area.”

The most recent order was placed by Ballarat-based Baxter & Stubbs, which replaced an older Polar with a new 78XS model.

“We have always liked the Polar. They are a good brand and we wanted to stick with that,” said Baxter & Stubbs owner John Inglis.

Other guillotines currently on order include a 92X going out to Tasmania-based Foot & Playsted and a 115 Autotrim model bought by Vistaprint’s manufacturing site in Deer Park, Melbourne.

Hadley said that operator safety was a major driver toward the new technology, as well as quicker knife changes and easier programming.

Polar guillotines can range anywhere for $25,000 for an entry-level model up to more than $200,000 for a top-spec machine.

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