Perth’s Scott Print is investing in two new Komori multi-unit presses, so it can continue its business growth and stay at the forefront of printing technology.
The Perth firm, which won an astounding 38 medals at the 2013 WA Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards and has a history of heavy investment in new technology, is buying two Komori Lithrone presses – an A1 GL840-P HUV eight-colour long perfector an A2 LS629 HUV six-colour plus coater – and will install them by mid-year.
Tim Scott, general manager at the family-owned operation, who placed #26 on ProPrint’s 2013 Power 50, is banking on the investment, the largest Australian buy in Komori’s history, enabling the company to remain the leading print provider in WA.
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He says, “These presses will come at an optimum time for our business, allowing us to upgrade our current presses to state-of-the-art-technology and gain greater efficiencies in the press-room.”
“They are the perfect fit for us, both now and in the future. They offer us a balance of efficiencies and quality, whilst providing game changing improvements.
“Scotts has always invested strongly in technology and gone through cycles of heavy capital investment, this is just another one of such investments – all ultimately ensuring that we continue to offer clients the best possible print partner.”
Scott pointed to business growth and expansion into new areas as other reason why new pressers were necessary.
“We are steadily continuing to grow our market share and continue to diversify into other areas of communications, this investment is to allow us to have the capacity to service our growing client base,” he says.
Tim and his cousin John took the reins at Scott Print last year from their fathers Dudley and Michael.
Ferrostaal ANZ general manager Rayne Simpson says this is the biggest purchase of its type in many years and he is looking forward to working with Scott Print to launch Komori’s new HUV presses in WA. He says the HUV versions with their instant drying inks now make up 75 per cent of Komori’s sales.
He says, “These feature laden presses are the highest spec Komori GL Series machines, and provide printers with synchronous plate changing systems which change all eight plates in less than 45 seconds; KHS-AI, Komori’s short makeready system which gets to complete make ready in just 20 sheets, and Komori’s PQA-S monitoring system which controls print density and checks every sheet print quality.
“Scott Print has a reputation as a printer of quality and progress, the new Komori presses will enable the company to build on this reputation.”
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