The Horizon SPF/FC-200L bookletmaker has expanded capacity at Carly Press
Somerset-based Carly Press has installed a Horizon SPF/FC-200L bookletmaker from Intelligent Finishing Systems and a Horizon CRF-362 creaser folder to streamline its bindery and boost production capacity.
The company specialises in short to medium run lengths with short turnaround times, using a portfolio of systems including several Ricoh production machines and an HP360 64-in Latex printer.
Mark Gladstone-Smith, managing director, explained, ‘We had an aging system and we were getting increasingly rammed. We were working flat out and didn’t have much spare capacity so decided we needed a replacement.’
He reported that after the install ‘it was a massive step up.’ Mr Gladstone-Smith continued, ‘The SPF/FC-200L is a game changer. It runs a lot faster and that has generally made production easier. We now have the capacity to confidently take on more short run work. The old system took two people to run it. This one takes just one freeing the second person to run something else.’
‘We only had a creaser so we had to fold everything over 250gsm by hand which was time consuming. We do a lot of hand closing of menus, brochures and cards. It has been an absolute Godsend,’ he concluded.
