Kevin Boyle, Retail Print Solutions managing director, with the CCM guillotine
A CCM Premier 137 guillotine, supplied by Terry Cooper Services, has completed Retail Print Solutions’ £2m investment programme.
The Leicester advertising display and point of sale company works with brands ranging from Aston Martin, Chanel and Microsoft to Tesco, Costa and the NHS. It undertook a review of its operation and revitalised production with a reel-to-sheetfed digital press, Durst wide format technology and additional finishing capabilities to join the CCM 137.
‘I grew tired of saying no to jobs that we couldn’t do,’ explained managing director Kevin Boyle. ‘I reviewed the business and looked at what we needed to do to be able to say yes. Efficiency was where we had to make the biggest changes so we looked at replacing our reel-to-reel press with a reel-to-sheet digital press. That meant production could be streamlined as work could go straight on the guillotine.
‘We chose the CCM from TCS because of its size and ease of use,’ he continued. ‘We liked the fact it had JDF and that means we can cut straight from files so we don’t have to spend time manually setting it up. With such a variety of short runs that was a major benefit for us. We now work 10 times or 20 times quicker. That is huge for us. It is a game changer.’
With a 137cm cutting width, the CCM Premier 137 has a heavy build that reduces vibration, improves machine life and cutting accuracy. It also offers deep clamp opening to accept more paper to reduce overall cutting time, optical shaft encoder on high speed backgauge for faster operation and accurate cutting, large side tables for easier paper handling, infra-red slimline light barriers, improved centralised oiling wear free bearings and totally enclosed knife change with monitored single shear bolt protection, turnbuckle adjustment, for a fast, safe, easy knife change. Enhanced features include programmability and memory storage.
With the investment complete, Mr Boyle anticipates turnover will increase dramatically to £15m in three to five years. ‘And this is with us just completing the work we are currently turning away,’ he stated.
