Manchester-based commercial printer DXG Media has predicted it will take just 18 months for a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch/fold/trim line to pay for itself.
The Intelligent Finishing Systems Ltd supplied system is tipped to deliver 100% increase in efficiency and streamline production.
The company uses the Horizon mainly for work produced on a Xerox 1000 digital press. However they are also producing litho booklets from a Heidelberg CD74 on runs up to 5,000 copies
The 4,500 bph JDF-ready Horizon SPF/FC-200A features a 200 programme job memory storage for instant recall, an icon-based touch screen for job set up and a 10 station VAC-Turbo 1000 PowerCollator.
Managing director Duarte Goncalves, said, ‘Our production Manager has asked how we ever coped before the Horizon came in, and that says it all for me. Previously when there were smaller jobs our team would be concerned about setting up or interrupting a long run on our larger machines. Now they can get it completed and out the door straightaway. In some instances the small jobs are in and out in a couple of hours and I love that. We will now happily quote for smaller run work.’
He continued, ‘We have got a really good mix of clients, from advertising agencies to marketing companies and direct end users. Not one is more than 7% of turnover. For them we are having to meet tighter and tighter deadlines with shorter and shorter runs. Work was being produced and then put on the guillotine, then the large folding machine and then our stitching line. This was all very time consuming in particular on smaller jobs The SPF/FC handles the whole process in one pass. The quality is great.’
