Gleisdorf in Austria is where Arian is situated – takers of Europe’s first Fuji Jet Press 720.
Arian GmbH has become the first company in Europe to install the Fujifilm Jet Press 720 – its flagship B2 sheetfed digital inkjet press.
The 220-employee business in Gleisdorf, Austria specialises in manufacturing high quality point of purchase, outdoor advertising and self-adhesive products, including 3D design and development. It prints using screen and digital technologies, but customer service (including a new three to five day print and fulfilment service), print quality and material handling were all key drivers in deciding to invest in the press.
Stephan Kollegger, Arian’s chief executive, said: ‘We wanted to offer the same kind of service levels on jobs we were outsourcing to offset as our mainstream in house POP and POS work, but this proved impossible. Our ability to turn jobs around quickly on the Jet Press 720 now helps us fulfil this goal.
‘We can now fulfil every type of job for our POS customers from small to ultra-large format, and as the market trend is for lower run lengths we can now produce small runs of flyers and brochures in house, so the Jet Press 720 is an excellent fit for our business.’
The company anticipates that the sweet spot for the Jet Press 720 will be between 200 and 500 sheets, although this may change as it puts more print through the machine. It is also keen to explore personalisation and versioning with a recently installed variable data XMF module. Eighty per cent of the work is exported and many multi-lingual jobs requiring versioning are coming through.
The Jet Press 720 prints at up to 2700 B2 sheets per hour, achieving resolutions of 1200 x 1200 dpi using four variable dot sizes. A primer applied to the sheet before printing enables the use of standard offset coated and specified uncoated papers.
