Flexpress has become the first company in the UK to install the Horizon StitchLiner MKIII with VAC-L600H tower collators.
The new system, which replaces a Horizon StitchLiner 5500 and Duplo iSaddle was chosen to streamline production at the Leicester-based company.
‘We chose this system as there isn’t anything out there that offers the same combination of versatility and overall performance,’ explained managing director Steve Wenlock. ‘We do a lot of landscape booklets and the new collators have been designed with these in mind. We were aware of the limitations of the previous Horizon collators and when we saw the new collators in action in Germany we knew they would handle everything we needed the machine to do. In addition, the deeper bins are more suited to the type of work we tend to do.
‘Since it has been installed we’ve effectively been able to save one salary as we have reassigned the operator of the old second machine elsewhere in the business. Plus, we’ve freed up floor space which, combined with other room saving initiatives, will negate the need to expand the operation’s square meterage.’
The latest investment follows the installation of a Horizon BQ-280 PUR single clamp perfect binder, Horizon HT-30C three-sided trimmer and a Horizon CRF 362 creaser folder just three months ago.
