Data One is placing its trust in HP by installing the first HP PageWide Advantage 2200 web press in Europe.

The machine, at its Gaillon site in Normandy, comes one year after installing the HP PageWide T250 web press to complement its existing production line of three HP PageWide Web T240 HD presses.

Data One is now looking to accelerate its green transition while developing new products and experiences. First unveiled by HP alongside DataOne at Printing United Expo in Las Vegas in October 2022, the web press achieves a colour HD print speed of 150m/min which will allow Data One to expand into new industries such as photography, and complete its programme to migrate from film packaging to paper.

As with the content, the envelopes will now be fully customisable and manufactured directly at the production site without additional transport. Data One will also be able to decrease the time it takes to achieve high quality production volume by a third. What used to take 24 hours to print, will now take eight hours with only one production team member. According to the company, this speed and precision of execution will allow it to stop running several toner-based machines, creating significant energy savings.

Loïc Lefebvre, development director at Data One, said, ‘Thanks to the ultra-customisation that the installation of this new press gives us, we can deliver more effective and intelligent documents, which allows us to limit the waste of energy and raw materials. HP is helping us to meet our sustainable development challenges with a business model that suits us and a relationship of trust that grows stronger every year.’

Data One has also called on energy equipment and solutions company, A3NERGY, to install a heat recovery system on its new HP PageWide Advantage 2200 press, as well as on other presses in its fleet.

The system will be used to optimise industrial processes by wasting as little energy as possible. The heat produced by the various presses will be extracted and redistributed for heating in winter and cooling in summer.

Mr Lefebvre added, ‘This new investment is decisive for our group, as we have decided to accelerate our eco-responsible strategy to establish a more sustainable customer relationship. Our objective is to reduce our carbon footprint, while developing new experiences and products, especially for our direct marketing activities.’