Direct mail, marketing and publishing house DS Group has purchased and installed a Ricoh Pro C9200, two Kyocera Pro 15000C inkjet colour presses, Duplo DC-618 multi finisher and Duplo DBM-350 digital booklet system from ASL Group.
ASL Group supply digital printing equipment in the UK with nine locations servicing 7000 customers producing 1.3 billion pages per annum. It works with all the major industry manufacturers and have been a Duplo partner for many years.
Allistair Hunter, managing director at DS Group, said, ‘This is an ever-changing industry where you simply cannot sit still. We pride ourselves on adding value to our customers’ campaigns and projects which is why during our 20 years of operations we have expanded into design, print, direct mail, marketing and media publishing all under one roof. We now provide an in-house, integrated approach, having a full printing operation on site with the latest technology.’
Will Doherty, commercial and industrial printing systems director at ASL Group said, ‘The Duplo DBM-350 Digital System is a fully automatic booklet production system that is perfect for complex jobs with variable paper stock weights and types, and the
‘Duplo DC-618 is just a work horse that combines so many different facets of finishing into one compact machine. The automation behind both Duplo machines means that setting up jobs, change overs, maintenance and tool changes are really fast which in turn reduces operator intervention and downtime. The user interface allows their operators to become overnight experts and able to run multiple machines at the same time. Over the past few years we have installed equipment from Duplo, Konica Minolta, Ricoh and Kyocera, each fulfilling a specific purpose within The DS Group.”
Founded in 2001 and with over 30 years of experience, DS Group have spent 20 years in print management, 18 years in direct mail 10 years in marketing and eight years in design.
