KIT & MEDIA / NEWS 14 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk PrintMonthly printmonthly PrintMonthlyMagazine Issue 344 - September / October 2023 Loughborough University invests in VeloBlade Nexus Vivid Laminating Technologies has revealed Loughborough University has brought its production in-house with the purchase of a VeloBlade Nexus digital die-cutting system. Print, Post and Logistic Services is part of marketing and advancement at Loughborough and is an in-plant service that supports all teaching, research, and enterprise activity. In addition to this, the department offers services to commercial customers mainly consisting of students, community groups, staff, and alumni, and therefore needed an automated solution to bring its production in-house in order to save time and money. The University provides a managed MFD service to both the Loughborough and London campuses, offering services such as cut-sheet printing and finishing, large-format print, branded gifts and souvenirs, corporate workwear, and promotional goods. Helen Clarke, Print, Post and Logistic Services manager at Loughborough University, comments: “The decision to implement a Vivid system was easy. Ever since incorporating the VeloBlade Nexus, we have successfully brought previously outsourced services in-house, resulting in significant cost savings for our University and introducing numerous commercial benefits.” Loughborough University has invested in a Vivid VeloBlade Nexus to bring production in-house Dyer & Son boosts booklet production with Duplo Leatherhead-based familyrun business Dyer & Son has upgraded its DBM-120 hand-fed bookletmaker with a DBM-350 digital system from Duplo. The company had been on the lookout for a new solution that would allow it to speed up production and service more customers faster. Duplo’s DBM-350 allows collated work to be processed from multiple printers, enabling the user to produce booklets consistently with shorter makeready times. Jobs can be set up and recalled instantly with only minimal manual intervention. Dyer & Son director Chris Dyer, says: “It’s still early days but we feel that with the Duplo 350 Digital System we will be able to produce our booklets about four times quicker. “We are a big fan of the machine’s ability to crush each booklet before delivery. This means that the booklets come out much flatter and don’t spring open. It gives our work a much more professional look and I just know our customers are going to appreciate it.” Dyer & Son has been providing print to customers for more than 105 years Meliora Group bolsters finishing with Heidelberg purchase The Meliora Group has strengthened the finishing production setup at its Delga Press site with the addition of a new Diana Easy folder-gluer from Heidelberg. Delga Press operates as a printed packaging business, with gluing and folding forming a key part of the production of packaging items. The addition of the Heidelberg machine means Delga Press now has four dedicated glue lines for folding box board cartons, meaning it can leave certain lines set up in popular formats. As a result, the company expects to increase makeready speeds and to reduce the number of makereadies it needs to produce. “We chose the Diana in particular as it has the ability to produce smaller cartons than our existing equipment,” explains Sam Grist, commercial director at Delga Press, adding: “Diana has always had a very good reputation in the industry; so after looking at all the options available to us, we decided that this was the best suited to our business needs.” Meliora Group installed the machine at its Delga Press site Kyocera Document Solutions UK has unveiled the TASKalfa Pro 1500c/B, a mono inkjet production printer which is reported to use up to 70% less power than laser-based counterparts. The latest printer is a sister device to the colour TASKalfa Pro 15000c and is the latest addition to the TASKalfa Pro family, a range of printers that work in partnership with PrintReleaf and myclimate. The new printer is made for transactional printing and mailing. Kyocera announces new cut-sheet inkjet printer Sketches Int sets UK-first with KM Sketches Int has become the first printing business in the UK to invest in and install a new AccurioShine 3600 inkjet spot UV coater with iFoil One in-line hot foil stamping module from Konica Minolta. The Ruislip-based printing and design agency pushed ahead with the purchase to strengthen its offering to customers and widen its own capabilities. The investment means the company will save 30% on costs by taking embellishments in-house. The AccurioShine 3600 allows users to add 2D and 3D multiple coating and dimensional texture effects in a single pass, with a maximum supported paper size of B3+. The Astro Jet AJ140 and AJ160 printers recently launched by AMS Mailing Systems have been described as “revolutionising in-house variable data printing”. Combining the reliability of inkjet technology with a userfriendly touchscreen interface, the monochrome printers offer realtime monitoring capabilities and high-quality printed output. The size and design of these printers mean they are versatile for standalone use, integration with conveyor systems, or bend-end drop stackers. The machines are designed to mass customise mailings, including coding, names, messages, images, exclusive discounts, and addresses. Two new printers from AMS Mailing
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