PRONTAPRINT GLOUCESTER BOOST PRODUCTIVITY WITH DUPLO INVESTMENT
08 May 2012

 

Prontaprint Gloucester have reported a significant improvement in productivity since installing a new Duplo mini suction bookletmaking solution. Despite its small footprint, the system is rich with automatic features that have reduced setup time and put the system on target to produce 250,000 booklets in the first year.

The business was started over 30 years ago and moved to its current industrial location just outside central Gloucester 8 years ago. It focuses entirely on the B2B market and includes Gloucestershire NHS amongst its list of high profile customers.

The company has an impressive plant list that includes 3 Heidelberg 2-colour machines, a Konica Minolta colour digital press and a dedicated black and white production unit also from KM. Craig Wilson, General Manager at Prontaprint Gloucester noted this was an important investment consideration, “Our digital-litho split is about 50-50 so we needed a system that would be comfortable handling both outputs.”

Prontaprint purchased the machine from local finishing specialist Docu-Finish Solutions (DFS). Stuart Granger, Managing Director of DFS was instrumental in the selection process. He commented, “Prontaprint needed something that could stand up to their annual production volumes, fit in the space available and crucially be within budget. The only system that could do everything they needed was the Duplo.”

The finishing team at Prontaprint have been particularly impressed with their new machine. The level of automation was a particular point of praise, “I can change between sizes electronically so it is much quicker to set up than our old system” commented Anja Schott, Finishing Specialist.

The Duplo DSC-10/20 collator features 10 bins or two towers can be connected to create a 20-bin system. In addition to feeding into a bookletmaker the tower is offered with an optional integral stacker for collate-only jobs.

Wilson concluded, “Had this Duplo system not existed we would have been forced to buy secondhand. It fills a space in the market, offering a good range of features and productivity at the right price. It has been a great addition to our business.”



Contact: Marc Legge
Email: marc.legge@duplouk.com
Tel: 01932 263 905

Download: Prontaprint Duplo.pdf

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