Offset Printing
Reeds steps up its green and colour credentials with new B2 buy
Monday 21. June 2010 - Reeds Printers will run its Speedmaster XL 75-4+L alcohol-free from day one and will reduce the alcohol on its remaining Speedmaster SM 74-5+L at just 3% moving forward.
The press will be delivered to this environmentally aware company in July along with a number of prepress upgrades including integrated workflow packages Prepress Manager and Pressroom Manager, which will make way for future connectivity with the companys Tharstern MIS system.
Matt Rockley, marketing manager at Heidelberg, says: “We were vying with a rival supplier for this order but our proven record in the field with alcohol free presses coupled with the fact that the standard XL 75 is supplied ready to run alcohol free put us ahead of the game.
“More and more printers are attracted to the concept of a single supplier able to offer a broad range of hardware, software and consumables, linked with integrated workflows and supported by the largest and most modern graphic arts service support organisation in the UK. Thats the right combination for modern, lean, efficient manufacturing.”
Reeds has just added PEFC certification to its IS 14001 and FSC standards and with the installation of the press it will also undertake Heidelbergs new ISO12647 colour management certification system.
Its decision to use Inpress Control, Heidelbergs most advanced and automated spectral measurement device, means it can minimise start up waste to gain a green advantage and be sure it has consistent colour throughout a run and from run to run with a full report to prove that achievement when required.
“We are a company that likes strict controls and standards and this means we have minders willing to commit to running with no or low alcohol. We are in a good consistent water area but we do also have Reverse Osmosis and water filtration which also minimises process deviation,” says Andy Jackson, managing director.
The new press is additional and is specified this time without a fifth unit because the company says most of its work is process colours, specials can be mopped up by the SM 74 and the new coater gives them the facility for drip off effects as well as coating for aesthetic and production speed benefits.
Reeds, which is based in Penrith, serves a comprehensive market, from councils and local government through to large and small independent customers, with a broad range of products. These include everything from business cards to 500,000 run colour leaflets and magazine work. Its broad customer portfolio has been built up by providing quality print for over 130 years.
To date Heidelberg has supplied 20,000 Speedmaster XL/CD units in B2 format worldwide.