Finishing & Screen Printing

“Hunts – paper & pixels” brings more folding in-house with Stahlfolder TH 56

Wednesday 17. April 2013 - Hunts - paper & pixels is this week taking delivery of a highly automated Stahlfolder TH56, a folder chosen only after an assessment of products from three separate suppliers.

“We need to keep as much work as possible in-house, the new Stahl will allow us to keep closed gate folded leaflets, two up work and folded 16 page sections for PUR binding,” says operations director Matthew Plant.
“We looked at three manufacturers but the Stahl machine had everything we were looking for and the others were not as good a fit. We are very impressed by the automation of the machine and its ability to store programmes. This will reduce our makereadies from 15 to five minutes.”
Hunts recognised the importance of operator buy-in so although Mr Plant had investigated options at Drupa he involved the finishing team in the final buying decision, taking them to demonstrations at two different suppliers.
“They recognised the advantages of the Stahlfolder especially the improvement in efficiency it could give us and they are really keen to have it in and to use it,” says Mr Plant.
Hunts is a truly cross media business these days having diversified into marketing solutions, video production, brand management and online solutions alongside printing. As a result it has been able to grow its business by 35% to well over £4m in the past two years. It continues to operator 24 hours a day six days a week and its Print Café, a venue for customers to visit, chat and learn remains a well used facility.