Finishing & Screen Printing
Martino-White Printing Chooses POLAR for Speed and Durability
Tuesday 09. March 2010 - Martino-White Printing of Hapeville, Ga. recently installed a POLAR 92X guillotine paper cutter from Heidelberg to increase the speed and productivity of its cutting operation, as well as to take advantage of POLARs "built for the ages" reliability and durability.
The new cutter replaces a competitive model and is chiefly deployed to cut large parent sheets to printable sizean operation previously performed by the paper company but brought in-house by Martino-White as a time- and cost-saving measure.
“We wanted a heavier-duty cutter than we had,” said company General Manager and Vice President Dennis Martino, a past chairman of the Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia, also citing the POLAR machines high-speed, frequency-controlled backgauge, hydraulic clutch, and advance speed of 20 cm/sec. “Based on its performance thus far and because the POLAR 92X is built so well, it should be the last cutter we buy in my lifetime,” Martino said.
Elsewhere in the shop Martino-White operates three Printmaster QM 46 2-color presses and a Heidelberg die cutter. To help maintain its Heidelberg presses, the company uses a selection of Heidelberg Saphira consumables, including blankets, press wash and fountain solution.
Established in 1973, Martino-White Printing is a medium-sized commercial print shop and WBENC-Certified Woman-Owned Business serving a variety of local, regional, national clients, primarily in the hospitality and travel industries. The company employs a staff of 24.