24 April 2019

Warwick Printing takes pioneering step into LED Push to Stop technology

Warwick Printing has taken delivery of the first press of its kind in the UK. A Heidelberg Speedmaster CX102-4 LED Push to Stop press will extend the range of products the company can offer, enhance the colour quality it can provide, shorten turnaround times for its customers and be more environmentally acceptable technology.

Alan Young, one of the company's Directors said, "We have adopted the brand name TrueColour and produced a brochure to show the more vibrant results we can produce on the new LED press. We think there will be great interest; it is something designers are looking for and inks are dried by polymerisation with LED.

Adrian Weeks, Business Development Manager, said "We will also be able to print on boards and plastics so it will also allow us to extend our portfolio and to expand our commercial work alongside the core magazines, manuals and books we print. For many contracts today sustainability credentials are a prerequisite to tendering for the business."

Paul Young, Director, added, "The new press enables us to give designers and commercial customers more flexibility. For work on uncoated we have had to live with drying times of two or three days. Now, with this dry litho technology, we can move work to the folders and guillotines instantly without fear of marking. The company has also taken delivery of a pile turner, increasing the materials handling around its guillotine which will take some of the strain off the operators and increase productivity to match the increased press throughput.

Dawn Reid, Regional Director for the area added, "As an ISO14001 and FSC accredited printer, Warwick Printing was keen to have a press that had good environmental credentials, so this fits in perfectly."

For further information see: https://www.warwickprinting.co.uk/