24 April 2019

CPI's Antony Rowe delighted by new investment

CPI's Antony Rowe division is over the moon with its Canon Colourstream inkjet press, a first for the CPI Group, which fits effortlessly into the workflows of the existing Canon presses and will give them the capability to handle around 1.5 million books per year using high density Chromera inks.

Martin Collyer, GM at both the Group's Wiltshire and Eastbourne sites said "It's about selecting the right technology for the right product and in our minds Canon was the right solution for Eastbourne. We made the decision based on all the criteria: throughput, waste, power consumption and more. The Eastbourne factory has long experience of using Canon VarioPrint cut sheet machines for print on demand and book of one production. However, the installation of a reel fed press has meant a substantial increase in throughput potential. With growth a key part of our strategy, it's about production of paper backs and hard backs on a large variety of substrates. That is an advantage that we have over our competition."

The press is fed from a Tecnau U40 zero speed splicer, able to switch quickly between reels. The ColorStream press will continue printing during the slow down and acceleration phase, minimising waste. The company operates with an R9 single-reel rewinder with the option of upgrading to an R40 to complement the U40. The printed reel is fed into a Tecnau Libra 800 book line with folder, Dynacut to create variable format books, again limiting waste by minimising the amount of paper lost in trim areas. The Tecnau can take a 560mm wide reel, 540mm in print area which allows Antony Rowe to run three pages across the web on the right format of book using a paw folder to enable two-up, three-up and four-page impositions. The binder runs with hot melt adhesive.
The bound books head on a conveyor to a Horizon HT1000V for trimming either mono or colour books.

Dawn Reid, Regional Director for the area added, "The team seem extremely pleased with the press, it has proved to be the right technology for their needs."

For more information see: http://www.cpi-print.com/