Big litho and digital investment at Pureprint

Print Solutions

Pureprint has recently completed a £5 million upgrade of its litho printing facilities in Uckfield and is due to complete work on its dedicated digital printing factory in the next few weeks. It has upgraded its manufacturing and customer service platforms in terms of equipment, workflow and physical environment.

Group CEO Mark Handford commented, ‘We are delighted with the new facilities and equipment. It puts us in the best possible position to give our customers an exceptional printing service. The impressive litho factory, with large press hall, plate making, colour labs and customer rooms means that we have excellent press passing facilities and for some customers who stay with us for a couple of days that means all difference. Over the coming months we will be welcoming many visitors to the site so they can see what we have to offer and the changes that have been made.’

The Group now has a new 80,000 square foot dedicated litho factory with four Heidelberg XL presses and a dedicated digital factory with HP Indigo printing technology. Each of these operations has experienced customer service teams and great customer facilities as part of the impressive reorganisation and investment for the group.

Two new XL 106 litho machines, a six colour plus coat and a four colour plus coat, have joined a 10 colour and five colour with coater. Both the new machines are equipped with the highest specifications, including in line colour measurement Inpress Control 2 and full Autoplate systems, to guarantee the highest quality and maximum operational throughput.

The 30,000 square foot dedicated digital operation houses the existing three HP Indigo 7800 presses and two 10000 digital presses and these will be joined by a new HP Indigo 12000 press at the end of July.

The 12000 digital press installation is part of HP’s global beta testing programme and will be one of only six in Europe and 12 globally until the beta testing finishes. Once completed Pureprint’s two existing 10000s will be upgraded to 12000s.