Cliftons continues £1 million company review

Print Solutions

London trade print finisher and book binder Cliftons has invested in a second Perfecta Premium line 115 guillotine from Intelligent Finishing Systems as part of its on-going company wide £1 million investment programme.

It follows the installation of the Perfecta SE 115, along with a B2 Horizon AFC-566FG folder, and replaces an old Polar 92 guillotine.

The newest fully automatic guillotine will aid workflow flexibility and eliminate production bottlenecks.

Managing director Tim Clifton said, ‘We bought the first to replace a 137 Polar for speed reliability and footprint. We soon realised that changes in work load and variety required a second larger sized system than the Polar 92 to help with job planning for shorter runs of all different sizes.’

He continued, ‘We chose the Perfecta for a couple of reasons. We know and like the quality it produces and we have a good relationship with IFS.

‘We have invested a lot in the company recently with new binding and folding systems and guillotining was the last bottleneck. We can’t afford to have work hanging around. We need it prepped and ready quickly for us to fold gather and bind.’

Tim Clifton, managing director, with the Perfecta 115SE.