City Print to take delivery of new P version Stahlfolder

Print Solutions

‘It is no use having presses that run at 14,000 or 15,000 sheets per hour and folders that operate at 8000 or 9000 sheets per hour,’ said Michael Courtney, sales director of City Print. ‘We read about the new P series folder in the media and decided to investigate and have ordered a Stahlfolder TH 82-P.’

The folder will replace a rival machine. What intrigued, and then persuaded, the Cork firm that this was the right choice of folder is that the shingle feed method slows down the mechanical speed of the folder as well as increasing output. That means that the jobs it handles will be finished in an even more controlled way that protects the quality of work produced.

‘We handle a high volume of bookwork and magazines and have one or two contracts each month where finishing creates a backlog. When the folder arrives in June we will eliminate that and it will mean we can pitch for more work with tight deadlines with great confidence. In effect, it means three days’ work will be done in one moving forward,’ Michael added.

City Print sent a manager and operator across to Brentford to review the folder at Heidelberg UK’s headquarters. ‘The team were really so helpful. They put a lot of effort into the demonstration and ensuring we knew exactly what the folder could do,’ said Michael. ‘We took soundings from other suppliers but once we had seen this Stahlfolder model in action it would have been hard for any other supplier to change our minds.’