13 February 2017

Major investment in the South West for Kingsdown

The Bristol based company already has an impressive operational line-up and turns over around £6m, so to add to this the purchase of a new Ryobi 928 LED UV offset-litho press and a Kodak Magnus Q800 CtP system at around £1.3m is great news.

"We were keen after viewing it in a live European environment using specific jobs from customers which offer a bit of a ‘perfecting challenge'" said Dave Spencer, the Kingsdown MD. "We saw everything we needed to make the decision - 7 jobs, each with a short run of 200 sheets, were produced in a fraction over one hour. The make-ready speed was awesome and of course, the sheets were dry to the touch at the delivery end of the machine."

The RMGT/Ryobi 928P is an eight-colour convertible perfecting press for eight-up A4 format print production, featuring two LED-UV curing units, giving capability for one-pass instant curing perfecting.

Dawn Reid, the Regional Director for the BPIF in the South West said, "It's great to see so much investment post Brexit in the sector; something the Bank of England keep asking about at our meetings with them too!"

For further information please see: http://www.kingsdown.uk.com/