Installations
MPI to install Koenig & Bauer C215 Dual-Line Web Press As part of its $12-million expansion, and on the heels of announcing the opening of a new 175,000 ft² Print & Packaging facility in Mount Forest, Ontario later this year, leading Canadian trade-only specialist MPI Print has installed a new KBA C215 Dual-Line Web Press in its Mississauga, Ontario plant. The 40” press is central to MPI’s strategy of offering a comprehensive line of digital, sheetfed and web-printing services, while doubling print speeds and reducing costs. Along with dual production streams, the 215 utilizes Q.I. closed-loop auto colour, auto registration, an auto cut-off system with inline gluing, stitching and perforating. What does this mean for MPI customers? A typical 32-page booklet, for example, could run on the new web press as two simultaneously running 16-page signatures that would be automatically stitched or glued together to produce a finished product – in one seamless and integrated operation. The new system will be twice as fast as MPI’s older web press. With dual-printing streams each running at 55,000 sph, speed will increase to 110,000 sph. At these high levels, costs are slashed and savings will be passed along to customers in the form of lower pricing, the company added. Expansion plans also call for the installation of new sheetfed presses, a new digital press, a full bindery, prepress equipment, and a large
flatbed printer. The new sheetfed presses include a Mitsubishi Diamond 3000 8-Colour Perfector UV Ink Printing Press with dual coaters, ideal for printing on plastics and synthetics. UV coating provides the option of inline spot UV finishing. An additional Mitsubishi Diamond 3000 10-Colour Tandem Press with dual coaters will function as the “workhorse” for MPI Print’s revitalized Mississauga operation. Plus, a new all-inclusive bindery will support the sheetfed presses.
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KBA C215 Dual-Line Web Press
Little Rock Printers installs Canada’s first Valiani Optima V250 Cutter Print-finishing leader Sydney Stone (Mississauga, Ontario), Canada’s Exclusive Valiani Omnia dealer, has announced the first Canadian installation of a Valiani Optima V250 flatbed cutting system at Little Rock Printers in Calgary, Alberta. The vacuum flatbed plotter for die cutting can cut a wide range of materials up to 20 mm (3/4”) thick. It’s ideal for signage, in-house prototyping, point-of-sale displays, and short to medium runs of packaging. The flexible, user-friendly machine comes equipped with a wide range of accessories, and is available in four table sizes: V80 (123 cm x 80 cm), V160 (123 cm x 180 cm), V250 (123 cm x 250 cm), and V300 (160 cm x 300 cm). “Our mission is to provide local brands with access to the highest quality options for their printing and packaging needs,” said Brian Kroeker, President of Little Rock Printers. “Our goal is to offer minimum run lengths of as little as one copy, printed to the same standards and using the same processes and equipment as we use to produce thousands of items. We strive to complete all orders regardless of run length in 1-5 days, and provide simple, detailed online access to our full offerings to support entrepreneurs and brand owners, with full access to pricing and predictable ordering – any where at any time.” Though initially purchased for
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signage cutting, Little Rock’s new Optima system is now creating new products that result in added revenue streams. “The quality of the machine and the tools are second to none for precision cutting,” Kroeker added. “We’re now moving jobs from another die-cutting system to the Optima, and are continuing to find new applications and revenue streams.”
Little Rock Production Manager Rick Nay (left) with President Brian Kroeker, in front of their new Valiani Optima V250 flatbed cutting system from Sydney Stone.
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