Currie Colour Express makes its first run to Albury-Wodonga
The massive, brightly coloured, semi trailer travelled up the Hume Highway following the Melbourne show with its cargo of Shinohara offset and HP Indigo digital presses, Esko Graphics and ECRM prepress, and Horizon and Shoei finishing equipment. The low-key presentation to the local graphic arts companies was by way of a test-run for the 18-wheeler showroom, which proved to be the hit of PacPrint.
“It was very soon after the show but we did get some good results and the printers in the area let us know they really appreciated us bringing it to them,” said David Currie, managing director, Currie Group. “We got some good leads and learned a few things about how to set up the demonstration.”
Following the addition of another bogie axle, the air-conditioned heavyweight pantech will embark on a national tour over the next year, including a trip across the Tasman to New Zealand in time for PrintTech 2006 in Auckland in June. Stay tuned for dates when the Currie Colour Express is coming to a town near you.
Meanwhile the new $3.5 million Currie Group headquarters and showroom, adjacent to the present building in Hawthorn, Victoria is nearing completion. The gleaming glass-faced edifice is currently being fitted out. It represents the most significant addition to the industry’s infrastructure in many a long year.
Designed as a state of the art graphic arts facility, it combines showrooms for both prepress, workflow, offset and digital as well as spare parts and refurbishing sections. With wireless communication networks throughout, the custom-built building will house the group’s executive offices as well as a call centre servicing NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
Planned and conceived by David Currie, (pictured above outside the almost completed builidng) he sees it as an expression of the Currie Group’s long-term commitment to the industry. “I believe our customers deserve the best support we can give them and that means demonstration showrooms as well as service engineers. The industry needs investment so that printers can recognise that we are here for the long-term, that we believe in the future of the graphic arts industry in Australia.”
The facility is expected to be operational by November with plans for a grand formal inauguration scheduled for early 2006.
The massive, brightly coloured, semi trailer travelled up the Hume Highway following the Melbourne show with its cargo of Shinohara offset and HP Indigo digital presses, Esko Graphics and ECRM prepress, and Horizon and Shoei finishing equipment. The low-key presentation to the local graphic arts companies was by way of a test-run for the 18-wheeler showroom, which proved to be the hit of PacPrint.
Designed as a state of the art graphic arts facility, it combines showrooms for both prepress, workflow, offset and digital as well as spare parts and refurbishing sections. With wireless communication networks throughout, the custom-built building will house the group’s executive offices as well as a call centre servicing NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.