Adelaide's Reflex Printing upgraded to a new Horizon Collating and Finishing line just in time to begin its new multi-million-dollar printing contract with the SA government.
"Our existing printer was 20 years old and was having too many technical issues so we had to bite the bullet and do our research," says director Mark Frankcom. "All the printers I spoke to with Horizons told me they were more than happy. One of them said it would be like upgrading my car to a Rolls Royce and now that it's here and it's up and running, I have to concur."
Reflex's new collating and finishing line, installed about a month ago by Currie Group, includes:
Horizon VAC-1000A Main Ten Bin Tower.
Horizon VAC-1000C Rear Delivery Ten Bin Tower
Horizon SPF-200L Landscape Stitcher/Folder
Horizon FC-200L Front Edge Trimmer unit
Horizon PJ-77R Rear deliver/Jogger.
"It's been here for about four weeks now and has been excellent in terms of speed and quality," says Frankcom. "It allows us to do a lot of tricky jobs trouble free and it underlines the importance of upgrading your equipment if you want to keep up with the market.
"We've done a lot of jobs on them and it just gives us a lot more options, with extra modules that can be added to give us more scope. The Horizon is able to handle a landscape A4, it has a 30 per cent bigger pump for vacuum and separation and we have the latest towers, called one thousands. We've done 64 page books plus the cover, using 17 of the bays. We also put in an automatic coiler - a machine that forms coil. We do a lot of digital and much of it is now finished on the machine."
Frankcom says the installation service by Currie Group was 'fantastic.'
"You know what? They actually bloody well care. They sent out two of their techs who were on site here for the whole week - one of them was an Adelaide-based guy and the other was flown in from Melbourne. They had very good knowledge and were excellent trainers. They trained six of our staff, two at a time, and were very thorough."
Reflex Printing, which employs 20 staff at its plant in O’Connor Court, Gepps Cross, is now in good shape to begin a new multi-million-dollar printing contract with an unnamed SA government agency that begins on October 1, 2016.
Currie Group MD Bernie Robinson says the Horizon collating and finishing line will give Reflex a number of advantages over its previous equipment.
"Their older machine was breaking down too much and the new Horizon line gives them more options and increased speed - including the landscape sheet which can be folded in half, a 30 per cent bigger pump, a converter that allows them to stack more books, they can also produce two jobs at once and go backwards into a jogger."
Robinson says it's the third or fourth finishing line that Currie has installed in South Australia recently. "We've had a fair bit of business in Adelaide for quite a while now, including the big PMP installation, and things are going pretty good.
"Mark negotiated a very good deal that includes a 12-month warranty on parts and labour and he's happy with the way the Horizon is performing," says Robinson.
Reflex & Adelaide Digital Printing, a South Australian-owned company established in 1988, specialises in commercial and digital printing, print management, graphic design and web development, pre-press and print finishing.