(L-R) Brian Filler, president, Screen Europe, with Dennis Ebeltoft and Steve Nix of Springfield Solutions
Springfield Solutions visited drupa to buy its third Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital press.
Less than nine months after installing its second L350UV, the company has signed for a third. The all-digital company, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year and installed the first Screen press in 2014, visited drupa to shake hands on the deal. The new press will run inline with a new JetConverter L350 finishing system, which provides varnishing, lamination, die-cutting and slitting.
Joint managing directors Dennis Ebeltoft and Matt Dass, along with print operations manager Steve Nix, visited Screen at drupa to seal the deal. The Hull-based company will take delivery in a couple of months, once its facility has been expanded to accommodate the new equipment.
This latest investment has been made to cope with the company’s significant growth over the last three years – largely due to the impact that the Truepress Jets have had on the business. ‘We have seen a lot of growth in business from existing and new clients which has put us a year ahead of schedule in terms of investing in a third press. These Screen presses are driving our business growth and attracting new clients and we needed more capacity now to be able to service them and meet tight deadlines – we have been surprised by the success,’ said Mr Ebeltoft. ‘We are seeing run lengths now that we didn’t expect for digital labels and are regularly printing 20,000 linear metres during an eight-hour shift.’
The end to end integration goes further at Springfield with the presses linked into the company’s Cerm MIS system to provide accurate job management, production cost analysis and control.
‘Springfield Solutions was the first company to install a Truepress Jet L350UV in Europe in 2014 and they have just gone from strength to strength since then,’ said Brian Filler, president of Screen Europe. ‘It’s refreshing to be associated with such a professional company that is continually investing and growing a successful digital label business.’
