Foremost Graphics, a Michigan-based print service provider, has installed an HP Indigo 15K digital press to deliver cost-effective retail packaging applications and higher impact commercial print work.
Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Foremost Graphics operates a diverse business model spanning across commercial print and packaging. The new HP Indigo 15K HD digital press is the company’s first investment in an HP Indigo/B2 digital printing press. A half-sized offset press will be retired as Foremost Graphics expands its digital operations.
Foremost Graphics CEO Brian Vanderhooning said, ‘We decided to take a step forward in technology with HP Indigo. The versatility of the HP Indigo 15K is a perfect fit for our business because it serves both sides of our company that combines commercial print and packaging. The capability of this commercial press to cross over into short-run digital packaging sealed the deal.’
Foremost Graphics’ HP Indigo 15K is the first commercially released unit of the press, which was introduced earlier this year as part of HP’s next-generation press portfolio. The HP Indigo 15K is based on the existing 12000 model but is suitable for more ‘premium’ applications, offering increased quality and enhanced workflow automation, as reported by sister publication Digital Printer.
As well as packaging and commercial work, Foremost Graphics also intends to develop its activities in security printing, using HP Indigo invisible yellow electroInk, variable data printing, and track and trace capability from HP’s workflow partners.
Mr Vanderhooning explained, ‘Our customers have been asking for digital to secure their brand products, wanting to enhance with embedded security techniques. Our goal is to maximise every aspect of this new technology and bring value to our customers with print innovation.’
