Rotherham-based online printer instantprint is investing more than £5m in its latest factory upgrade with the creation of a book binding division.
Co-founder James Kinsella said: “The print market is highly competitive and to support our customers with high-quality books that make them look exceptional, we knew we need to invest in our factory to ensure that we can produce books at the highest quality and lowest unit cost. The first Landa press has fitted seamlessly into our workflow and has given us a lot more flexibility around what we can offer to our customers.”
“The area that the Landa is making the biggest impact is in booklet work, perfect bound books for example are printed as blocks and then run through our Kolbus KM600. The Landa has enabled much faster turnarounds as well as opening a wider range of materials that traditionally were only available on litho quantities.”
The launch and investment of the division has come directly from customer feedback. The printing giant is focusing heavily on guaranteed quality from their team of expert book makers with almost six decades of book printing experience and some of the worlds most advanced printing presses on hand.
The company has ordered a second printing press to bolster its operations in luxury and lay flat book printing, as well as stitched and perfect bound booklets – some of the fastest growing segments of the business.
As part of a broader £5m investment in its book printing division, the new seven-colour Landa S10P press will significantly enhance instantprint’s production capacity. The press will be integrated alongside the existing S10P in the instantprint workflow allowing a seamless flow from customer upload and approval through to printed sheets on the floor.
