Pureprint Group has invested in new stitching equipment, the Horizon StitchLiner Mark III and Muller Martini Primera high speed stitcher, to increase its productivity and production levels.
The Horizon StitchLiner Mark III, installed by Horizon’s distributor IFS at the beginning of 2022, comes with a bleed creaser and a Horizon HOF-400 high speed feeder. The machine was brought in to replace the Duplo 5000 booklet maker and to give Pureprint an uplift of 150% in production. The company claims production levels have already surpassed predictions, reaching 200% so far.
In addition, a Muller Martini Primera high speed stitcher was installed in June 2022 to replace a Muller Martini Bravo. Running at 14,000 cycles an hour, the company is already benefitting from a 125% increase in productivity. Fitted with a cover feeder, ASIR pro camera system and a fully automatic stacker, Pureprint has also added an easy drum stitching wire system and a child friendly stitching option. This complements the businesses growing demand for children’s books and enhances their market offering, by bending the staples inwards so children can’t cut their fingers.
Craig Berresford, manufacturing director at Pureprint Group, said, ‘Our new Horizon StitchLiner Mark III has been a fantastic success with the machine running on a 24hr continental shift pattern. It’s helped us to fulfil our general commercial work and has increased our capacity in web to print work. The Muller Martini Primera has improved our productivity rates dramatically, in turn increasing our speed to market for clients.’
