Following its investment in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch/fold/trim line, production in the company’s bindery has become smoother, more streamlined and bottlenecks have been eliminated.
Melody Press is this year celebrating 60 years in the industry. Working with the financial sector and government departments as well as local customers, the company produces litho print on a four-fold increase in productivity. For some jobs we have gone from being able to complete 300 booklets per hour to 1800.’
Mr Jackson continued, ‘The bindery used to be a bottleneck but the Horizon has completely removed that. We will be able to take on more work, confident in our ability to meet our client’s deadlines. It will pay for itself in spades.’
On choosing the Horizon SPF/FC-200A Mr Jackson said, ‘Our existing Horizon stitch fold trim line with 25 years old and it was not as reliable as it once was. We looked at Duplo systems but having run a Horizon system for so long, we kneway like for like replacement would be reliable. We had more confidence in its abilities. We also knew we would have a great service relationship with IFS. It was a no brainer.’
As for the enhanced operation delivered by increased automation, Mr Jackson said, ‘The touch screen set up makes operation easy and will help us with shorter runs. It genuinely does what it sats on the tin.’
