KJB UK has installed a range of equipment from Renz UK including a Punch 500 and a Mobi 500, improving the company’s product range and driving new business opportunities.
The Mobi 500 is ideal for binding books and calendars from a minimum 50 mm to a maximum 500 mm working width. It has a touch-screen control panel for rapid format changes and is equipped to process 13 diameters from 0.5 through to 32.0 mm.
The Punch 500 is a heavy duty production punch with a maximum working width of 500 mm with a 4 mm punching throat. It is ideal for book and calendar work, thick covers, digital stock and photographic paper.
Steve Egerton, commercial director, commented, ‘We have gone through a period of change in our business. We have been investing in digital technology and have installed several Xerox devices through the last year. Having looked at the changes in print technology, we then looked at updating our finishing department.’
This includes buying a number of finishing devices including the Renz equipment.
Mr Egerton added, ‘They have really improved our product range. Before we were outsourcing our wiro binding but it wasn’t very efficient, especially with the move to digital. So, we looked at the cost and logistics and decided to bring it in-house – and it has just grown and grown.’
For KJB it is the productivity and high quality results from the Punch 500 and Mobi 500 that have helped it to win new business. Currently the company is producing anything from a single wiro bound document to runs of many thousands.
‘The growth on the wiro binder has been phenomenal,’ said Mr Egerton. ‘The operators love the machine and they are very easy to use. Renz service is also first rate. It understands our business and the requirements of a finishing department. Renz is a partner not just a supplier. It is responsive, here to support, and nothing is too much trouble.’
