Customer communication provider Stralfors installed Kern’s new mail inserter and sheet cutter solution for additional mail inserting capacity to meet growing mail volumes.
The investment in a high speed Kern K3500 Silverline mail inserter, linked to the K996 automatic cutter has more than doubled the company’s productivity, helping to meet SLAs (Service Level Agreements) more easily and win new business.
‘Our existing Kern inserter and sheet cutter were working well but weren’t fast enough to process the new growth in multi-page applications,’ explained Steve Rowson, Head of UK Operations at Stralfors. ‘Overall, print production had increased 100% since we installed the high-speed inkjet printer last year and a new client win involved running a daily job of at least seven pages per envelope. We knew immediately we’d need extra capacity to handle the new work.’
Capable of processing up to 68,000 sheets per hour, the Kern K996 cutter can handle more than double the previous 30,000 of the old K940/990 cutter. This fast front-end feeds the K3500 Silverline mail inserter, which can handle up to 24,000 envelopes per hour.
‘We chose Kern due to the hardware’s impressive capabilities but also the positive nature of its long-term, partnership approach to business,’ explained Mr Rowson. ‘The new machinery has created an incredibly fast and reliable solution, while the depth of our relationship means that Kern understands our business and is keen to identify how we can improve efficiency and increase productivity. The way the team at Kern responds to our unforeseen business challenges is also very impressive.’
