Hobbs the Printers has moved away from being a 100% Heidelberg house after buying in a five-colour Komori Lithrone S29.
The Southampton-based printer has replaced its four-colour Heidelberg 74 with the Lithrone, which will significantly increase its colour-printing capacity and attract new work, said the firm.
Graham Bromley, deputy managing director at £10m-turnover Hobbs, told printweek.com: "We were impressed with Komori's clear commitment at the top of the organisation.
"The machine has high levels of automation, a fantastic closed-loop colour control system and it runs alcohol-free, which was of great importance to our company."
The investment comes on the back of a £1m spend by the ISO 14001- and 18001-accredited company last year. The 180-strong company also acquired an HP Indigo 5000 digital press, an Autobond laminator, Horizon binder and upgrade of its Esko Scope workflow system as part of the outlay.
Hobbs' offerings include typesetting to print on demand for customers primarily in legal and financial, academic journals and the general publishing sector.
The company, which was was established in 1884, operates from a 7,430sqm plant and has clients based in London and Oxford.
Source: printweek
The Southampton-based printer has replaced its four-colour Heidelberg 74 with the Lithrone, which will significantly increase its colour-printing capacity and attract new work, said the firm.
Graham Bromley, deputy managing director at £10m-turnover Hobbs, told printweek.com: "We were impressed with Komori's clear commitment at the top of the organisation.
"The machine has high levels of automation, a fantastic closed-loop colour control system and it runs alcohol-free, which was of great importance to our company."
The investment comes on the back of a £1m spend by the ISO 14001- and 18001-accredited company last year. The 180-strong company also acquired an HP Indigo 5000 digital press, an Autobond laminator, Horizon binder and upgrade of its Esko Scope workflow system as part of the outlay.
Hobbs' offerings include typesetting to print on demand for customers primarily in legal and financial, academic journals and the general publishing sector.
The company, which was was established in 1884, operates from a 7,430sqm plant and has clients based in London and Oxford.
Source: printweek
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