Australia-based Insane Signs and Print has become the first company to simultaneously invest in two 5m-wide Durst Rho 512R Plus UV roll-to-roll printers. The near 1.8m million AUD investment - signed at Fespa 2017 yesterday – is expected to help the grand-format specialist double its turnover within the next two years.
“In all truth, when I was first introduced to Durst I felt there was no way I was going to be able to afford these printers - to me they are the Rolls-Royce of the trade. But we are shooting for the stars, and with Durst’s newer and more efficient machinery I believe I’m going to save over the long term,” said managing director Rodney James.
Insane Signs and Print is primarily a trade printer, currently sending out around three kilometres of fencing fabric, both mesh and shade cloth, across Australia and New Zealand every day from its operation in Newcastle, New South Wales. The new Dursts will replace aging solvent printers at the site.
James added: “In the past our turnaround time could have been as much as three weeks for jobs over 30,000m², so we had to turn down work when customers required large print jobs in eight days or less. Now we’ll be able to dramatically decrease our turnaround times and ship even large quantities in five days, and, in many cases, within 24 - 36 hours, and for some jobs possibly even offer same-day service. These printers will usher in a new dawn of faster service, with supreme quality, and it’s really exciting to contemplate what we can do for our customers. This is huge for us.”
The two Durst Rho 512R Plus systems - which print at print at 400m2/hr - are due to be installed in the next few months.