Inca Spyder leads digital expansion at Kremer
Newbury-based Kremer Signs, a supplier of signage to the property market, has bought a second eight-colour Inca Spyder just 18 months after installing the first which took it into digital print. Together the digital capability of both printers is expected to help boost the company's ?4m turnover by 12% this year alone.
Steve Gosney, managing director, said: "We had been looking to add digital production capacity for a long time but were never quite happy with the colour result until we saw the Inca Spyder. It gave us the colour range and finish we needed. The calibre of the finish was paramount and the Inca gives us that which is why, when we needed another system, Inca was our first choice."
Kremer Signs' Spyder V, supplied by Fujifilm Sericol, is the newest and fastest version capable of up to 93m2/hr in production mode (with a maximum speed of 130m2/hr). It has a print area of 3.2 x 1.6m and is capable of coping with substrates as thick as 30mm.?
The Inca Spyder V's 25 picolitre drop size and precise ink drop placement together with its colour management flexibility and easy file set-up with the Rip, plus exceptional white ink opacity, make it a highly adaptable system that Gosney said has been fundamental to Kremer's success. The two Spyders are now producing almost half of 50,000 signs printed every month.?
Gosney added: "Our market share has increased on the back of the Spyders because people are realising that the quality is phenomenal. We are mainly printing on Correx fluted plastic and the Spyder is ideal for that medium. Estate agents use much more colour and imagery now to get their boards noticed and build brand awareness. Our customers tend to place orders months apart but they need their boards to look the same no matter when they were printed. With the Spyder we know we can deliver that and do it more affordably."
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