UK-based Kingston Carton has ordered a 6-colour Roland 700 LV + coater DirectDrive press. It will be installed at the privately-owned packaging print operation this summer, providing the flexibility to grow market share in the highly competitive on-demand and mirco-run sectors of the food and healthcare packaging industries.
Arend Buitendam, managing director of Kingston Carton comments: “With greater demand for more specialised packaging, quicker make-readies and lower print runs, we needed to ensure our next press investment would enable us to continue to compete effectively in this rapidly changing market.
The Roland 700 DirectDrive press is said to be the world’s first offset press with an independent electronic drive on the plate cylinder and a patented double-clutch system. This dramatically reduces make-ready times - ideal for short run work. Plate changing can be carried out simultaneously on 2 to 12 printing units at the same time other makeready functions are being performed.
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