The purchase of a Ryobi 902 SRA1 press with LED UV ink technology has resulted in Hereford-based ABC Print installing a Baumann BSB 3 L automatic jogger and BSH 3-650 pile hoist to work alongside its Baumann-Wohlenberg high speed cutter.  Says director Garrett McGibney: “We’ve recently taken a big leap in now being able to offer SRA1 capabilities in addition to what has been our normal SRA3, and a consequence of this has been that more cutting of sheets is required.

“To this end we soon realised that to help our operators and speed up the process to ensure no bottlenecks occurred the solution was to provide additional handling equipment to support the guillotine, and the Baumann jogger and pile hoist proved ideal for our requirements.”

ABC Print has been in business for 15 years and its 28 full-time staff are involved in short to medium run printing and finishing activities, an example being the production of 5000 booklets.

Says Garrett McGibney: “The ability to offer SRA1 has opened new and different markets for ABC Print, and we’ve also noticed a significant increase in the amount of PUR work that is coming our way.  

“The increase is size of sheets we can now handle has benefits in not only reducing costs for not only ourselves but also our customers, but none of that would be possible without the ability to meet deadlines, which is where the new Baumann jogger and pile hoist are certainly proving their worth!”