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Kevin Lee, Operations Director stands in front of Deanprint’s new MBO K80

 

Cheshire based printer and book binder Deanprint have installed England’s first MBO K80 full automatic combination folder. Supplied by Friedheim in the UK and Ireland the K80 was launched in 2017 and is the most versatile and advanced folder in the MBO arsenal. The K80 joins the four new Baumann Wohlenberg guillotines, Quickbinder and Trim-Tec three knife trimmer from Wohlenberg completing a six-year upgrade programme.

Kevin Lee, Operations Director says, “The MBO K80 is a superb machine, it beat the competition due not only to the level of automation, but the slitter shaft cassette. This has been a great hit with the operators. It means make readies are incredibly fast, so we can improve efficiency in the fold area, helping us to improve customer services and turnaround times.” The new MBO patented slitter shaft cassette on the new range of MBO folders allows the shaft to be slid out, removed and re-installed easily. All the tools and strippers can be adjusted quickly, easily and at minimal strain to the operator. This allows a single operator to reduce set-up times by almost 60% in a multi-up production.

Mitch Ball, Sales Specialists for Friedheim says, “Deanprint were established in 1890, which means they’re as old as we are and share similar values. They are a company with a reputation for supplying top quality printing and bookbinding services. The only way to maintain that position is to purchase equipment that fulfils that requirement. We’ve provided finishing equipment for their six yearlong refresh and it’s been a pleasure every step of the way.”

The MBO K80 purchase sees the end of a long equipment refresh, which is probably why the 50,000 sq. ft site in Stockport, Cheshire, has over 100 items of finishing equipment including other high speed folders, trimmers, sewing machines, a Wohlenberg perfect binder purchased in 2014 and Wiro binding machines, as well as being capable of manufacturing boxes, slip cases, folders and ring binders.  A fleet of vehicles transports finished jobs to customers throughout the UK.
The £3m-turnover business provides a huge range of finished products for government, trade and educational bodies, with 42 employees fully trained and skilled at using all the equipment. Most runs ranging between 1000 to 100000 sheets, case-bound book with runs of 100-3000 are the most common, and over 300000 wiro bound products per year especially for the educational sector. 

 

NEW from MBO, the K80 fully automatic combination folder 

The most versatile and operator friendly folder in it’s class

Mitch ends with, “The MBO K80 is one of MBO’s newest and versatile editions to the range. It’s perfect for the UK printing industry, both great value for money and performance. It’s also very operator friendly especially with the new M1 control and is a perfect match-up with Deanprint and the workflow they need it for.”

 

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