Following a period of substantial growth and the announcement that Buxton Press, the Derbyshire based sheet-fed magazine printer, is to embark on a multi-million pound rolling programme of equipment replacement, the first phase of the programme - a £1 million plus spend in its finishing department - has been brought forward early to cater for the increasing workload, says the company.
After strenuous and stringent product testing with site visits to suppliers and users by both management and finishing hall supervisors, Buxton negotiated a package deal with Friedheim International to have overall responsibility to supply, install and commission all the new equipment for its post press expansion, scheduled for completion late summer.
The package includes an upgraded guillotine centre; two additional fully automatic K800 MBO folders, with an option for a further two identical folders; an additional 15 station Wohlenberg City e 6000 perfect binding line complete with three knife trimmer and stacker to run in parallel with an existing Wohlenberg binding line all of which will provide a major boost in finishing capacity.
Managing Director, Kirk Galloway (pictured), explains: “Whilst we’ve been delighted with the support of our current suppliers, we feel that Friedheim have the edge to accommodate all our immediate business requirements and we are looking forward to working with them on this project. This generation of new equipment offers significant improvements in productivity that will assist in reducing our operating cost base in the aggressively competitive sector of magazine printing. Despite very difficult trading conditions, Buxton has benefited from two back to back record breaking years and this latest investment perhaps heralds an early green shoot of returning confidence in a substantially restructured UK magazine print market.”
