04.04.16
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) reported that Hatteras, a family-owned printing business with locations in New Jersey and New York, will be one of the first businesses to install the high-volume, 3.2-meter EFI VUTEk HS125 Pro hybrid roll/flatbed inkjet press.
The company, founded in 1983 and employing 290, operates a production facility consisting of offset, digital and superwide format printing, primarily serving pharmaceutical and high-end retail customers. The new press being installed is the company’s third VUTEk acquisition in 18 months.
“The addition of the HS125 gives Hatteras an extremely well-rounded arsenal of printers that enables to us to deliver with the speed and quality that our customers require,” said Bill Duerr, Hatteras’s president.
“One of the reasons the initial 5-meter roll-to-roll printer was attractive was its 3M SuperFlex inks and LED curing, which gave us the ability to use a wider range of substrates and an ink that doesn’t crack on flexible substrates,” Duerr added. “That printer has been busy since the day training was concluded, and we have added two more devices to address organic growth and increase our ability to deliver large projects quickly in a marketplace that requires fast time to market.”
Hatteras’s new press is EFI’s flagship inkjet production model for signage and graphics applications, and produces up to 125 boards per hour at imaging quality that approaches offset. With the installation, Hatteras has tripled its superwide format inkjet graphics production capacity. Just as important, Hatteras now has a higher-volume production option for longer-run work.
“We are winning an increasing number of larger jobs,” Duerr said, “and we need the capacity that the HS125 Pro brings. Now, we will have great quality across all three printers and the new press allows us to produce those larger jobs much faster.”
The company, founded in 1983 and employing 290, operates a production facility consisting of offset, digital and superwide format printing, primarily serving pharmaceutical and high-end retail customers. The new press being installed is the company’s third VUTEk acquisition in 18 months.
“The addition of the HS125 gives Hatteras an extremely well-rounded arsenal of printers that enables to us to deliver with the speed and quality that our customers require,” said Bill Duerr, Hatteras’s president.
“One of the reasons the initial 5-meter roll-to-roll printer was attractive was its 3M SuperFlex inks and LED curing, which gave us the ability to use a wider range of substrates and an ink that doesn’t crack on flexible substrates,” Duerr added. “That printer has been busy since the day training was concluded, and we have added two more devices to address organic growth and increase our ability to deliver large projects quickly in a marketplace that requires fast time to market.”
Hatteras’s new press is EFI’s flagship inkjet production model for signage and graphics applications, and produces up to 125 boards per hour at imaging quality that approaches offset. With the installation, Hatteras has tripled its superwide format inkjet graphics production capacity. Just as important, Hatteras now has a higher-volume production option for longer-run work.
“We are winning an increasing number of larger jobs,” Duerr said, “and we need the capacity that the HS125 Pro brings. Now, we will have great quality across all three printers and the new press allows us to produce those larger jobs much faster.”