03.01.21
Williams Printing (WPI) recently built a 20,000-square-foot facility in Rural Hall, NC.
Rather than relocate its older equipment, the company insteaded upgrading its existing product portfolio.
Choosing Heidelberg as its core provider for everything from prepress to press to postpress, WPI installed a new Suprasetter CtP, Prinect Production Manager, a Speedmaster CX 75-5+L running on Saphira Consumables, a Versafire EP, and a POLAR Jogger and Stacker.
According to Owner Kevin Williams, “We can easily produce 250,000 four-color brochures folded and shrink wrapped in 2-3 days versus larger companies, where it could take 2-3 days just to get a quote.”
In prepress, the company installed a Suprasetter 106 CtP. Also, with the advanced technology of the CX 75, WPI completes makereadies in less than 20 minutes as opposed to its older press, which would take up to 60 minutes to get a job ready for a full production run.
“It’s like we were driving a 10-speed bicycle every day, and now we have a high-speed sports car,” said Williams.
“When we run a long job on the press, I’m confident that 10,000 or 20,000 sheets in, I can pull a sheet from the delivery, and it will look exactly like the first sheet that was produced," he added.
WPI chose to run the press exclusively using Heidelberg Saphira Consumables, which includes everything from ink to blankets to plates and fountain solution.
For its shorter runs, WPI also decided to invest in Heidelberg with a new Versafire EP.