Speedmaster XL 105 and Speedmaster SM 102 - User Report: Daneels Graphische Gruppe
Fast delivery, also of large jobs - Daneels Graphische Gruppe in
Beerse, Belgium has leveraged this strategy to triple its sales in
just ten years.
The company's nearly 100 regular customers include big-name companies such as car maker Nissan Europe, Unilever, a producer of branded goods, sanitary specialist Grohe, France Telecom and the high-tech Sony Ericsson group. Stocks between 115 and 300 gram per square meter are mainly used, with runs averaging 15,000 copies. They are turned into brochures, pamphlets, calendars, leaflets and books, with over half the products being coated.
In addition to two long perfecting presses - a Speedmaster SM 102-10-P and a Speedmaster SM 102-12-P with Perfecting Coating Solution - the commercial printing company is now working with two other, recently purchased 40-inch (70x100 centimeter) presses: a Speedmaster XL 105-4+L and a Speedmaster XL 105-6+L, which have boosted productivity by 15 percent. "The four presses complement one another perfectly. They have made us so flexible that we can now accept large rush jobs - and deliver them in top quality," says the company's CEO, Kris Daneels. The jobs are divided up among the presses based on their size: runs up to 15,000 sheets are produced on the two Speedmaster XL 105s; larger jobs, which can be as large as 300,000 sheets, are assigned to the two Speedmaster SM 102 presses. For small-format work, the print shop also has a Speedmaster SM 52-5+L with and a Speedmaster SM 52-4.
Under pressure to meet tight deadlines, some jobs are produced simultaneously on up to three different presses: for instance, the cover of a brochure on the Speedmaster XL 105 and the inside pages on the two Speedmaster 102 presses. This flexibility is only possible because the two perfecting presses turn out quality that is virtually indistinguishable from that produced on the straight-printing machine. "This flexibility is an enormous advantage, because our business is all about delivering maximum quality on time and at a good price," stresses Daneels. And he has achieved this goal with his four 40-inch presses: "Today we generate a larger sales volume with the same number of staff. In fact, we have even extended our capacity." So this success story in 40-inch format is set to continue!
The company's nearly 100 regular customers include big-name companies such as car maker Nissan Europe, Unilever, a producer of branded goods, sanitary specialist Grohe, France Telecom and the high-tech Sony Ericsson group. Stocks between 115 and 300 gram per square meter are mainly used, with runs averaging 15,000 copies. They are turned into brochures, pamphlets, calendars, leaflets and books, with over half the products being coated.
In addition to two long perfecting presses - a Speedmaster SM 102-10-P and a Speedmaster SM 102-12-P with Perfecting Coating Solution - the commercial printing company is now working with two other, recently purchased 40-inch (70x100 centimeter) presses: a Speedmaster XL 105-4+L and a Speedmaster XL 105-6+L, which have boosted productivity by 15 percent. "The four presses complement one another perfectly. They have made us so flexible that we can now accept large rush jobs - and deliver them in top quality," says the company's CEO, Kris Daneels. The jobs are divided up among the presses based on their size: runs up to 15,000 sheets are produced on the two Speedmaster XL 105s; larger jobs, which can be as large as 300,000 sheets, are assigned to the two Speedmaster SM 102 presses. For small-format work, the print shop also has a Speedmaster SM 52-5+L with and a Speedmaster SM 52-4.
Under pressure to meet tight deadlines, some jobs are produced simultaneously on up to three different presses: for instance, the cover of a brochure on the Speedmaster XL 105 and the inside pages on the two Speedmaster 102 presses. This flexibility is only possible because the two perfecting presses turn out quality that is virtually indistinguishable from that produced on the straight-printing machine. "This flexibility is an enormous advantage, because our business is all about delivering maximum quality on time and at a good price," stresses Daneels. And he has achieved this goal with his four 40-inch presses: "Today we generate a larger sales volume with the same number of staff. In fact, we have even extended our capacity." So this success story in 40-inch format is set to continue!
The Daneels Graphic Group
Dennenlaan 5
B-2340 Beerse
Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)14 61 10 13
Fax: +32 (0)14 61 65 36
