{"id":60857,"date":"2019-06-19T07:56:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T06:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solopress.com\/blog\/?p=60857"},"modified":"2020-07-29T07:25:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T06:25:46","slug":"solopress-goes-wide-with-agfa-anapurna-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solopress.com\/blog\/solopress-news\/solopress-goes-wide-with-agfa-anapurna-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadening our horizons: Solopress goes wide with Agfa Anapurna investment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With demand for wide-format print on the rise \u2013 both on rigid board as well as flexible materials \u2013 it was time for Solopress to take a look at increasing our capabilities yet further.<\/p>\n

In order to meet demand, our requirement was to acquire a versatile press with the capacity to print onto just about any material. We also wanted to be able to print these materials on a wider scale than we\u2019d been able to manage before.<\/p>\n

Doubling Up<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We needed a high-quality hybrid machine, and the Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED hybrid wide-format press was so well suited to our requirements, we bought two of them! This acquisition was part of an investment plan that also included the purchase of two HP Indigo 10000 digital presses<\/a> and a Kongsberg C Edge cutting table<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our two new Agfa Anapurna H2500i presses were delivered and installed in May 2019, and have been running 24 hours a day, 6 days a week ever since. They run at twice the speed and half the cost of our previous wide-format machines, partly due to Agfa\u2019s unique Thin Ink Layer Technology, which is great news both for us and for our customers.<\/p>\n

Efficiency, Quality and Reliability<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Speaking about the investment, managing director Simon Cooper said: \u201cWe decided to bring in the Agfa Anapurnas as they provide the efficiency, quality and reliability we need for our customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur wide-format work is a fast-growing area of the business. This equipment gives us the overall productivity we need to meet that demand. It also provides us with the flexibility in order to offer many new products in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to invest in two machines rather than one to ensure that there is no disruption in service should one develop an issue. Not letting our customers down is very important to us, and so having two Anapurnas in place is extremely useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What does this mean for our customers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The efficiencies that the new presses bring mean that we can be more competitive across a number of areas, including:<\/p>\n