Digital print service provider Poplar Services Printers has strengthened its longstanding partnership with Ricoh by becoming the first UK company to install both the Ricoh Pro C9500 and Pro C7500.
This further investment will enable St Helens based Poplar to increase its capacity, as they can now offer 11 colours. Theis has helped them expand into the short-run packaging market.
Yiannis Boucouvalas, Production Print Account Manager at Ricoh UK, said: “We’ve been a partner of Poplar Services Printers for eight years now, and we’re thrilled to continue to provide industry leading technology. Both the Pro C9500 and C7500, along with the flatbed cutter will help explore new market opportunities and drive innovation, delivering a wide range of benefits to their customers and positioning themselves at the forefront of the digital print industry.”
Martin Winders, Managing Director at Poplar Services Printers, commented: “Ricoh continues to excel, and the quality of print backed up with speed and reliability far exceeds that of its competitors. Having operated the Ricoh Pro C9110 prior, we felt it was a natural next step to upgrade to the newest technology within Ricoh. We decided to add the Pro C7500 to allow us to offer our clients further special colours such as Neon Yellow, Neon Pink, Metallic Silver, Metallic Gold, White, Clear and Security UV Red. The additional press offers a further increase in capacity and practically removes any downtime. Earlier this month, we completed our first order for a pharmaceutical client creating them a box printed in CMYK plus Metallic Silver, then cut out on the flatbed cutter. This technology opens doors and having now completed the full training and testing on all kit we are ready to unleash our new capabilities as the first company in the UK offering this full service.”
The adoption of these latest systems marks a significant milestone for Poplar, enabling the company to offer new capabilities such as value add printing, special finishes and stand-out quality with the use of 5th colour, which was not possible with the previous technology.
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