Trade-only specialists CMYKhub have touched down in Darwin, with the official opening of its dedicated NT manufacturing plant set for February. The new Darwin site, the fifth in CMYKhub's rapidly expanding national network of hubs, will sharpen the business's logistics reach and help spearhead its new Web2Print platform.
The move continues the company's focus on heavy investment in infrastructure and technology, tackling the persistent issues of interstate delivery logistics and growing customer-base in the north. With doors opening in February, local printers are invited to drop by and get hands-on with the hub, where the team will demonstrate its free Web2Print sites and online print management systems.
- Our man in the north - Andrew Hodges, CMYKhub Darwin manager
Headed up by new manager Andrew Hodges, the Darwin site will run a fully equipped offset/digital floor, operating a Heidelberg Anicolor, HP Inidgo and selection of finishing equipment. According to Hodges, the move is vital for the business in the wake of rising W2P sales and nationwide deadline demand for high quality product at competitive prices.
Speaking with Print21 Trent Nankervis, CMYKhub director said, "That's always been the idea behind the hub model. It's about speed and delivery, being closer to our customers. Our customers work nationally, and sell nationally, so with us having the hubs it just puts us front and centre. CMYKhub decided if we're going to a national player there's just no other model than a national manufacturing base."
Since founder Clive Denholm threw open the shutters on the first CMYKhub site in 2006, the business has dramatically expanded its manufacturing footprint. From that first Victorian plant out in Heidelberg West, CMYKhub has steadily grown into a nationwide network that now stretches from coast to coast. NSW and WA facilities both opened in 2010, with Queensland following suit in 2011.
"No matter where you are, you can take an order from a customer, and you're completely confident you can deliver that you can deliver that job for them anywhere. Ready for delivery tomorrow, in Perth, say. And now Darwin!"