CMYKhub powers up with new eight-colour perfector

Trade print specialist CMYKhub picks up another Ryobi 920 eight-colour LED-UV perfector, its second in just under a year. The state-of-the-art new press supes up the trade network’s Queensland manufacturing plant, more than doubling its capacity to deliver on tighter-than-ever deadlines.

CMYKhub landed its first Ryobi eight-colour perfector off the show-floor at PacPrint 2013, going into its NSW plant mid-last year. The success of that investment has green-lighted this latest purchase, targeted at increasing productivity while remaining competitive. Clive Denholm, CMYKhub founder and owner, tells Print21 that perfecting presses with UV are the way forward for the business.

“We are finding that deadlines are becoming shorter and the market is increasingly competitive. The UV presses allow us to print and cut work instantly, even on uncoated paper. The ability to produce a finished product in one pass is also vital to keeping us competitive and at the top of our game,” says Denholm.

The new perfector replaces an older five-colour Ryobi, delivering more than twice the operational capacity. The company’s Melbourne plant was the first to make the move to perfector, upgrading with an eight-colour Komori HUV, followed by the two new Ryobi eight-colours. Carl Stobie, CMYKhub’s Queensland state manager, confirms that the move reflects pressures felt across the industry as a whole to reduce manufacturing costs and increase productivity.

“The new equipment will empower our Queensland reseller network to sell a larger range of products,” says Stobie.

In January 2014, CMYKhub came on board as official manufacturing partner for Snap Franchising’s Queensland network. The announcement signalled the opening of a new digital manufacturing site, kitted out with the latest Konica Minolta C8000 and a bizhub 1200 B&W. Denholm adds that the CMYKhub network also plans to upscale its digital footprint across all states, calling it “imperative” to round out the national trade specialist’s offering.

CMYKhub recently opened its fifth national manufacturing site in Darwin, adding to its presence in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.