Northern Territory-based printing company Colemans Printing is expanding into a new market with the purchase of a Horizon BQ-470 PUR Perfect Binder from Currie Group.
“Having a PUR binder is a gap in the market we were looking to fill, and we believe we can use it to deliver a superior product with PUR glue,” said Tony Coleman, managing director, Colemans. “I’ve been looking at it for a fair while now, I was fortunate enough to go to drupa and at drupa I decided to commit to Horizon and buy a machine.”
Currie Group installed the binder, as well as a Horizon HT-30 Three-side trimmer, at Colemans’ Darwin location in mid-September. Coleman says Currie’s install process was fantastic: “Maybe it was because of the location, but Currie spent plenty of time teaching our guys to use the equipment.”
“Tony was very very happy,” said Bernie Robinson, managing director, Currie Group. “He rang me up, said thank you for the product, all running well, he complimented our staff that went up there. We’re very happy with the Horizon gear of course, we’re happy with Colemans, we think it’s a great organisation and we get on great with Tony as well. It’s all good up there.”
Currie Group also installed a Horizon CRF-362 creaser/folder at Colemans’ other location in Alice Springs. “The manager down there, Jeremy Bigg, loves it,” Coleman said. “He did have the old Heidelberg style folder which was a very manual process, now with the Horizon it’s all automated. Type in your sizes and away you go.”
Running a printing business between such remote locations does have its challenges, but Colemans, which has been in operation since 1954, is used to them. “Because we’ve been in this area for such a long time we understand the challenges, and it just goes part and parcel with the job,” Coleman said.
Bernie Robinson said Currie Group will return to Colemans to check up on the equipment and its operators late next week.