Currie Colour Express heads up the Hume to make it a capital event
Australia's mobile graphic arts exhibition was open for business when the mighty 18-wheeler pantech rolled north to Canberra.
The graphic arts industry in Canberra was treated to a unique display of high technology equipment and work processes when the Currie Colour Express rolled into the Comfort Inn, Queanbeyan last week. The colourful behemoth opened its doors to a constant stream of visitors who took advantage of the Currie Group's invitation to examine the latest equipment.
According to Steve Dunwell, NSW manager, (pictured below on left with Urs Egli, Pirion factory manager and Andrew Matthews, Currie national consumables manager) almost all the graphic arts companies in the federal capital came along to have a look, many encouraging staff who may not have the opportunity to visit trade shows elsewhere. "It was very encouraging and the visitors were quite enthusiastic," said Dunwell. "Outside Sydney and Melbourne people don't get much of a chance to see the latest equipment. In Canberra they really appreciated the trouble we took to bring the Colour Express to their town."
This is the second stop for the Currie Colour Express with its equipment display following a successful debut at PacPrint this year. Created to showcase some of the Group's wide range of solutions, the specially designed semi-trailer opens up to provide an air-conditioned, networked production environment, which can be brought to graphic arts professionals in regional centres throughout the country – and New Zealand next year.
"Many of the companies that came along brought production files for us to output. We printed, cut and bound jobs for three days. It all worked very well," said Dunwell.
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The Currie Colour Express changes its equipment fit-out to suit the different destinations. On board in Canberra were two HP Indigo digital colour presses – the HP Indigo 3050 six-colour, (pictured) which was a first ever for Canberra, and a HP Indigo 1050. "We brought two digital presses because we believe there is a demand for both levels of digital production in Canberra,: said Dunwell.
In addition, there was a Horizon automatic perfect binder and a Horizon automatic single knife cutter. Cards printed from customer's file on the Indigo's were easily finished on the cutter.
After the three days the Colour Express headed back down the Hume Highway to the Currie HQ. In the New Year it is destined to travel to South Australia and then across the Nullarbor Plains to Western Australia to bring the latest in digital technology to the industry.
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Australia's mobile graphic arts exhibition was open for business when the mighty 18-wheeler pantech rolled north to Canberra.
This is the second stop for the Currie Colour Express with its equipment display following a successful debut at PacPrint this year. Created to showcase some of the Group's wide range of solutions, the specially designed semi-trailer opens up to provide an air-conditioned, networked production environment, which can be brought to graphic arts professionals in regional centres throughout the country – and New Zealand next year.
The Currie Colour Express changes its equipment fit-out to suit the different destinations. On board in Canberra were two HP Indigo digital colour presses – the HP Indigo 3050 six-colour, (pictured) which was a first ever for Canberra, and a HP Indigo 1050. "We brought two digital presses because we believe there is a demand for both levels of digital production in Canberra,: said Dunwell.