Haymarket Supreme stays up to speed with Heidelberg XL 75

Haymarket Supreme prepares for Western Australia’s first installation of 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75.

Since Supreme Printing acquired Haymarket in April last year, managers Kym Radford and Morgan Pickworth have been analysing the two company’s range of offset and digital equipment and decided to consolidate Supreme’s existing three Heidelberg Speedmasters with a new XL 75 to be installed this month.

Radford (pictured) believes the new machine will give the business faster turn-around times. “We had excess machinery between the two companies and decided to replace our three Speedmasters with one new press,” he explained.

Pictured: Finding the balance, Kym Radford with the company's HP Indigo 3000, awaits the installation of new Heidelberg Speedmaster.

As long-time Heidelberg customers, Radford saw no need to look anywhere else. “We have a history with Heidelberg and are comfortable with their machinery,” he said.

Speed-wise, having the 10-colour will allow the company to print five-over-five in pass and will be run on three shifts a day, instead of two, which the current presses operate at.

For the last three months, Haymarket Supreme has been printing alcohol-free on its eight-colour Speedmaster and Radford intends on continuing this when the 10-colour is up and running.

In addition to its offset capabilities, the company also added digital when it purchased Haymarket. Equipped with a HP Indigo 3000, Radford sees digital as a major growth market for the company and expects to make further investment in new presses over the next 12 months.

Next up for the company is incorporating both Haymarket and Supreme into one location by early next year. Radford is confident of the company’s future and expects that the new XL 75 will be key to its success.

“Taking over another company is never easy but it has also made us really focus on where we are heading,” he said.