Four months after opening its Port Melbourne plant LEP is adding an extra shift each day to handle the workload. The extra production is indicative of the move towards hub printing across the industry with all the major ‘trade’ printers – CMYK Hub and Hero, as well as LEP reporting growing volumes. The shift towards outsourcing capital equipment investment in presses is shaping the industry.
With LEP’s new equipment bedded down, a company press release says its production processes have been running smoothly almost since day one of its operations. The Port Melbourne facility will now operate two shifts daily, five days a week. The extra shift will effectively double its production output, with a sixth day each week used for general maintenance, cleaning and for overtime during busy periods.
The company is now recruiting to fill positions needed for the extra shift. According to John Bromfield, LEP CEO, the southern plant has been very well received by customers. “We’re thrilled that our new facility in Port Melbourne has been so readily accepted by our customers in the southern states. After just four months we are boosting our production hours to handle the volume of work they’re sending our way.
LEP installed fibre optic cable at its Port Melbourne site late last year, which it says has greatly improved real time communication and processing on site. The company’s Queensland facility already runs three shifts daily, five days per week.