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Oriel’s new Heidelberg Welshpool Printing Group
IN BRIEF

Speedmaster (WPG) has set out inten-
tions to take on staff after
the installation of a
Komori Lithrone boosted
productivity by 30%. The
Oriel Printing has taken He said: “We traded it for family-run mixed printer
delivery of a new Heidelberg two reasons: it had more installed the eight-colour
Speedmaster XL 106, which mileage, because it was the UV Lithrone in August 2022,
the firm estimates will boost machine that performed trading in an older five-colour model. The new Lithrone,
productivity by more than longer runs, and also because combined with the installation of a Mimaki flatbed at the
25%. The new seven colour of the higher deposit. same time, meant such a leap that the firm has now decid-
plus double coater, which is ed to expand its permanent staff. Ian Jones, WPG’s co-
managing director, told Printweek: “Obviously there are a
expected to start printing in “The CD 102 [Oriel’s older few new customers in there as well, and the sales team has
mid-March, arrived at Oriel’s Heidelberg] is still in amaz- been working hard to get new business, but we just have
Hull site on 7 February. ing condition, it produces top more capacity to print work each month - I think it has
Replacing Oriel’s seven-col- class work. So we thought made a massive difference.” The expansion, however, has
our, single coater Heidelberg we’d go for the larger deposit proved difficult in the current tight labour market, accord-
Speedmaster CX 102, the XL Oriel’s new Speedmaster XL against a new machine.” ing to Jones.
will print at a maximum rate the pudding as we do a lot of Oriel, which employs 29
of 1,500sph faster and will complicated jobs on special- staff and turns over around Luxury packaging manu-
facturer Beamglow has
allow Oriel to complete dou- ist materials.” £3m, is looking to grow busi- replaced an older seven-
ble coated work in a single The CX press that Oriel ness steadily with the new colour press with a brand-
pass. decided to replace was traded Speedmaster. Simms said: ne w He ide lbe r g
Richard Simms, Oriel’s back to Heidelberg as part of Speedmaster XL 106 press. The straight machine has been
managing director, told the purchase. The younger of “I’m hoping that we can do arranged with seven print units, followed by a coater, two
dryers, and then a single print unit and coater. Details of
Printweek: “It will easily give two Heidelberg presses that 10, 20%, or more. But it just the press, which was installed a year ago, have only recent-
us a 25% boost. Heidelberg Oriel ran, it offered a higher depends on everything that is ly become public. James Griffin, Beamglow’s projects direc-
said it would probably give us deposit against the XL, going on in the world right tor, said: “This decision to replace the older seven-colour
40-50%, but the proof is in according to Simms. now.” double coat litho press is part of our rolling machinery
replacement policy. “We are using this opportunity to take
advantage of market leading developments and technolo-
RRD sells Canadian ops to DCM gy, and gain flexibility, efficiency, quality, and consisten-
cy.” Beamglow employs 150 staff at its factory in St Ives.
Chicago-based global print traded as RRD Canada - ers across a variety of indus- Packaging and stationery
and packaging company RR through a share purchase tries. specialist Duraweld has
bought the order books
Donnelley has announced agreement that saw it buy the “We look forward to this and assets of Celsur
the sale of its Canadian oper- entirety of RRD Canada’s new chapter in our long- Plastics, Ambroplastics and
ations to Data issued and outstanding standing history in Canada as Abbey Stationery Products.
Communications shares. part of DCM.” The sale of the three
Management (DCM), a doc- Rael Fisher, president of brands, which had been
ument management and RRD Canada, said: The sale follows Chatham appointed liquidators from
PwC in December 2022, was completed on 17 January.
commercial print company “Combining our business Asset Management’s pur- Duraweld bought the three firms’ order books, trade
based in Ontario.DCM with DCM is a strategic chase of RRD in early 2022. names, branding and websites; their machinery and tool-
bought RRD’s subsidiary opportunity to broaden our Chatham bought out the rest ing; and materials such as vinyl and greyboard. Mark
Moore Canada - which existing offering to custom- of RRD’s shares. Yeung, managing director of Duraweld, said the three com-
panies - which specialised in plastic packaging and sta-
tionery - made an excellent fit for Duraweld. The compa-
BOBST products at WELLSTAR nies’ manufacturing will be relocated to Duraweld’s
Scarborough site.

In mid-2021, WELLSTAR gluers spoke in favor of once HeiQ Materials has made a fresh filing in its ongoing legal
Packaging decided to invest again relying on the Swiss action against Hi-Tech Coatings owner ICP Industrial, which
in a BOBST EXPERTFOLD manufacturer when invest- is itself in the process of being sold, and with HeiQ’s total
165 with e-commerce ing in another machine for claim now “well in excess of $100m”. The complex situation
option, which was installed medium-sized formats. began in October last year, when Swiss-headquartered
later in the year. As a result, BOBST folder-gluers at materials science business HeiQ Materials filed a legal com-
the German manufacturer WELLSTAR are equipped plaint for breach of contract against ICP Industrial, part of
ICP Group. In March 2021 ICP signed a five-year, worldwide
of corrugated board packag- with a GYROBOX module, exclusive licence deal with HeiQ for the use of its Viroblock
ing now has three folder- Sebastian Würth, Michael Linden which can rotate blanks at technology in graphic arts coatings for printing processes
gluers from BOBST covering any angle from 00 to 900 in such as commercial print, food, beverage and pharma
the entire range of formats merce market. The excellent the running direction – packaging. The business is now in the process of being
and applications required by experience with the quality optionally from left to right taken over by Stahl Group.
customers in the e-com- and reliability of these folder- or from right to left.

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