The London based company Park Communication has almost invested £200,000 for in house lay-flat binding and die-cutting.

The company contains 130 staff members and is growing rapidly. It has purchased a Kisun Digi Binder DB-440 and a Heidelberg SBD Zenith and they are installed in the company premises.

Kisun digi binder db440

Heidelberg SBD Zenith

Alison Branch, the managing director of Park Communication explained that besides outsourcing these operations, they have brought in their own machine to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost. The firm said that they have rigorously tested these machines before bringing these in house.

Branch said: “A lot of our customers are in the property and fashion markets, and particularly in property they love to use double-page spreads because this really maximises the impact of the imagery.

“So property developers, builders and design agencies love lay-flat binding and we were finding there was an increased customer requirement and it’s much easier for us to keep the process in-house; it’s faster, more cost-effective, we reduce carbon emission and it’s just much easier to control the process.”

The lay-flat binder provides strength to binding as the binder sandwiches the two sheets and performs its tasks perfectly.

“The Zenith was brought in as we were finding volumes building up, so we said, ‘Right, this is the chance to internalise’,” added Branch.

“The BBC rang me and said there was good news on unemployment figures and they wanted to present those against the backdrop of a busy, efficient manufacturing facility,” said Branch.

“Their research team had identified companies that might be appropriate and through that they had identified Park.”

It is a good notion to have further investment in bringing up-to-dated machines in-house. It saves time and considerable cost for the company.