Print Solutions
A partnership with Titchfield Group has been announced by Durst that involves an £8 million investment planned for UK and international sites over the next three years.
Titchfield Group is one of the UK’s largest providers of out of home advertising services. A major supplier of commercial property build and refurbishment services, with a dedicated media services division, a delivery and management business, it also supplies digital LED screens. With headquarters in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, Titchfield Group also has four other UK operations as well as international sites in France, Spain, Italy and Germany.
The first stage in the collaboration with Durst Group involves installing two industrial digital production machines going into the Titchfield Media production plant in Cardiff. One will be the Aleph Laforte 600 Paper printing system that achieves an output of up to 1000 square metres per hour and reaches a new level of quality in poster and billboard printing with six colours and 1200 dpi. Using wate -based and sustainable printing technologies, the Aleph installation will be in June. A Durst P5 350 HSR D4 3.5 metre roll to roll LED machine will be installed late summer.
Titchfield founder Nigel Brunt said, ‘Before committing to a partnership with Durst, which is highly regarded and respected in the industry, we did a lot of research. I visited many factories in China and across Europe, crawled all over FESPA and spent many weeks of trials and demonstrations. I analysed the total cost of ownership and Durst stood out as offering the best solutions for our business, development and growth.
‘Hand on heart, I am a big fan of Durst because I am a big fan of printing. I am also impressed by the advanced software offering, enhancing the total solution. All these reasons made it a compelling choice to partner with Durst Group. It has incredible manufacturing facilities, plus it is the only factory I have ever known that cultivates its own honey and olive oil!’
He added, ‘Print is not in decline in out of home. It is just evolving. And I know there is significant growth in print for outdoor signage, which is environmentally friendly with the opportunity for direct sales to site owners as well. I am incredibly optimistic for the future. We have an £8 million capital investment plan over the next three years on print with Durst.’
From left to right: Peter Bray, Christoph Gamper, Nigel Brunt and Adrian Hallett.
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