Glasgow-based post-press specialist ACA has purchased its first Heidelberg B1 die-cutter with stripping. The Easymatrix was chosen for its automation, flexibility and ease of use. It will be delivered in the second quarter of the year.
The Easymatrix 106CS is a model which can handle work up to 750 x 1,060mm and from 90 to 2,000gsm paper and board and up to 4mm thick corrugated material. It has quick makeready capability and runs at up to 7,700 sheets per hr. It will handle a wide range of cartons for ACA, including spirits boxes, food packaging and promotional and decorative items such as cosmetics boxes.
Dara Changizi, director of ACA, says, “This machine will help us to expand our packaging capacity as we take on work from all four nations of the UK. Packaging was 50% of our sales before the pandemic started but is now 75% and growing. We were aware that one of our customers Zenith Group uses Heidelberg die-cutting and foiling machines and that influenced us, too.”
Ryan Miles, managing director of Heidelberg UK, says, “The Easymatrix has been a hugely successful die-cutting model in our range. We are pleased that an expanding trade finishing/converting operation like ACA has decided to purchase from us and we hope that this will be the start of a great partnership moving forward.”
