CPP signs for new automation phase ahead of plant closure

Jun 14, 2018 at 07:48 pm by Staff


Belgian-headquartered printer Coldset Printing Partners has begun a new programme of upgrades with orders for automation on presses including its new KBA Cortina.

QI Press Controls says it is hard at work in Paal-Beringen installing its technology on both existing and its newly acquired presses, with mRC-3D register and cut-off being added to the new Cortina and others to follow.

CPP has four other printing plants - three in Amsterdam, in addition to the one in Paal-Beringen and another Groot Bijgaarden which is slated for closure "at some point".

The result will be a greater focus on Paal-Beringen and managing director Paul Huybrechts says the pressure and tighter deadlines will increase demand for reliable systems, better quality and more efficient working practices.

The prints Flemish dailies including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Het Belang van Limburg and the Gazet van Antwerpen, Dutch newspapers including De Telegraaf and De Limburger, and newspapers for Mediahuis and other partners.

"We attach great importance to innovation and are therefore keen to work with partners who have a proven track record in this field. It is partly down to the partnership with QIPC, that we can refer to our presses as state-of-the-art machines," he says.

QIPC sales head Erwin van Rossem praises CPP's forward-looking mindset and a relationship which dates to 2009: "Back then, they were one of the first businesses to invest in automatic colour registration. Having had a chance to put the new technology successfully through its paces, they were bold enough to make further investments."

Huybrechts says there is an exchange of expertise with the innovations and developments. "This means we have a good idea of what's going on in the marketplace and we can make our investments accordingly," he says. "Both parties benefit from this."

Pictured (from left): QIPC chief executive Erik van Holten, Paul Huybrechts and Erwin van Rossem


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