Gemini Press

Gemini twins with Heidelberg for folder supply

Gemini Press is taking delivery of two latest generation folders from Heidelberg, a Stahlfolder KH 82 combination model with pallet feeder and a TH 56 buckle machine with round pile feeder. 

These highly automated machines replace older models at the Shoreham plant and are part of a move by the company to update its finishing equipment to keep pace with the highly productive pressroom where the line up includes a Speedmaster SM 102-10-P.  

Steve Cropper, managing director, says: “We like the automation in the knife unit and the fact that data can be preset and saved for repeat work. Finishing is a critical element in achieving the quickest turnround times without compromising quality. Having high output safeguards costs and overall competitiveness.”

Gemini’s two main printing plants in Shoreham and Brighton employ 100 staff and generate more than half the group’s £20m turnover across the south of England. The company is both ISO 14001 and FSC certified and the company recognises that good reliable equipment minimises paper waste.

The KH 82 is the ideal folder for the industrialised printer or trade finisher – it is the folding equivalent of the long perfector in the press room and is ideal for commercial work in runs of 2,000 to 200,000. Automation and quick set up create flexibility. It is no longer a problem to switch between jobs when an urgent contract needs to be prioritised. 

The TH 56 is a fantastically productive buckle machine. In time trials run by Heidelberg it was compared with the older and more manual Ti 52. The Ti 52 completed eight jobs in 49 minutes, the TH 56 in 27 minutes without data pre-programmed and in 11 minutes when drawing programmes from memory. It is this type of lift in throughput that Gemini is seeking.  

November 2011

For further information please contact: 

Diana Thompson, Plus Point PR Ltd, on 01494-817178S

Or Mark Hogan, Heidelberg UK, on 0844 892 2010

Or Steve Cropper, Gemini Press, on 01273-464884