FESPA REVIEW
Durst launches new P5 500 press at FESPA
Easy Signs buys two Durst P5 210 HS printers at FESPA
By Sheree Young
By Sheree Young
Durst has launched its new Durst P5 500, a 5.2m-wide roll-to-roll LED press at FESPA Global Print Expo in Berlin.
Australian success story Easy Signs sealed the deal on two Durst P5 210 HS printers at the FESPA Global Print Expo in Berlin.
Durst Group CEO Christoph Gamper said it marks an evolution of the previous Durst Rho 512 and utilises Ricoh Generation 5 printheads. It also brings a 5m option into the P5 platform, offering commonalities which add to greater operability and ease of servicing.
The 2.1m-wide presses have been purchased as dedicated flatbed printers, but can also come in a hybrid flatbed and roll-to-roll setup. Easy Signs co-founder Andy Fryer flew in from America, where he is setting up a new division of the company, to complete the deal with his business partner Adam Parnell. Fryer said he was looking for more speed to build into his business so he can better meet customer demands as the key reason for the purchase. “We have been looking for something that would give us greater throughput and these can produce 90 boards an hour. We are now producing
Double Durst for Easy Signs 24 hours a day and are really stepping up production,” Fryer said. The P5 210 HS is a hybrid press for both rigid substrates and rolls but Easy Signs has opted for a true flatbed version as this best meets its needs. The P5 210 is the hybrid solution for roll and board printing up to 2.1m and reaches (in the high-speed version) a productivity up to 500 sqm/h. Fast media change, easy maintenance handling and full safety render the printing process a way more efficient. Durst Oceania sales manager, Ashley Playford-Browne handled the sale and was on hand at the Durst stand in Berlin to finalise the arrangements.
Gamper described the press as reliable and robust. He added that it includes an inbuilt mesh kit which saves operator time and increases productivity. It also features an integrated horizontal cutting system which means the press, which includes options for single or multi-roll setup, does not need to stop while cutting. The other key feature is the option for double sided registration. “With the Durst P5 500, Durst once again demonstrates its full focus on the reliability of its own printing systems for unattended production processes. With the integration of Durst Workflow Software and the introduction of new functionalities, we are also achieving a significant increase in efficiency,” Durst head of product management Andrea Riccardi said.
Next Printing buys a Durst P5 350 HS at FESPA Berlin By Sheree Young
Next Printing managing director Romeo Sanuri first saw the original Durst P5 350 press during a visit to Durst’s headquarters in Brixen, Italy in 2019 but decided then wasn’t the time to make the purchase. Three years later, he is glad he waited because now the P5 350 has evolved into the P5 350 HS which means it can print at higher speeds and is now an even better fit for what was needed to meet growing demand at Next Printing. After beginning the journey three ago, Sanuri returned to Europe and visited the FESPA Global Print Expo to finalise the deal. He is now looking forward to the new press arriving to further bolster production capacity. The new Durst will replace a P10 250 HS which Next Printing installed in 2014. “I travelled to Brixen in 2019 looking at this machine but we didn’t get it then which turned out to be good timing because at that time it was in its first iteration and now this one is the high-speed version. This will help speed up things for us, better up time is more critical than high volume,” Sanuri said.
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Romeo Sanuri (Next Printing), with Ashley Playford-Browne, Matt Ashman and Dan Mantel (Durst) “This new P5 will predominantly handle our Re-Board production. We will be able to load 3m-wide material as a landscape so this will save a lot of time. This is also a very high-quality machine and it will be better for our high end retail work. Before when we needed to print small print, we had to print on our roll to roll and then attach the print to a board so now we don’t have to do that. “We also found printing the small text many pharmaceutical companies want so it can be readable was not so easy. The quality with this new P5 is much finer than our current one so this will no longer be an issue. “We are getting the quality and the speed – before if you needed to use high speed the quality would suffer, but now that doesn’t happen.” The Durst P5 350 HS is a hybrid solution for roll and board printing of up to 3.5m and reaches productivity levels of up to 650 sqm/h. Fast media change, easy maintenance handling and full safety render the printing process as more efficient.
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