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Heidelberg CD 74:

Acquired this new Press in January 2007, to replace 2 of our older 6 colour Heidelberg presses. This upgrade to our printing controls and flexibility will go a long way towards helping us maintain the stringent quality standards we and our customers in the Wines & Spirits industry expect and also offers opportunities of development into other related products. Gilmour & Dean have already extended its services beyond high value added labels to include whisky tube and box wraps as well as an ever increasing range of other related promotional work. The Speedmaster CD74 can run a wide range of materials up to 0.8mm thick and the sheet guidance together with Air Transfer system mean stock is transported at top speed in a safe, non contact, mark-free manner through to the press delivery.

Gilmour & Dean’s work with the Wines & Spirit industry means it is more often producing labels with a traditional or antique look using bespoke colours to create individual effects. The double coater on the new press will enable the Company to offer contrasting varnish effects as well as improved metallic and other applications they are intent on developing. An increase in the use of metallic and plastic substrates has prompted us to opt for a dedicated UV press to compliment our existing UV and conventional facility. All inks being supplied by Sun Chemical.

With two Prinect workflow modules in place, Prepress Interface and ImageControl on press spectrophotometry, the printer will not only be able to measure and keep accurate control of colour within a set job run, but also from job to job, a feature which is especially important for point of sale products and where there is a requirement for repeat continuity as there is at Gilmour & Dean Ltd.

Blumer Atlas Finishing Line:

Acquired this new kit in February 2007 which replaces two existing punches. This will greatly enhance the capacity of our finishing operations and will more than replace the two old punches. It will dramatically improve the output and the capacity of this department, improve customer service, reliability and quality, and ultimately the company’s competiveness.