Whilst the news services bring details of printers going to the wall on a daily basis, Summit Print Ltd, Redhill, Surrey, has bucked the trend, and carried out a £1 million investment programme. The investment included a B2 press upgrade, along with a move to new, larger, freehold premises. The press upgrade replaced an existing Ryobi 784E machine with a new five-colour Ryobi 750 Series machine, the company’s eighth Ryobi press purchase.

The new five-colour B2-format Ryobi press provides Summit Print with the ability to add a sealer in-line, providing a faster turnaround for work, with jobs able to move through to guillotining and folding almost as soon as they are printed. “The 755 offers more automation than the 784E machine, with high pile delivery and a pallet feeder, which means that we are better equipped to cope with the longer run lengths that we are now being asked to produce,” said Neil Parsons, Managing Director.

“The Ryobi 784E was great for what we needed at the time. Most importantly it had a compact footprint. We were able to squeeze that machine in to our former premises, giving us the move up to B2 without having to expand the business too quickly. Having located the right business premises, the time was right to make further investments in our printing equipment and move on to the Ryobi 755,” said Neil Parsons.