Kennesaw, Ga. November 7, 2023 – Edward Enterprises, like many printers in enterprise for sixty-five years, has weathered innumerable challenges all through its lengthy historical past. Regardless of these challenges, the Honolulu based mostly firm continues to search out new methods to reinvent itself and in the present day is taken into account the biggest business printer in Hawaii. Needing a press able to increasing its burgeoning folding carton enterprise, Edward Enterprises lately put in a Speedmaster CX 104 from HEIDELBERG. The brand new six-color press geared up with UV curing replaces two older presses and has drastically improved the plant’s throughput and effectivity.
Extra Output, Much less Shifts
After fifty years of economic printing, Edward Enterprises started producing its first folding cartons nearly ten years in the past when it put in a Varimatrix die cutter and Easygluer folder gluer – each from HEIDELBERG. Whereas there was a sluggish studying curve at start-up, “HEIDELBERG was there for us each step of the best way, educating and coaching us yr after yr,” stated Alex Upton, Vice President of Operations for Edward Enterprises. Shifting extra of its enterprise from business to packaging printing was all the time a part of the corporate’s long-term plan, however in 2020, the pandemic accelerated that shift even quicker. Desirous to additional enhance its packaging capabilities and effectivity, Edward Enterprises put in a brand new Speedmaster CX 104-6+L in Could to exchange its twenty-five-year-old CD 102 and XL 75. Since set up, the press has lower the corporate’s upkeep prices and consumables utilization in half.
“Our want for a brand new press was pure necessity,” stated Upton. “We deliberate to buy one earlier, however then the pandemic occurred. Our CD 102 had over 350 million impressions, and its outdated UV and coating system restricted our capabilities and the kind of folding carton work we may run.”
Operating at 15,000 sheets per hour, the brand new CX 104 has considerably elevated the corporate’s print capability. The brand new press is absolutely geared up with HEIDELBERG’s newest know-how, which incorporates autonomous Push-to-Cease know-how and a totally new working philosophy, the HEIDELBERG Consumer Expertise (UX). Coupled with the patented Intellistart 3 and different help programs, HEIDELBERG UX ensures quick makeready instances and the absolute best assist for press operators all through the press run. Edward Enterprises chosen the CX 104 based mostly on its velocity and the kinds of jobs and portions the corporate usually runs. In response to Upton, “HEIDELBERG performed an enormous half in serving to us decide the specs that might finest serve our current clients and our anticipated development.” After operating just a few months, the CX 104 produces extra work in two 8-hour shifts than the corporate may produce with three 10-hour shifts on its two older presses.
Edward Enterprises has considerably decreased its manufacturing time and waste due to the press’s state-of-the-art UV curing system. The corporate, who produces many cartons for candies and sweet bought all through Hawaii, usually runs these bins with 4 colours plus UV with a strikethrough coating. With the outdated drying system on its older press, Edward’s workforce needed to resort to a number of passes by the press to realize the specified impact. “This introduced loads of its personal points,” stated Upton. “With the ability to do that in a single go on the CX is a recreation changer for us.”
Moreover, Prinect Axis Management, the quickest spectrophotometer in its class with a measuring velocity of 200 mm/second (7.87 in/sec.), has decreased the makeready time at Edward Enterprises by at the very least 75% with the expectation to additional scale back instances because the operators proceed to get extra snug with the brand new know-how. “We used to measure density the old school method with hand-held spectrophotometers. Now paper utilization has decreased considerably – we use much less makeready sheets and run fewer waste sheets. Hitting colour in a single to 2 pulls is simply unbelievable,” stated Upton.
In Good Arms
To additional enhance its effectivity, Edward Enterprises chooses to make use of HEIDELBERG’s Saphira Consumables and Prinect Manufacturing Supervisor. After utilizing each workflow and plates from a aggressive know-how for the previous twenty years, Edward Enterprises made the swap to Prinect six months previous to its press set up. “The plain benefits of Prinect are the colour accuracy between proof and press and its seamless integration to the CX 104,” stated Upton. Moreover, nearly all of Edward Enterprise’s consumables together with press chemistry and inks are all from HEIDELBERG. He stated, “Operating all HEIDELBERG consumables alleviated loads of the problems we had on press for years.”
Edward Enterprises can be geared up with a number of Versafire digital presses and POLAR cutters. The corporate modified to Versafire from one other digital supplier, and since set up, has produced “the standard and stability we wanted,” stated Upton. It additionally plans to proceed increasing the digital facet of its enterprise by upgrading its Versafires within the coming years. “All of our HEIDELBERG merchandise have performed a key function in our potential to develop our enterprise’s capabilities over time,” stated Upton. “With HEIDELBERG, we all the time know we’re in good arms. They’ve unbeatable assist and experience. They’re all nice folks too.”
About Edward Enterprises
Based in 1959, Edward Enterprises is the biggest regionally owned business printing firm in Hawaii. From conventional offset and digital based mostly printing, to electronic mail and internet based mostly media, Edward Enterprises has a wide range of options for its clients, which additionally contains database administration, unsolicited mail, and advertising and marketing assist providers. Edward’s workforce helps its clients combine and handle these choices to allow them to talk extra effectively and successfully. Its newest service contains the design and manufacturing of folded carton packaging.
As an ESOP firm, every worker can be an proprietor of the enterprise. The satisfaction of possession makes Edward’s workforce try to fulfill greater requirements. Its major focus is to offer excellent service to all of its clients.
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{Picture contains left to proper: FRONT ROW: Jason Fujikawa, Press Supervisor; Sanford Morioka, President; Gerald Gakiya, Pressman; Duane Kong, Vice President of Gross sales; BACK ROW: Alex Upton, Vice President of Operations; Ben Hauger, Pressman}
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