Dan Mantel, Sonya Cameron and Matt Ashman
Coburg-based printer Evan Evans has been confirmed as the primary buyer in Australia to buy a Vanguard printer from Durst Oceania.
Vanguard was lately launched by Durst Oceania managing director, Matt Ashman on the FESPA International Print Expo in Amsterdam. The roll-to-roll, flatbed and hybrid merchandise launched in Australia following FESPA 2024 in Amsterdam earlier this yr. Dan Mantel manages the Vanguard enterprise in Australia and New Zealand.
Sonya Cameron, normal supervisor at Evan Evans and daughter of proprietor Roger Cameron, is trying ahead to the upcoming set up of the Vanguard VK300D-HS high-production flat-bed LED UV printer.
The brand new Vanguard is constructed on the six-time award-winning VK300D collection, the 5’ x 10’ VK300D-HS UV-LED flatbed. It encompasses a high-speed electromagnetic drive system that propels the carriage at speeds as much as 1.8m per second for 60 boards per hour.
Cameron says her resolution to buy the Vanguard sight unseen was based mostly 100% on her relationship with the Durst group and the repute Durst has in Australia.
“It’s the service we get from Durst’s gross sales group, the help and my unwavering belief,” Cameron mentioned.
“We took the punt due to the connection we’ve got with Dan Mantel, Julian Lowe and Matt Ashman from Durst Oceania, in addition to the capabilities and specs of the Vanguard.”
Cameron believes the Vanguard VK300D-HS will take Evan Evans to the following stage in effectivity and productiveness, giving the enterprise a aggressive edge.
“There’s a huge quantity of pleasure internally,” Cameron mentioned.
Durst Oceania managing director Matt Ashman says Durst’s resolution to amass a majority stake in Vanguard Digital Printing fills a spot available in the market for Durst for fixed-bed machines.
“We acquired Vanguard and introduced them into the Durst household in 2019. We utilized all of our service and help community to them, and now we’re bringing them into Australia.
“We’re actually proud to be working with Vanguard and to announce Evan Evans as our first official set up. It’s created an enormous buzz within the business as a result of that is the outlet Durst wanted to fill.”
“We’re devoted to wide-format printing, which has been very profitable for us, however there have at all times been two areas: fastened mattress machines and transferring belt machines. And our buyer base continuously asks us, ‘When are we going to get fastened mattress machines?’,” mentioned Ashman.
The Vanguard VK300D-HS additionally aligns with Evan Evans’s and Durst’s sustainable ethos. Heads may be added to extend pace as prospects’ wants change, eliminating the necessity to buy extra tools.
“We’re actually enthusiastic about how Vanguard goes to sit down inside the Durst enterprise,” mentioned Ashman.
Whereas the Vanguard is focused on the mid-range printing companies, Ashman says Durst is getting curiosity from high-capacity companies due to the fixed-bed providing.
With the brand new Vanguard on the ground, Cameron says she hopes her enterprise will get ‘larger, higher and quicker’.
Evan Evans already has work lined up for its new Vanguard together with a giant mission in July. “It was a possibility to begin it immediately,” mentioned Cameron.
“The standard is considerably higher. Manufacturing pace is wildly quicker than what we’re getting, and that’s not even at its prime pace,” she mentioned.
Ashman says Durst is proud to work with Cameron. “We at all times see gross sales as being a long-term partnership. Individuals who purchase a Durst printer keep a Durst buyer.”
As soon as the Vanguard is put in Durst and Evan Evans plan to announce an Open Home for visitors to expertise Australia’s first Vanguard in motion. Keep tuned to Sprinter for additional updates.
This text will seem in print in Australian Printer Might journal.
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