The company, by its own admission, set "ambitious but realistic" growth targets of 20% at the beginning of the year and managing director Simon Moore says the business is on track to hit those, reaching the £20m turnover mark in the process.

Its latest investments comprise a Heidelberg Stichmaster ST 350, which has recently been installed and two Stahlfolder TH folders, which will be installed in early 2012.

Eclipse Colour's newest machines will help cater for the increased output from its Cutstars and two Goss M600 web presses, the most recent of which went live at the beginning of the year.

Simon Moore, managing director at Eclipse Colour, said: "Whenever you make substantial investment, as we did with the new web, you have to increase everything around it to match the improved output.

"It’s great to think when there’s so much negativity in the industry we have been able to provide more employment within a sustainable business."

The company's second Goss press represented a £4.5m investment, which comprised a five-unit, 60,000iph M-600. The press is fitted with Autoplate automatic plate changing, a combination folder, spine gluing, and rotary trimming.

To cater for growing demands from its existing client base, the company has extended its shift coverage across its two M600 webs and plans to take on new staff in the coming months.

"We now run 24/7 on one of our webs while the other is run for 120 hours across the week, giving us 268 hours of press time from those two machines alone," he said.

Moore added that company's merger with 4DM Group, which was announced in February this year, has also met both company's expectations.

"It was always the plan to run as autonomous businesses while being able to benefit from the expertise and client base of each company. Things are very much going to plan," he added.


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