The machine was installed in early September and joins its new HP Scitex 11000, which arrived in July, as Caps looks to expand into new areas such as POS and bespoke packaging. 

Managing director of the Newmarket-based outfit Trevor Bissett could not reveal how much he paid for the Zünd but at its Drupa launch it was retailing at €300,000 (£250,000).

Bissett said: “This is a brand new venture to accompany the Scitex printer, the idea being we are cutting print that we are doing digitally as well.

“When we saw the machines at Drupa we were impressed with the way they operate, with two heads cutting simultaneously over one sheet or two separate sheets of board. We also liked the locality of Zünd UK to us, with it being based in St Albans.

Bissett was full of praise for Zünd’s UK team, which has been integral in helping with its “start-up phase”, with its technicians having visited Caps’ premises several times. 

The D3 model has a dual beam system and can cut materials at a maximum size of 1,800x3,200 mm.

“We’ve just set ourselves up to be able to respond to new enquiries very well, in terms of making a printed die-cut box on short-run lead time with no origination, we’ve certainly got plenty of capacity to do that,” added Bissett.

Bissett is considering investing further in die-cutting equipment next year.

Other than the new cutter and the Scitex, Caps also runs a variety of equipment, including two Casemaker Curioni folder-gluers and a rotary die-cutter.

The £19.5m-turnover company is looking to increase sales by the end of this financial year in line with its current rate of around 4% a year. It employs around 200 staff.