The devices, which were installed at the firm’s 4,645sqm factory in January, were supplied by Friedheim International.

Operations director Kevin Lee said: “With a recent upturn in demand across our key areas of education, general trade finishing and government contracts, the ability to keep in full production is of paramount importance.

“With the large amount of cutting work we undertake we require great reliability and productivity, and a couple of our existing five Polar guillotines were beginning to come to the end of their effective working lives.”

The business researched the market and looked at machines from both Polar and Wohlenberg but its final decision was influenced by its recent installation of a Wohlenberg Quickbinder perfect binder and Trim-Tec three-knife trimmer.

“We decided that the Baumann-Wohlenberg cutters offered better value for money in terms of their productivity, and number of applications and programs available,” said Lee.

“By purchasing equipment from an existing supplier this provides continuity in terms of on-going servicing, maintenance and provision of spare parts, and is of great benefit accordingly.

“We’ve gained some efficiency and performance because the knife changes and the speed at which the table moves from cut to cut are quicker.”

One of the firm’s two replaced Polar guillotines was scrapped while the other was retained to use as spare parts for its other Polar devices.

Deanprint offers a wide range of print and finishing services and produces items including ringbinders, slipcases, boxes and folders for the education sector, government bodies and agencies as well as general commercial customers and trade printers.

The company has 45 members of staff and operates more than 110 printing and finishing machines, including Heidelberg litho and Konica Minolta digital devices.

The business, which recently celebrated its 125th birthday, has also purchased a bespoke Smyth Magnum 75 large-format book sewing machine in the past few weeks.