The 15,000sph press will ultimately replace the company’s two existing B2 presses, a four-colour Komori and five-colour Mitsubishi.
Hill & Garwood’s sales manager Vince Brackley said that the company had looked at other machines, but had opted for the Heidelberg press following a thorough look at the products on the market, including feedback from another XL 75 user.
"We tested it at the showroom and got great results," he added.
Brackley said the XL technology offered a substantial productivity improvement on the presses it would replace. "The Heidelberg press is faster, so it’s more competitive and the name Heidelberg is very highly thought of," he said.
The faster turnaround times achieved by the new press will also allow Hill & Garwood to expore new markets, with Brackley highlighting that the reason the company opted for a perfecting model was to help it target more book work.
Hill & Garwood took delivery of the machine two weeks ago and is in the process of decommissioning the Komori and Mitsubishi presses.
"The Komori’s already gone and once Heidelberg has completed training on the new machine the Mitsubishi will go as well," he said.
To support the press investment, the company has also updated its pre-press to the latest version of True Flow and Equios workflow from Screen.
