The move was in anticipation of an increase in production by 10m A4 sheets per year to 35m as a result of bringing personalised documentation including poll tax bills in-house.
A good inplant with constant investment in new technology can offer better value to its internal customers than competitive tendering from outside sources, said Oliver Renshaw who heads up the seven-strong inplant team.
The West Yorkshire local authority, which covers Batley, Dewsbury and Huddersfield, installed the machines along with a Polar guillotine, Objetif Lune PlanetPress software and two 665 document scanners.
Renshaw is currently looking for new premises to nearly double its current 300m2 space. Within three years he plans to add four-colour production.
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