IFS enjoyed double digit year-on-year growth in 2015 as printers created leaner and smarter operations by delivering the highest quality post production services.
On the back of a 40% uplift in business in 2014, the post press supplier has recorded a 12.5% increase in 2015.
“We have had another good year,” states Bryan Godwyn, managing director of IFS. “We have seen significant growth over the last two years and for the coming years our focus will remain on continuing to improve the customer’s experience. We will also ensure that we bring to market the right finishing solutions for our customers to be able to meet today’s fast paced, ever-changing needs.”
He continues: “We would never have expected anything like the previous year’s growth as 2013 was still a recession year and very tough. This was reflected in 2014 when printers started to come out of the recession and began to reinvest in machinery. But this year business has grown, driven by strong interest in lamination, both B3 and B2, perfect binding, both single and multi-clamp binders, and folding. We have enjoyed some niche market orders via Petratto and Tecnau too. We anticipate this momentum will continue well into 2016.”
The buoyant figures follow a period of reinvestment by IFS in staff, premises and spare parts and logistics as well as training for technical engineers. This mirrors Horizon’s transformation of its European headquarters into a full academy and training centre.
Godwyn concludes: “We remain totally committed to the finishing market here in the UK and Ireland and have seen significant investment from our customers. We see this continuing and we are constantly striving to improve our back up and service levels as our customers remain under incredible pressure from end users for quality and fast turnaround. With that in mind we have a comprehensive, fully stocked, spare parts service and a working demonstration suite at our IFS showroom at Hemel Hempstead. We also have other demonstration solutions at Apex, Hemel Hempstead and Fujifilm, Bedford. This shows our continued commitment to the fast growing digital market but also our involvement in the very significant litho field of print.”
