London general commercial printer The Color Company has invested in a Foliant Multi-functional Inprinting Unit from IFS to enhance its value added service offering. The unit has been retrofitted to its Foliant Vega laminator.

The Color Company has branches across London – the 24 hour, seven days a week Mayfair operation, as well as locations in Bromley by Bow, Cannon Street, Canary Wharf, Fenchurch Street, Soho, Strand and Victoria. There is a large format department in Birmingham and two offices in the USA.

It provides high quality and fast turnaround printing services for a host of clients including the NHS, John Lewis, Royal Mail, Wells Fargo and Tiffany & Co.

Dan Skeen, Business Development Manager, explains the investment was made for the Mayfair branch: “We wanted to offer different services to our customers. We have a foiler on a different system in our Bromley By Bow site which was proving to be very successful. We had already invested in the Foliant laminator and so adding the foiling unit was a quick and easy option.”

The Foliant Multi-functional Inprinting Unit makes foiling and spot varnish fast and affordable for short run and personalised print. It transforms output by applying foil or varnish to a pre-printed black toner. The sheet can then be reprinted mono or four colour. It runs a wide range of colours including gold, silver, red and green and a clear gloss for spot varnish.

He continues: “We had a great service from IFS. It went in smoothly and is perfectly timed for the festive season. The fact it is a digital process means the work can be turned around in just a few hours.”

As for return on investment Dan Skeen states: “It has already paid for itself!”