Horizon PF-40L and CRF-362

Rotherham quick printer, John Brailsford Printers has installed a Horizon PF-40L B3+ paper folder and a Horizon CRF-362 creaser folder to eliminate hand folding, streamline production and improve profit margins.

We like to be trendsetters,” explains owner and managing director John Brailsford. “We were the first operation in the region to install a Presstek 52DI waterless press and the folder and creaser are first to the Rotherham area too. We have a long-standing relationship with IFS and trust the Horizon build so implicitly that we bought the machines without demonstration and it was a significant investment. We were getting to the point where most customers wanted work creased and folded. When jobs came off our digital press we also needed a way to prevent cracking and previously it was costly in time and labour or it was being hand folded in-house which also cost both. I know we will look back and wish we had done it sooner. Previously we would produce overs – so for a 250 run job we would print say 275. Now, with this easy to set up system, we don’t need any overs as every sheet is accurately finished.” The operation also invested in a Horizon PF-40L which replaced an aging Morgana folder. Mr Brailsford explains: “It was time to upgrade and we looked at Morgana products but the Horizon system was very easy to use and built to last. With both systems we are at least 50% faster in folding and creasing. Where we would have quoted a longer turnaround time before we are now faster. We can be more job competitive which means we are able to win more orders.