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1st swissQprint Nyala 3S
goes into CMP
Full service Sydney printer Clarke Murphy Print steps up for its 5th flatbed machine, with another to come from the Swiss company, after seeing the swissQprint operate at Fespa.
The normally private Sydney printer CMP opened its signage division facility
to allow Phil Trumble’s Pozitive, the local swissQprint agent, to host an open house showcasing the latest Nyala 3S to a select group of customers. The fastest flatbed ever to come from the highly regarded manufacturer was
put through its paces by Adriano Gut, product manager, who made the trip from Switzerland.
The Nyala 3S (the S stands
for speed) is a single pass CMYK production unit with a top speed of 370sqm in billboard mode on the 3.2 x 2 meter flatbed. The highly engineered machine has tandem print mode and an endless vacuum that eliminates masking on the table. According to Gut, who is well known to the local industry from his time with Pozitive, it is energy efficient – he says one hour’s operation uses the same power it takes to boil two kettles of water.
Already up and running at CMP over long shifts, six days a week,
the Nyala 3S produced a number of jobs in different speed modes during the demonstration, including four different sheet jobs, front and rear, with zero downtime. Trumble made the point that although jobs are often printed on large sheets, most are
cut down to poster size. The endless vacuum makes sheetfed printing just as productive as roll to roll.
Same same but...
The team at swissQprint regards the new generation Nyala as a radically changed model, even though it looks the same as those that came before. It has LED curing and a new wiring system for its electronics.
Above:
Celebrating the first swissQprint Nyala 3S in Australia: (l-r) Benn Murphy, Phil Trumble, and over from Switzerland, Adriano Gut
“The Nyala 3S prints in a completely new way for us. We always focused on delivering the highest quality, and we had to convince management that a fast billboard mode was what the market also wanted,” said Gut. “It’s still high quality but it’s productive and reliable at the highest speed.”
He made the point that it has
been ten years since the first hand- assembled swissQprint machine came from the factory. It took the company two and a half years to reach 100 installations; by the end of this year he expects 1,100 installs.
Pozitive has been the exclusive swissQprint agent in Australia for the six years since Geoff Tower
and Lynette Vella, Digital Graphix, bought the first Impala here. It’s still running strongly at the Castle Hill plant. Both were at the open house yesterday at CMP and a beaming Tower reckons that first Impala “made our business”.
Positive news
for Pozitive
In a further sign of its expanding role in the industry, Trumble’s company is the new Monti Antonio agent
for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Global leader in the manufacture of flatbed and calendar heat presses for dye sublimation, fixation and bonding, the Italian company has high praise for its new local partner.
“Pozitive are experts in digital textile printing systems and I am pleased to be able to work alongside them after watching their growth for many years,” says Alessandro Silva, sales director of Monti Antonio. “They have proven themselves to be technically competent, passionate about our industry, and highly professional in representing major brands. I am excited to welcome them to the Monti Antonio family.”
According to Trumble, his company’s long history in apparel and sportswear markets, coupled with a strong foothold in the soft signage and graphics markets, will
be the springboard to growth of the Monti Antonio brand in Australia and the Pacific Islands. “Monti Antonio equipment completes our total solution offering and gels perfectly with our wide portfolio of quality printing equipment, transfer paper and inks, along with our expertise in colour management,” he says.
Trumble is also delighted to have Bruce Gathercole – a veteran of
the textile industry with 25 years experience in representing Monti Antonio – join the team in textile sales based in Melbourne.
“Bruce’s knowledge and expertise in textile printing and finishing made him an obvious choice to join our growing team,” says Trumble. “We’ve worked together on projects over
the years and I am delighted to be able to have Bruce join our team in a permanent role, with a strong focus on textile markets.” 21
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