Durst has announced the installation of a new Durst Rhotex 325 printer at Leach, a UK-based project management specialist in graphic displays and display structures. Since the installation, Leach has doubled the capacity of its UK factory to a 500sqm per hour print rate.
At 6.5m wide x 4.5m deep, this dye sublimation innovation produces large format graphics up to 3m wide and of any roll length. Capable of printing onto an array of materials using water-based ink, it will also widen the project briefs that Leach is able to satisfy, and is particularly important for frontlit work.
With a suite of printers within the 30,000sqm factory, Leach can now manufacture both indoor and outdoor graphics, solutions ideal for both warmer and colder climates, reusable products, as well as graphics for technologically challenging shapes, structures and specifications.
James Lavin, managing director of Leach, based in Huddersfield, Yorkshire said, ‘As demand from the retail, exhibition and heritage sectors continues to rise, we are passionate about being able to help more clients, as quickly as we can, without any detriment to quality. The addition of this cutting-edge equipment means that we now have technology capable of satisfying virtually any print brief, regardless of budget, environmental agendas, lighting specification and material preferences.’
The printer procurement process began six months ago. With other Durst machines already in-situ within Leach’s factory, the company was perhaps an obvious choice. But rigorous due diligence included a site visit to Durst’s headquarters and production facility in Brixen, northern Italy.
‘Durst is a great partner and has served us well,’ said Lavin. ‘It has a great reputation in the market for high end, high value products. It’s a company we align to and very much complements what we do. It was never realistically going to be anybody else. However, we had to be certain of the run rate and quality, and the only way to verify this was to see the Durst Rhotex 325 – and its rivals – in action. Now installed, the feedback from our customers is also that the print quality is fabulous.’
The Rhotex 325 from Durst is a dual-purpose system that can alternate between direct-to-textile and transfer printing, meaning maximum flexibility for Leach’s busy team moving forward.
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