{"id":816,"date":"2019-03-06T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T14:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acornwebnews.co.uk\/?p=816"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:23:59","slug":"acorn-invests-in-new-32pp-lithoman-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornwebnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/03\/06\/acorn-invests-in-new-32pp-lithoman-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Acorn invests in new 32pp Lithoman press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Acorn Web, the\nmagazine printer, continues its focus on short to medium run A4 and A5\nmagazines by adding a new 32pp Lithoman press from manroland Goss web systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author:\u00a0News Desk InPublishing<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted on: 10\nJanuary 2019 06:24<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Carry: “Going forward, we will have much more capacity and already have some great opportunities lined up.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The West Yorkshire based printer purchased\nthe new press to replace one of its 16pp Rotoman web presses and so meet the\nchanging needs of its publishing clients. This forms part of a \u00a36m spend that\nalso includes additional warehousing, factory layout improvements and two\nplatemaking lines from Agfa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Managing Director Mark Roberts\npraised the support the project had received from manroland saying that they\nhad fought hard for the business and responded perfectly to the brief, showing\na good understanding of where Acorn operates in the market: \u201cIt\nwas of great importance to the simplicity of our offering that this was a\ndouble circumference press, meaning we could continue to use the same standard\n870mm reels as our 16pp presses. The machine will give us a significant uplift\nin productivity, flexibility and quality. Most importantly, it is very\nefficient on shorter run magazines and switching from job to job which is key\nfor our portfolio of titles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to see the arrival of\nthe new 32pp Lithoman in late January and plan for it to be up and running from\nMay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lithoman with four printing units\nand an automatically adjustable folder will be equipped with a high automation\npackage. It contains inline control systems for cut-off, colour and ink\ndensity. This guarantees shortest make-ready and changeover times with the\nlowest waste. The \u2018QuickStart\u2019 and \u2018QuickStop\u2019 features are particularly\nimportant for frequent job changes, says Acorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are proud of the futureproof\nconcept we have developed together with our long-term partner Acorn Web. We are\nlooking forward to supporting this extraordinary printer for another twenty\nyears at least,\u201d says Dietmar Dotterweich, Deputy Vice President of Sales at\nmanroland Goss web systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Ellis, Managing Director of\nManroland Web Systems (UK) adds: \u201cWe have an excellent relationship with Acorn\nWeb and we are delighted that they have chosen us once again as their partner\nfor this next exciting phase of their development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acorn Sales Director Matt Carry said:\n\u201cWe work with some fantastic, intelligent publishers who have been really\nsupportive throughout the research and purchase of the press. They\u2019ve wanted to\nsee us make this happen because the low-cost sustainable magazine print we\nprovide is important to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur publishers love what we do and\nthe way that we do it, but for some, it has been a frustrating couple of years\nbecause we just haven\u2019t had the capacity to take on some of their additional\ntitles. We have had to say \u2018no\u2019 to contracts on offer and remain disciplined\nbecause we pride ourselves on not letting people down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGoing forward, we will have much\nmore capacity and already have some great opportunities lined up. The growth\npotential is exciting, but we are equally excited by the technology and\nefficiencies this press brings. Like everyone, we are facing upward cost\npressures and this will help us keep our production costs sharp for our\npublishers, many of whom tell us of their own revenue challenges as readers\nincreasingly seek free content. We know some are struggling to monetise their\ndigital content and deal with print circulation declines, so they need\nstability from us whilst they deal with that.\u201d\n\nAcorn employs 119 staff at its factory in\nNormanton and works with over 90 publishers producing over 240 periodical\nmagazines. In the year ending 30th September 2018, it posted sales of \u00a318.5m,\nsays the company.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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