Oosterhout, September 2015
QIPC – EAE has sold yet another Performance
Package. The Performance Package, which comprises an update of current systems
from EAE and extra automation features from Q.I. Press Controls, ensures
greater efficiency and product improvements for printing firms. The package
also helps bring about even faster return-on-investment times then the products
of Q.I. Press Controls and EAE do separately. This time it was the turn of IPM
Press Print (formerly known as Sodimco)
in Anderlecht, Belgium to buy the QIPC - EAE
package.
QIPC – EAE has sold yet another Performance
Package. The Performance Package, which comprises an update of current systems
from EAE and extra automation features from Q.I. Press Controls, ensures
greater efficiency and product improvements for printing firms. The package
also helps bring about even faster return-on-investment times then the products
of Q.I. Press Controls and EAE do separately. This time it was the turn of IPM
Press Print (formerly known as Sodimco)
in Anderlecht, Belgium to buy the QIPC - EAE
package.
IPM Press Print has been experiencing
problems of stability in its printing processes. For the past few years, print
quality has been inconsistent, with a lot of wastage in the start-up phase and
during print runs. Q.I. Press Controls took IPM Press Print on a fact-finding
mission to several well-known printing plants in the Netherlands where Q.I. Press
Controls had its IDS-3D installed. The Q.I. Press Controls system clearly left
an impression on IPM Press Print. Round the conference table, the systems
offered by EAE became another item on the agenda. The joint-venture between
QIPC – EAE soon created the possibility of a combined Performance Package: IPM
Press Print has welcomed this joint package with open arms.
Q.I. Press Controls’ Head of Sales, Erwin
van Rossem explains exactly what a “Performance Package” entails: “A
Performance Package offers customers the chance to upgrade their current
systems and combine these with other additional automation features. This will
lead to improved performance and to greater production reliability at the same
time. Thanks to the merger, QIPC – EAE is able to effectuate projects with even
greater efficiency.” In addition to improved operating reliability, the
customer gets a much quicker return on investment. What's more, by implementing
a project even more efficiently, an attractive all-in-one deal can be provided.
IPM Press Print's Performance Package is
intended for its Goss Universal, with four towers and two folders. In IPM Press
Print's case, the package consists of the following components: 1) Six Q.I.
Press Controls mRC-3D cut-off controls with optional Automatic Ink Mist
Shield (AIMS) and side-lay control. 2) Eight Q.I. Press Controls IDS-3D colour
controls and colour register with optional AIMS, Fan-out light, Dampening
control and Fault detection. 3) Q.I. Press Controls Intelligent Quality
Management (IQM), to monitor all the processes. 4) EAE integration for all Q.I.
Press Controls systems. 5) An EAE upgrade for the existing INFO System. 6) An
EAE upgrade for the three current control platforms. Whenever QIPC – EAE
carries out maintenance in the future, a single QIPC – EAE technician will be
on hand to service products from both Q.I. Press Controls and EAE.
The automation package will have several
concrete effects for IPM Press Print's activities. First of all, the package's
improved ease-of-use will reduce manpower requirements to a single full-time
employee. The fully automated cut-off control and Fan-out control will also
result in drastic savings in waste, in the knowledge that this is now around
3,000 copies per start-up period. Last but not least, the whole package will
lead to improved consistency when it comes to product quality.
The Performance Package is a direct result
of the collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and EAE. The QIPC – EAE
combination is already reaping its rewards and instilling confidence in
clients. Erwin van Rossem hopes that QIPC – EAE will sell more Performance
Packages in the future. The investment in the Performance Package will pay for
itself in a matter of years. “It is a win-win situation for both ourselves
and the customer,” concludes Erwin van Rossem.
