Q.I. Press Controls takes first steps on the Finnish heatset market with order from PunaMusta Oy
Oosterhout, febbraio 2020
- The
Finnish printing company PunaMusta Oy will be the first heatset printing
company in the country with automation from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The
Dutch specialist in measuring and control equipment for the printing industry
supplies PunaMusta Oy with closed-loop colour control including register and cut-off
control. "A great opportunity to prove ourselves to PunaMusta Oy and other
heatset printers in the Nordic region".
Good reputation
The existing automation on the
Goss M600 press is outdated and no longer supported. PunaMusta Oy decided to
broaden the scope in the search for replacement and quickly found a new
possible partner in QIPC. Juha Kankainen, Managing Director of JK Automation
and QIPC’s agent for Finland, played an important role in bringing the two
companies together. "QIPC has a very good reputation in the printing
industry," says PunaMusta Oy’s Managing Director Jari Avellán when he
explains why he started talking to QIPC. "A visit to a reference printing
company in the Netherlands was also very convincing”.
Savings
The choice to equip the Goss
M600 with QIPC's mRC-3D system for colour register and cut-off control
and IDS-3D for colour control was then quickly made. QIPC's systems will make
the whole operation of the press, which mainly prints magazines and commercial
products, more efficient. Jari Avellán: "With this new automation we are
counting on substantial savings in waste. In addition, we believe that the
system will be more reliable and therefore we have less downtime on the
press".
First installation
PunaMusta Oy's order is a
premiere for QIPC, as it is the first heatset press in Finland to be equipped
with QIPC's systems. "PunaMusta Oy is the largest heatset printer in the
country". QIPC's Director of Global Sales & Marketing Erwin van Rossem
is delighted with the new cooperation. "In addition to this press, they
have nine other heatset presses. So this first installation is a great
opportunity for us to prove ourselves to PunaMusta Oy and other heatset
printers in the Nordic region".
Installation
A total of seven mRC-3D
cameras and two IDS-3D cameras will be installed on the Goss M600 press at the
printing facility in Joensuu, in eastern Finland. The installation is planned
to start in week 10 of 2020.
F.l.t.r: Juha Kankainen (Managing Director JK Automation), Erwin van Rossem (Director Global Sales & Marketing QIPC), Petri Koponen (Quality Manager PunaMusta), Jari Avellán (Managing Director PunaMusta), Jorma Aaltonen (Development Manager PunaMusta)
Jari Avellán"With this new automation we are counting on substantial savings in waste"