Services

Lamination

Lamination is used to enhance the appearance and add a protective surface to a variety of printed media:

Magazine Covers, Book Jackets, Catalogues, and Press Folders.

Our standard finishes are Gloss, Matt & Silk, we also stock Soft Touch, Anti Scratch Matt and Bio- Degradable in both Matt & Gloss. We stock some Textured & Holographic designs but these items, in general, would require a special order.

We can laminate all sheet sizes from 320mm x 225mm up to 1400mm x 1040mm and sheet weight from 90gsm.

Spot UV

Our Spot UV (ultra violet) processes can be used on many printed materials such as brochures, flyers, book covers and business cards allowing specific areas to be enhanced and improve product impact.

Normally these areas are Gloss varnished, we can offer a number of speciality finishes such as Matt, Tinted, Hi-Build, Glitter (Sparkle) and Textured (Sand).

Die Cutting

Our Sanwa flatbed cutting & creasing machine is capable of producing a variety of processes: Creasing, Perforating, Kiss Cutting, Die Cutting & Embossing.

With the facility for Auto-Stripping and the ability to run material from 120gsm to 1500 Micron, working from sheet size from 320mm x 450mm to 720 x 1020mm, makes it the ideal machine for the full range of commercial die cutting.

For smaller format work we also have 2 x Heidelberg Cylinders.

Collating

We have a 14 Station Collator and a 24 Station Collator, we can collate sizes from A6 up to B3.

Foiling

We can now offer foiling at our Dartford factory as we have installed 4 x Foiling Machines, capable of running from A4 - B2.

See Foiling page for more info.

PUR Binding

Our Horizon book binder BQ-470 is capable of binding books A5-A4 Portrait & Landscape with a maximum spine width of 50mm and operating speed of up to 1,350 books per hour.

PUR Binding creates a tough pliable base that is resistant to extreme temperature - Hot or Cold

Hand Finishing

The specification of your job may require an element of hand finishing. Our Skilled Bench Workers allows us to keep control right up to the finished product.

Our Hand Finishing includes Drilling, Binder Fulfilment, Hand collating, Hand Folding, Glue dotting, Velcro dotting, Chrome Studs, Taping and much more.

Please contact us with your specific job requirements.

Gluing

The Moll Gluer is ideal for long runs it has enabled us to move into new markets, offer our clients a more complete service and at the same time keep control of quality and timing.

We are able to produce mailers, cartons, pocket folders, envelopes and various Multi Media Packaging.

Others Print Finishing Services include Phosphorescent (Glow-in-the-Dark), Thermochromic (Heat Sensitive), Textured
Please feel free to contact us for more details