All Color Printers Drives Folding Carton Growth with HEIDELBERG Speedmaster XL 106s

All Color Printers, a family-owned print shop based in Deer Park, NY, recently upgraded its capabilities with the installation of a Speedmaster XL 106-7+L from HEIDELBERG. The new press, which joins an XL 106 installed in 2020, marks the company’s first press dedicated entirely to folding carton production. With roots in commercial printing, All Color’s recent investment highlights its strategic focus on developing its growing packaging business.

The Next Chapter

Started in 1959, All Color has steadily expanded its footprint as a trade and commercial printer on Long Island under the leadership of the Bogue family. When Steven Bogue, the current President and CEO, joined his father Billy at the family business in 2010, they worked together to strategically position the company as one of the region’s leading print providers, known for high quality products at affordable prices. This approach led to key investments in several Speedmaster presses from HEIDELBERG, including the company’s first XL 106 with Push to Stop technology, installed in 2017.

As Steven later took over full control of the company with help from brother and Vice President, Will Bogue, All Color began transitioning its focus from commercial work to custom folding carton production. To support this shift, All Color needed to invest in efficiency boosting, cutting-edge, high-speed equipment. In 2020, it installed a second XL 106 – a five-color UV machine with coater.

“The XL 106 continues to stand out as the only press that offers us both the flexibility and quality we need to meet the dynamic demands of our clients,” said Steven Bogue.

Today, All Color is a nationally recognized packaging printer, focused on producing custom folding cartons for the food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and cannabis industries. With its eyes set on further expansion, the company recently installed a Speedmaster XL 106-7+L earlier this year to replace its 2017 XL 106. Although the new press replaces a relatively recent model by industry standards, Steven said its newest XL 106 represents the “next chapter” in All Color’s business as it continues to shift its focus to industrial folding carton production.

Propelling the Business Forward

With speeds up to 18,000 sph, All Color’s seven-color XL 106 is equipped with UV curing and HEIDELBERG’s latest technology including Push to Stop, AutoPlate Pro, Prinect Inpress Control 3, and the HEIDELBERG UX, featuring AI-powered press assistance systems. Designed with a raised platform and enhanced logistics in both the feeder and delivery, this press is the company’s first “true” folding carton machine.

“Our new XL 106 will propel our packaging business forward,” said Will Bogue. “With its lightning-fast speeds, cutting-edge technology, and advanced color and quality control features, we can complete jobs with the efficiency, consistency, and timeliness that our packaging customers expect.”

All Color’s XL 106 features both Prinect Inpress Control 3 and Prinect Image Control 4 to streamline color and quality control processes, essential in the precision-focused folding carton industry. With Inpress Control, All Color’s operators let the press handle color management, a task that would be impossible to perform manually at high speeds. The industry-leading inline spectrophotometer automatically measures, adjusts, and registers color on the fly, at any speed. The Bogues, who first purchased an XL 106 with this technology in 2017, shared, “Inpress Control is a game-changer. We’ll never buy a press without it again. The consistency it provides enables us to produce high-quality work – day in and day out – which has been vital to our success.”

To further improve folding carton quality, All Color utilizes Prinect Image Control 4, which provides precise measurement technology for consistent color, proof matching, and error detection. With 50 million measuring points, it can detect even the smallest print deviations that might be missed by the human eye. Together, these technologies greatly reduce All Color’s makeready time and overall run waste – crucial when working with costly board stocks.

All Color uses HEIDELBERG’s Prinect Production Manager to drive production from job entry and preflighting to platemaking with its Suprasetter, providing essential information to the press for the autonomous Push to Stop process. Will explained, “We rely on Prinect because it helps our press operators maximize the performance of the equipment.”

In addition, Prinect allows All Color to generate real-time performance reports with key metrics such as average run speed, run length, makeready time, and waste sheets for each press. Currently, the company’s 2020 XL 106 boasts an impressive OEE of over 40%, with average waste of less than 1%.

As the Bogues look ahead to the next evolution of their business, Steven said, “An investment in HEIDELBERG has always meant an investment in ourselves and our company. As we continue to grow our company, we know that HEIDELBERG will be right there to have our back and support us.”

Source: Heidelberg

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