Q&A WITH S&G’S ANDREW L.G. JONES


bindery has just recorded their highest number of folded sections in a month, nearly 24 million. These are all fantastic figures and demonstrates to everyone our capabilities here.


WE ANNOUNCED A £4.2M INVESTMENT PROGRAMME IN THE BINDERY LAST YEAR, HOW’S THAT TAKING SHAPE? We’re actually ahead of where we thought we’d be at this stage. The first B9 was installed in August 2016 plus we’re also seeing the value of our two new high-speed stitchers. These additions have


made a considerable impact. The quality of finish is superb and the efficiency has increased.


we use and also how we operate it. One recent area we focused on was the shift pattern within


WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER AREAS OF THE COMPANY? We constantly appraise all aspects of our company, both the equipment that


available. For example, I’m pretty satisfied with the Heidelbergs we have in our press hall, but if you relax and become complacent, that’s when you lose focus and lose your edge.


WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT TO OTHER COMPANIES? I know I’m biased but the quality of our work is superb and I believe we’re the best at what we do. Our Management Information system is also a stand out feature that is unique and tailor-made for us. From the moment we provide you with a quotation for your title, we can then confirm a detailed time and date in our production schedule. The minute that you confirm the order, the paper stock is allocated (ordered if a special


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Our teams had on-site training from Muller Martini during the install and they’ve simply run with it. We have just installed an additional mailing line, which provides us with duplicity of all kit throughout factory.


the bindery, moving from a four shift pattern to a five shift pattern. We needed to address this area to accommodate the increase in demand for perfect bound work from our clients. When it comes to equipment, we are always looking at what’s


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delivery). Your job is then booked into the system by your dedicated customer account handler and your production slot is allocated into our production schedule.


“...if you want your company to be a success and trading for years to come, you have to plan accordingly and not make rash decisions.”


There’s full transparency


throughout our production process and we encourage our customers to come and see for themselves what we can do for them.


WHAT’S ON THE HORIZON? We’re always looking at what’s available in the marketplace and any new innovations that could help our production process. I’m particularly interested to see the latest tech soon to be available on the new Heidelberg presses.


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