Stockholm-based advertising and action marketing products specialist Screenbolaget has become the first company in Europe to buy a VK300D-HS LED UV flatbed printer with ten printheads.
Changing market requirements and a need for fast job turnarounds with high volume digital production were behind the investment by the 12m Euro company, which is organically growing by around 7% a year and employs 42.
The Vanguard is the fifth machine it has purchased through distributor Marabu. “Until this summer around 90% of our work was roll-to-roll and 10% was flatbed,” said Patrick Nermark, Screenbolaget CEO. “But flatbed volumes quadrupled going into the Swedish elections in September, and these are still more than at least double since then.
“We could not have taken on all this extra work without investing in a Vanguard machine – our fifth through our partner Marabu, with whom we have a very long and strong relationship. Vanguard has an excellent reputation. It produces state-of-the-art machines and heads with a huge volume capacity. The VK300D series is a rigid, stable machine and has been a revolution. It is at least five times faster than our old machine. Now we have a lot more business opportunities.”
Formed in late 2021, Vanguard Europe is the European subsidiary of Vanguard Digital Printing Systems Corporation, which has its global headquarters in Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA. The company has its European base in Brixen, Italy, near to parent company Durst Group’s global headquarters. The VK300D-HS UV was launched at Fespa Global in May. It incorporates a high-speed electromagnetic drive system that propels the carriage at speeds of up to 1.8m per second for 60 boards an hour.
