Horizon’s Vanguard investment is central sustainability driver in green award win

BRIXEN, Italy — July 4, 2023 — Horizon Digital Print’s funding in a Vanguard Europe digital machine – the primary in Eire – is the central focus of its sustainability drive that has resulted in scooping Eire’s nationwide Inexperienced Producer Award forward of the likes of world manufacturers reminiscent of Coca-Cola.

Described as a wonderful user-friendly machine printing wonderful high quality merchandise 10 occasions sooner than beforehand at a fraction of the associated fee, Dublin-based Horizon Digital Print has additionally introduced a serious funding in Vanguard Europe guardian firm Durst’s LIFT ERP software program because it continues its development and transformation into one in all Europe’s most sustainable and modern printing corporations.

Coca-Cola HBC Eire and Northern Eire was additionally among the many 10 finalists within the Inexperienced Enterprise and Sustainability Inexperienced Awards 2023 through which Horizon triumphed in The Inexperienced Producer class. The sturdy Vanguard VKR3200-HS roll-to-roll UV-LED printer working at velocity of as much as 3,000 sq ft per hour. Horizon Digital Print, which employs 100 folks, has an €11m turnover and relies throughout two websites in Navan Highway, Dublin. Its main markets outdoors of Eire are the UK and France.

“The Vanguard is a wonderful, versatile and user-friendly machine – uncomplicated and the standard of print is superb,” mentioned Declan Kelly, Print Supervisor at Horizon Digital Print. “It has super-fast turnaround time, and the price of the facility consumption is predicted to be a tenth of the facility our earlier system, due to the LED performance. The Vanguard is so versatile – from materials, PE, paper, mesh, PVC vinyl amongst many the supplies we print on. It is a perfect product for our wants, with excellent picture high quality, and is extraordinarily dependable. For one in all our purchasers in Dublin, JCDecaux, now we have many optimistic feedback in regards to the high quality of the lightbox skins which can be all produced on the Vanguard. We had a painless set up that solely took two days adopted by a few days coaching.”

Derek Gillen, Managing Director of Horizon Digital Print, mentioned: “As an already established Durst manufacturing home, investing in but extra state-of-the-art know-how – this time from Vanguard – is a vital step ahead. Our massive focus has been on power discount, which is why we had been much more delighted to be win the Inexperienced Producer Award this 12 months, within the course of beating the likes of family names reminiscent of Coca-Cola and others. The choice to buy the Vanguard was on the centre of sustainability drive – it’s due to its inexperienced credentials.”

Fabian Sottsas, Managing Director of Vanguard Europe, mentioned: “We’re delighted with this primary set up in Eire and to have performed our half within the Horizon sustainability and wider firm success story. It’s all a part of the Vanguard rising what you are promoting technique the place we work in partnership to assist ship new alternatives by way of our know-how. The Vanguard VK3200 roll-to-roll machine units new requirements with excessive print high quality and efficiency that’s obtainable at a aggressive worth level.”

Posted: July 4, 2023

Supply: Vanguard Europe

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