British fashion house to print in-house

One of the UK’s most prestigious fashion houses has ordered a Manroland press to print its own high-quality literature.

David Nieper, a designer and manufacturer of women’s knitwear, nightwear and clothing, will take delivery of the ROLAND 704LV HiPrint (four printing units and a coating unit) in December after placing the order with Manroland Sheetfed UK – owned by Langley Holdings plc, the UK engineering group based in Nottinghamshire.

Prestigious UK fashion house, David Nieper,
the catalogue is their shop window

David Nieper sells by catalogue and online to private, upmarket clients in the UK, Europe and further afield. The catalogue is their shop window and the highest possible print quality is essential to accurately portray their merchandise in multiple languages across the world.

The ethos of the business is Made in Britain, and quality in everything – including, of course printing. Colour management is paramount with the choice of fashion fabrics, photography, and their accurate representation onto the page.

It’s essential that customers can shop with confidence – and that’s why the company chose not just to purchase their own printing press, but that it should be Manroland.

Their decision was based on the need for the highest quality print production, and the ability to upgrade, thus future-proofing the investment as much as possible.

The machine will be supplied with ‘first fit’ for LEC-Low Energy Curing, allowing for future co-operation between Manroland and David Nieper.

The family-owned company is more than 50 years old and employs more than 230 skilled people, including designers, garment cutters, seamstresses and dressmakers. Now they’ll need print operatives too!

Christopher Nieper, Managing Director, says: “It’s a big step for a fashion house to venture into printing its own catalogue in-house. All of our fashion is ‘Made in Britain’ and this will help us secure the highest quality, the most accurate colour representation and importantly, to secure local jobs.”

They chose Manroland above two other competitors and cite the quality of the printed sheet as the primary reason, along with excellent colour control to reduce deviation in colour consistency during the run.

The press will be installed in the David Nieper headquarters at Alfreton, Derbyshire, and already ideas are taking root in future improvements on the quality of distribution of products with printed boxes and tissue papers.

The David Nieper management and workers pictured outside their HQ building in Alfreton, Derbyshire (UK)

About David Nieper

David Nieper is a designer and manufacturer of women’s fashion – all Made in Britain. Based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, the fashion house was founded in 1961 and is renowned for its use of the highest quality fabrics and the personal touch it achieves in delivering world-class customer service to its customers throughout the UK and overseas.

A family business, employing 230 skilled people, including designers, garment cutters, seamstresses and dressmakers with decades of experience, we run our own Fashion Academy to educate, nurture and develop fashion and manufacturing skills for the future. For more information, visit: www.davidnieper.co.uk

About Manroland Sheetfed

Manroland Sheetfed is a leading global producer of offset printing presses for commercial, packaging, publishing applications and related technologies. The company has its own subsidiaries in over 40 countries covering Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia.

Founded over 168 years ago on the finest traditions of German engineering excellence, the name Manroland is now a global watchword for quality, precision and supreme reliability in end-to-end offset printing solutions. Manroland Sheetfed is a wholly owned subsidiary of Langley Holdings plc, a privately owned UK engineering group whose capital equipment form the core of many industrial and commercial processes around the world.