Verhaag Drukkerij invests in ROLAND EVOLUTION with LED-UV technology.

Verhaag Drukkerij located in Oldenzaal (The Netherlands) has invested in a Manroland offset press with the latest LED UV technology. The successful professional printer from the east of the country has chosen the ROLAND 708P EVOLUTION press with eight printing units (4/4) and UV dryer. The press was installed on the 1st of August 2017.

The energy-saving revolutionary UV drying makes sure that the sheets are dry when they come out of the press. This enables huge savings on lead time, enabling Verhaag Drukkerij to deliver faster and at unrivaled print quality on a large number of substrates.

Faster & Better

In his function of Technical Director at Verhaag Drukkerij, Mr. Hendrik Jan van Heteren is responsible for the investment. "The new press will be replacing our existing presses. The press fills the demand for smaller high quality runs and fast delivery. We can dramatically reduce the delivery times, and that's because the customer just asks for it."

Verhaag Drukkerij produces all kinds of printed matter, from which brochures and magazines represent an important part.

Van Heteren: "It does not only concern delivery time, we also want to increase our quality. Because the sheets are dry when they come out of the press, the ink no longer has the time to get into the paper and fade. What comes out of the press approaches the digital printed material of the HP Indigo's. This also benefits interchangeability".

ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION

The option of energy saving LED UV drying technology on the ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION press offers a lot of advantages to the printers: more vibrant colours, a higher productivity on a wide range of substrates, significant cost savings and environmental benefits as well as a greatly increased profitability for short runs. LED UV technology provides immediate drying on paper, synthetic or metalized substrates and because there is no longer a need for spray powder, it offers huge advantages for the environment.

The power and control units for LED UV are compact and energy saving, with a power consumption of only 50-70% compared to LEC UV and of only 20% - 30% compared to traditional UV drying, as such they leave a much smaller ecological footprint. They are fully integrated into the press and the segmentation of the power yields additional savings. LED UV drying makes short work of the marking issues on the press and combines a higher colour luster with more sharpness, while removing the need for a protective coating. The ink dries immediately under the LED UV light, so that no further surface protection is required. Because the LED process generates UV light without heat, the presses can run with low pile temperature, without curling of the paper or other register problems.

While listing the advantages of the LED UV drying technology on the ROLAND EVOLUTION press, Stefan Finger, Head of the R&D department at Manroland Sheetfed, gave the following comment: "The advantages of the LED UV technology on the ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION are triple: better printing quality than we ever thought possible, combined with significantly lower energy consumption and an immediate finishing after production, offering a significantly higher efficiency."

LED technology can be applied to the majority of ROLAND presses, both new as retrofit.

For additional information please contact your local Manroland office or mail to evolution@manrolandsheetfed.com

Verhaag Drukkerij located in Oldenzaal (The Netherlands) invested in a R 708P EVOLUTION with the latest LED UV technology.

About Verhaag Drukkerij

The bookshop that was established by Jan Verhaag in 1904 has grown into a modern printing company in recent decades. For the largest part of its existance the printing company has been settled in Oldenzaal. In July 2009 Verhaag Drukkerij has been recorded into the Lammerink Groep, unifying companies which are active in different sectors. Since June 2011 Verhaag Drukkerij is operating from the current building located at Zutphenstraat 6a in Oldenzaal.

About Manroland Sheetfed

Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is a leading German producer of sheetfed offset litho printing presses. Founded in 1871, the company is one of the oldest producers of printing presses in the world. Today the company has its own subsidiaries in over 40 countries and is a global watchword for supreme quality and reliability. Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of the privately owned UK engineering group, Langley Holdings plc.