SCR ups output with £150k spree
SCR Envelope Solutions has spent over £150,000 on new kit for its Leeds base and taken on five new staff. It's a difficult market, but we are seeing an explosion in overprint because of better technology and shorter run lengths due to budget squeezes, said managing director Steve Allott.
He has just invested in a £75,000 Halm Jet Plus XL two-colour envelope press, which can produce 50,000 envelopes per hour. This followed the recent installation of a second £90,000 Super Jet Plus XL two-colours press, which produces larger-sized envelopes. The first machine was installed a year ago, at the same time as a £130,000 four-colour Halm EM4000 four colour Envelopemaster press.
Allott and sales director Edward Welch recently recruited Richard Mellor and Paul Leeman as production managers. Sarah Beales joined the internal sales team and John Backhouse joined external sales. The 46-staff firm produces 1.4 million envelopes a day for trade customers, end users and mailing houses. The PrintWeek Top 500-listed company has a £7m turnover, said another new recruit, marketing manager Karen Forsyth.
Print Week - 18-05-2006
