Source: Australian Printer
Date: November 2007
Worldwide Making Major Investments
FRANCHISE operator Worldwide Online Printing has doubled its NSW print capacity with the opening of a new print hub in Sydney, equipped with a fivecolour A1 Ryobi 925, the company's first 40" press.
At the same time Worldwide opened a new $1.5m digital only print centre in Brisbane on Thursday, to meet the demand in the boom state for instant printing. The high-tech new hub takes Worldwide's investment in print technology, equipment and facilities to $4.5m this year, and will says the company dramatically improve digital production and personalisation efficiencies for the 4,000 local business customers of Worldwide's 21 Qld retail Centres.
The new 16,000iph Ryobi is the focal point of the latest $4.5m investment by Worldwide, and joins an existing four-colour A2 Ryobi, and a new Kodak CTP system in the Alexandria plant. The new hub is operational 24 hours a day six days a week, and will produce a remarkable 350 jobs a day for its client base, which are the 19 NSW Worldwide franchisees, who between them have around 4000 customers. It has the capacity to produce 100 million letterheads a year.
Worldwide's managing director Mark Manderson says Worldwide is not chasing the A1 market with the new press, rather the company will use the press in its gang-job strategy for quick and low cost printing.
Production central: opening the new Worldwide print production hub in Sydney are NSW Senator Marise Payne and Worldwide CEO Mark Manderson
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