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A
Digital Commitment in Australasia
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Coates Screen
opens a local digital facility to serve growing local businesses.
Coates Digital is
dedicated to the development and supply of digital print systems and
consumables. It draws on resources and experience within the Group, as a
major supplier to both the large format and non-impact print industries.
This year, Coates Digitalıs activity has been expanded to include service
to Australian and New Zealand printers.
In both
locations, Coates Screen is dedicated to digital printing, and feels that
this complements the existing screen printing business in many ways.
As Brett Turner, Product Manager, Screen Inks Marketing, in Sydney, says,
"We intend to service this rapidly expanding area of work with
sophisticated equipment, inks, and suitable print media. Not only are we
going to be supplying world-class products, we will provide world-class
service from the point of enquiry through to after-sales production. The
success of this division hinges on our service, and on our understanding
that lesson one for any digital supplier is that urgent means urgent, not
just once but ten-fold".
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The Series XII setting the standard.
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The new division
started work on 1st July, and has been well received by the many customers
to have already visited the fully equipped showroom at the Coates
Wetherill Park sales and distribution center. This facility is designed to
cater for all aspects of digital print and origination, and is scheduled
to grow with demand.
The latest
ColorMark Pro 5000 print server along with the wide format DisplayMaker
Series XII printer have been installed. Serviced with Macıs and a range
of application software, the unit can receive files and demonstrate the
features and technical and commercial advantages of this superb equipment
on a variety of substrates to suit customersı needs. "Customers can
try before they buy," is a promise Turner set from the outset.
"We were well aware of the technical support requirements to serve
digital customers, which is why we have not only built a solid foundation
and partnership with MacDermid ColorSpan, but also brought in Mathew Philp,
formerly of ColorSpan Europe".
Mathew will be
invaluable in this role, and in the building stages of this new division,
bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear. Mathew and his
young family have moved into the Hills district in the NW of Sydney, and
are currently acclimatizing after one of the warmest of European summers.
Mathew has lived in Amsterdam for the last 19 years, where he specialised
in digital, computer and electro-mechanical devices. For the past 6 years,
he has applied his skills to digital printing equipment, and is now
regarded as an industry expert. In the last 3 years, he has used this
background to train ColorSpan technical staff, as well as conducting field
support to customers and advising on countless installations throughout
Europe.
Mathew describes
himself as a roaming Canadian with hobbies as diverse as rollerblading,
building and installing hardware systems, carpentry, clothes design
and music. Born in 1957, moving to South Africa in 1970, to Amsterdam in
1981 and now to Australia, he is now settled to the extent that one of the
few remaining adjustments he is working on is to the 375 ml Australian
beer bottle. We hear it takes time! Certainly local customers are free to
contact Mathew to discuss bottle sizes or digital applications (mobile;
0408 678 838, or on 9757 7444).
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