DecTek has capped off a busy year of investment with three more new machines, including its sixth Titanium cutter.

Supplied by International Graphic Supplies (IGS) in October, the Pontypridd-based company bought the Titanium 0912 following a visit to the machine’s product launch at The Print Show in Birmingham in September.

DecTek said it had seen a significant increase in prototype, short-run packaging in its digital print department and required another fully automatic digital cutter-creaser to cope with the volume of orders.

Singing the praises of the kit, manufactured by JWEI, DecTek owner Mike Beese told Printweek that over one recent weekend, four of the company’s IGS cutters had turned out £30,000 worth of product.

The DecTek digital print department is managed by Beese’s son Harri Beese, who is also chairman of TUG, the Titanium User Group.

The business is the largest customer install site for IGS, also operating cutters ranging from the Titanium 0806, an 800x600mm device, through to the Titanium 3032, a large 3x3.2m cutter with router.

The company’s new £34,000 Titanium 0912 has a maximum cutting area of 900x1,200mm and features automatic loading and unloading of material. The four-station tooling includes an electronic oscillating tool, drag knife, kiss cut knife, and creasing wheel.

Materials typically being cut and creased on the device range from paper through to card, plastics up to 6mm thick, label, foamboard, and corrugate.

A high resolution registration camera ensures cutting printed jobs accurately to register. To maximise the automatic production, the Titanium 0906 can automatically load and cut 300 B1 sheets.

With the QR code recognition three B3 sheets can be loaded simultaneously, performing several functions in the same pass without stopping for a tool change.

IGS managing director Peter Flynn commented: “Digitally cutting any shape, the Titanium 0912 is the ideal solution for the lucrative prototype, short run packaging and digitally cut labels market with no requirement for costly cutting dies.”

DecTek, which also runs Canon and Ricoh digital presses and Duplo and Vivid finishing kit, also last week took delivery of an HP Latex printer with white ink, supplied by Papergraphics, and an Epson DTG device from Xpres.