Greens extends Ricoh partnership in web-to-print investment

High Wycombe mailing and documentation specialist Greens has invested in four brand-new Ricoh toner presses to back up growth in its web-to-print business.

Greens has already taken delivery of two high volume digital Pro C9500 presses in 2024, with the second delivered this week. The pair will be joined by two Pro 8300 mono engines later in the year, allowing for shipping backlogs caused by the Red Sea crisis.

“With everything that’s going on in the Suez Canal [with Red Sea shipping interrupted], we’re a little bit behind – both C9500s were due in January. But the second one went in on Monday and should be up and running by Friday so we’re doing very well,” Kevin Francis, Greens’ operations manager told Printweek.

The new machines have joined Greens’ existing fleet of Ricoh engines, including Pro C7200, Pro C9110, along with three 8220s and an 8320, and two high-speed Kyocera inkjet TASKalfa Pro 15000c engines.

“We’ve certainly got firepower,” said Francis.

“We’ve had a lot of customers come over to us from litho, because of the turnaround we can achieve now. 

“I’ve got one particular customer who sometimes rings me up at 2.30pm – Royal Mail leaves at 4pm, and I can print, finish and dispatch within an hour and a half, to get it with them by Royal Mail overnight.”

The four new machines, once all installed, will go a long way towards cementing Green’s strong web-to-print service, which it markets under its Doxzoo brand.

Daniel Buckland, group finance director at Greens, said: “Ricoh has been a trusted partner to Greens for a number of years now. 

“This most recent investment in Ricoh technology has enabled us to further improve our existing offerings to our customers and to build further workflow automation into our production environment, which is helping to support the continuing growth of our web-to-print platform Doxzoo.  

“All of this results in enhanced operational efficiencies for our business and higher-quality output for our customers.”

Greens employs just under 60 staff at its High Wycombe factory, with additional sites in West Sussex and London.