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About RCS
Our Facility
Careers at RCS
Our purpose built Print Production facility was completed in September 2001. It was designed from the ground up to incorporate the most up to date thinking on print works design as well as being built to the highest environmental standards.

Despite being more than six times bigger than our previous location we out grew the 25,000 square foot Production area by 2007 and built an additional 18,000 square feet in 2007.

The work flow has been designed so that orders progress efficiently through the site, from Orders, through Job Control, Design and Pre-press stages through to Print, Finishing, and Packing and finally Despatch.

The control of all stages is through our real time Management Information System. This has real time reporting so that at the click of a button the progress of any job can be tracked. The system is key to achieving guaranteed despatch on time every time.

Our Quality Control systems, which have been certified under ISO 9001, ensure that the work we despatch is always of exceptional quality. Our waste management is also to a particularly high standard and we are accredited under ISO 14001.

The tight integration of all elements of the production, our investment in the very latest technology and our continuous investment in people programme allows us to achieve exceptional reliability and quality at competitive prices.

We pride ourselves on innovating and working to provide a comprehensive product range competitively and reliably.

Our Plant list
We are sometimes asked for a list of our plant and equipment. Whilst we spend a great deal of time developing bespoke software and systems we also have much standard equipment which is listed here.
Pre Press
Careers at RCS We operate a large number of Mac and PC computers which run the software tools we need to check and edit PDF files which are sent to us. Most clients choose to have their files Pre-Print Checked and we use proprietary software to carry out this work.

Once files have been passed for print we use a Kodak Creo Prinergy system to impose and trap files ready to be ripped and run to our Platesetters. This prepress system uses Acrobat RIP technology provided by Adobe and designed to be compatible with the latest innovations in Adobe’s Postscript language and programmes.

We operate three Platesetters:
Two Kodak Creo Lotem B1 and a Kodak Magnus VLF Platesetter capable of producing plates of 2m x 1.6m size!
All Platesetters have Creo Square Spot Lasers, capable of rendering 10 micron stochastic screens.
Press Hall
Careers at RCS We operate a variety of Printing Presses to enable us to produce an unrivalled range of products.

  • KBA 162a five colour + coater press. (Able to print a maximum sheet size of 1600mm x 1180mm)
  • KBA 105 five colour press.
  • KBA 106 five colour + coater press.
  • Roland 700 B1 five colour press.

Each able to print a maximum sheet size of 1020mm x 700mm

  • Heidelberg SM52 five colour press.
  • Heidelberg SM52 four colour press.
  • Heidelberg 52 GTO two colour press.

Each able to print a maximum sheet size of 450mm x 320mm
Digital Press Hall
Careers at RCS
  • Konica Minolta Digital Press Maximum Paper size 450mm x 320mm.
  • Xeikon 5000 A2+ Format Press Maximum paper size 500mmm x Roll length (+45m).
  • Cannon IR105 High Speed Press Maximum Paper size 450mm x 320mm.
  • Numerous Roland and HP Ink Jet Poster Printers running Dye based and Solvent based inks.

If you would like to know more about the printing we undertake please go to Full Colour Printing under Production.
Finishing
Careers at RCS The range of finishing we undertake is extremely large and many of the machines we have in our finishing hall may be unfamiliar. If you would like to know more about the various types of finishing we do please refer to Finishing under Production.

  • Polar 176 Programmatic Guillotine with complete paper handling path.
  • Two Polar 137 Programmatic Guillotines with paper handling path.
  • Polar 90 Programmatic Guillotine.
  • Five Heidelberg Platten Machines with Hot Foiling, Numbering and Cutting capabilities.
  • B1 Autobond high speed Perfecting Laminating Machine.
  • Heidelberg SRA1 Cylinder Cutting and Creasing Machine.
  • Lamina Paper to Board Hairline Register Mounting Machines.
  • Atlantic Zeiser Plastic card numbering / Sig strip / Scratch off / Mag stripe line with full feedback checking.
  • Spartanics Plastic Card Cutting Machine.
  • MBO Folding system with A1 down to A4 folding capability.
  • Wohlenberg Hot Glue Perfect Binding Line.
  • Muller Martini Gather Stitch and Trim Line.
  • Coltec 56 Station Horizontal Collator.
  • Busch B4 Ram Punch.
  • Accufast Tabbing Machine.

Numerous other hand finishing machines for:
Padding, Numbering, Scoring, Round Cornering etc.
Direct Mail
  • CMC Six Station Envelope Inserter
  • Two Poly wrapping Machines
Packing
  • Shrink wrapping machine with large jaw capacity