Rapid Press established in 1989 as a commercial printer with offset and silkscreen printing facilities is today a
Key player in the print industry serving most FMCG Companies. From a modest one printing machine they are
now equipped with Digital printing, Large Format printing and in house Pre Press and Post Press like Folding,
saddle stitching, perfect binding etc.
Providing quality service with high print standard has always been Rapid Press commitment, thus Rapid Press
adopted colour management in their workflow and is always on the lookout for improvement on quality and
service.
Before Contitech approach Rapid Press to introduce ContiTech’s laserline service and products. Rapid Press was
using Offset Blankets and Photopolymer plates for their offset in line water base vanishing. It was very time
consuming to cut design onto the blankets, and both Offset blankets and Photopolymer plates would not last
long on the press. Set up time was also long (about half hour). On top of all these it was almost impossible to
produce fine details on vanishing with Offset blankets and photopolymers.
When Mr Henry Leong and Mr. Maurice Jow, Directors of Rapid Press learns of ContiTech Laserline, they were
keen to test it out, and a set of goals were put on the table for ContiTech to achieve.
The aim of this test was to achieve
1. Long lasting plate for offset vanishing
2. Capable of reproducing fine details
3. Easy handling
4. Cut down set up time
5. Reduce cost.
Mr Henry Leong and Mr. Maurice Jow, Directors of Rapid Press with
Operators of their Speedmaster offset machine
ContiTech took the challenge and proceeded with the test. The results was mind blowing. The CSX laserline
materials that was used for this application achieved all the set goals and even exceeded the expectation on the
life spend of the plate. The very one single CSX vanishing plate was able to last on the press for all the different
design variants and still able to be use for reprints. This works out to millions of print runs per CSX plate, on top
of this, the set up time was cut from half hour to 10 min.
Conti Laserline CSX material not only save cost for Rapid Press but also help them to be more productive.