CUSTOMER STORY
Leading book printer expands capacity, increases productivity, and boosts sustainability
The Company:
One of the leading book printers in Europe, CPI Print produces 330 million books every year. With 12 production sites in five countries, the company prints hardcover and softcover books, trade publications, scientific and academic journals, technical manuals, and commercial literature. CPI’s clients include major publishing houses, administrative bodies, industrial groups, and self-publishing authors.
Challenge:
Within CPI’s print on demand (POD) facilities, orders arrive constantly and without advance notice, with clients expecting rapid turnaround times. To cope with demand, POD operations run round the clock, sometimes seven days a week during peak periods. Every print device must deliver the highest levels of productivity, stability, and quality to support production of colour book covers and millions of pages of text at speed and scale.
Solution & Benefits:
In recent years, CPI has forged a partnership with Ricoh, deploying eight RICOH Pro™ C9500 toner based sheetfed printers in France, the UK, and Germany. The Ricoh solutions have helped CPI continue to set the standard for innovation and operational excellence in European book production, providing the reliability, stability, and productivity needed for demanding, high volume short run and POD jobs.
“Our collaboration with Ricoh supports our strategy to localise more book production across Europe. The new Ricoh technology allows us to produce high quality colour and mono books more efficiently and closer to our customers — helping us reduce waste, turnaround times, and our environmental footprint.”
Martin Collyer
Divisional General Manager, CPI UK
