Duprint invests in Polar N 92 Pro

Russian start-up print shop Duprint has installed and commissioned a Polar N 92 Pro with stack lift and WiMotion knock-up block in an effort to increase productivity and improve its cutting processes.

Duprint is a young company founded by sisters Olga (right) and Elena (left) Konopleva in 2013

N 92 Pro cutters include a large touchscreen, a 3D system to visualize through the control panel how the ream and its cut parts move in the cutter, and networking capabilities and the ability to receive cutting data from Compucut software. A realistic preview of the print job transferred by Compucut from Signastation is an exclusive feature of Pro models.

The Polar N 92 Pro for Duprint is equipped with a WiMotion knock-up block, with the ability to ergonomically control the backgauge movement, and the operator able to activate functions directly from the knocking block instead of using the cutter’s touchscreen display.

Duprint is a young company founded by sisters Olga and Elena Konopleva in 2013. The company specializes in label and folding carton production, and manually laminated catalogs in A2 format.

The Polar N 92 Pro was installed in April, and follows a B2 format, 5-color Heidelberg press installed last year.

Olga Konopleva, chief executive officer at Duprint, said: ‘We preferred the top-of-the-line Polar N 92 Pro to a standard model considering the long-term profitability. The decision turned out to be right, as not only do we tell the customers that our cutter is the best, but we actually improve our results now.

‘This machine helped us win new discerning customers who required the highest level of precision in cutting. Within a relatively short time after taking the N 92 Pro into operation we have seen turnover growth of 25 percent.’

Olga Konopleva added: ‘Now that we really know the quality of products that Heidelberg and its partners produce, we hope to further increase the number of machines available in the print shop. We believe the new machines will be as effective as this one with regard to the expansion of our business.’