Autobond aims to build on 2012 successes

- Drupa 2012 most successful, with manufacturing plant running non-stop since to meet demand

 

- Repeat orders and new customers filling order book

 

Autobond, the UK-based laminator and inkjet spot UV manufacturer, is looking to carry the successes it recorded during 2012 into 2013.

 

Last May's Drupa 2012 saw Autobond launch three laminators, an in-line spot UV machine and a stand-alone spot UV machine.

 

The company said it received strong feedback after exhibiting at Drupa 2012, and has received follow-up requests and orders from markets around the world, including Australia, Belgium, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, India, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Nigeria, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the USA and the UK.

 

This has included repeat orders from existing customers for second and third machines, plus new customers in new markets.

 

Autobond managing director John Gilmore (pictured, top) said: ‘Since last year’s Drupa – which was our eighth as an exhibitor and our best ever in both level of interest and number of sales – our plant has been running non-stop.

 

‘What has been most pleasing is the number of existing customers that have invested in their second or third Autobond machines. I sold a laminator to US customer Joe Tardie Sr at Presentation Folder in Los Angeles 20 years ago, which is still running today. My son Oran then sold them their second laminator to his son, Joe Tardie Jr.

 

‘We also had an order from a customer in Portsmouth in the UK who invested in a second Autobond machine 15 years after the first installation.

 

‘In addition, we have received orders from new customers in markets we’ve never entered before and have made first time installations in countries such as Iraq and Latvia. These are exciting times.’

 

Gilmore added: ‘The majority of the customers we spoke to in 2012 and since have been extremely interested in inkjet spot UV varnishing – it really captures the imagination.

 

‘We have interest in our entire machinery range from companies all over the world. In our plant, we place flags on the machines as we build them to indicate where the order has come from.

 

‘Significantly, the number of Union Flags on the machines is also encouraging, demonstrating that there is an increasing strong demand for high-quality, reliable laminators from the UK market.”  

 

In 2013, Gilmore said that Autobond wants to continue building and developing technology that will enable printers to stand out, boost their productivity and give them a unique selling point.

 

‘I will consider us very blessed if we can repeat the results of 2012 this year,’ Gilmore concluded.

 

‘We are looking forward to again working with our customers to develop more innovative technology and further expanding the Autobond brand around the world.’

 

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