Productivity in printing is our watchword. That we stand for and that we realize. Newspaper production is globally facing major challenges; declining circulation, excess capacity, profitability and an uncertain future. Investment bands for the new press will most likely be extended. At the same time the utilization of many printing presses increases as a result in gaining efficiency. The requirements for profitability, quality and prduction stability remains.
A rapidly growing part of our business is investment in existing equipment, called Retrofit. In most cases one can distinguish two types of retrofit projects, those that focus on efficiency and quality improvements measures and those who have to hedge production stability, availability of spare parts and support. For our part, this is two parts usually integrated in the same project.
DCOS can offer complete solutions for most presses and auxiliary systems regardless of brand of existing drive and control systems. Our strength is the breadth , we can offer, combined with flexible cost effective solutions. A retrofit project can include upgrading one single system or several systems or functions of the printing press and its auxiliaries. In our offer is a solution for each function.
Retrofit projects most of the time starts with an analysis phase where we, together with the customer reviews the requirements, conditions and production needs in relation to existing equipment and work out an idea of the final solution optimized for the expected life of the machine. When the final solution is defined, it is not uncommon for us to break down the performance of the segment which is then prioritized according to the machine conditions and needs. This in oder to spread the investment over a period of time and still addressing critical risks, and often by directly creating efficiencies and imporvments that help with repayment of the investment.
The solution for each print shop is tailored to their individual needs and based on a combination of our systems.
DCOS has an efficeint and streamlined organization that puts value on finding synergies and simplicity of what we do. While many insist on offering comprehensive solutions to complex issues, our aim is to find simple solutions. This is why we can offer the most affordable retrofit solution.
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