Griffin Press eyes more digital growth after 200% rise

The Adelaide-based company, which is owned by PMP, established its on-demand 'Book Factory' unit in January 2009 by investing in a Xerox Nuvera 288 digital press for the B&W text pages.

"Digital is an area that's growing our business and right now we are looking at what our next digital investment will be," said Griffin Press general manager Ben Jolly.

Jolly attended international print show Ipex in the UK in May to view the latest developments from digital vendors.

The Book Factory stores books as digital files print and can print runs as low as one copy, despatching orders to customers within days.

Meanwhile, Griffin Press has also expanding its larger volume booking printing service with an investment in a second C Format book press in January this year.

The press complements the existing B and C Format Timson coldset book presses already in operation at its Salisbury plant and gives the company scope to flex its output up and down.

"We were finding at certain times of year we were capacity constrained," said Jolly.

Griffin Press produces books for publishers of all sizes at its "technologically advanced" manufacturing plant at Salisbury South, Adelaide.

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