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User Profile<br />
User Profile<br />
Corrà’s turning point with <strong>Komori</strong><br />
Grafiche Corrà, Arcole, Italy<br />
Davide Corrà (far right), Owner<br />
to live up to our expectations — both in terms<br />
of printing technology and after-sales service.<br />
When we chose the LS-840P, we thought<br />
we would just use it to print large volumes;<br />
however, as soon as it was installed we found<br />
it capable of combining great productivity with<br />
extraordinary quality. The perfecting unit was<br />
an important factor in our selection process –<br />
it was the only one that fulfilled our stringent<br />
standards,” Davide explains.<br />
The LS-840P in a 72 x 103 cm format chosen<br />
by Grafiche Corrà is a 4+4 perfector with Full-<br />
APC (automatic plate changer), three washing<br />
processes, format and sheet thickness presets,<br />
ink distributor roller washing, ink removal in<br />
all printing units, PDC-SII and connection to<br />
the PCC 2.2.x prepress.<br />
“We chose this press,” adds Davide,<br />
“because we do printing jobs that require a<br />
long perfector. In fact, we print specialized<br />
magazines for market niches that can also be<br />
sold at bookstores. But since it is a long press we<br />
can also use it as a straight press whenever we<br />
need to print very complex, six- to seven-color<br />
catalogs with a protective layer of varnish. Its<br />
printing quality amazes us and after the initial<br />
training, our operators have not experienced<br />
any problems whatsoever. We are very satisfied<br />
with its printing stability and register accuracy.<br />
It also features an in-line densitometer that<br />
guarantees optimum production and quality.”<br />
through Edigit and the <strong>Komori</strong> K-Station.<br />
“Our selection of the LS-540 + C was driven<br />
by the need to standardize our printing tools.<br />
In fact, since the plate size is the same for both<br />
presses, we can make a last-minute decision<br />
on whether to use the five-color or the eightcolor<br />
press based on their actual availability.<br />
Without any doubt this is a very important<br />
operational advantage,” Davide says.<br />
Why this choice?<br />
“We chose the <strong>Komori</strong> brand because the<br />
Lithrone S presses are completely automatic.<br />
They all perform a complete and fully automatic<br />
job changeover in just a few minutes. They are<br />
able to move sequentially through the various<br />
functions involved such as ink removal, run<br />
stopping, blanket and impression cylinder<br />
cleaning, plate changing, start-up, pre-inking,<br />
feeder activation and finally production<br />
printing itself.”<br />
“Technology is very advanced in these presses,”<br />
concludes Davide Corrà. “We chose not only<br />
for their automation, which makes changeover<br />
times so fast and quality so consistently high,<br />
but also for the <strong>Komori</strong> reliability. Plus, we<br />
enjoy an excellent relationship with the <strong>Komori</strong><br />
Italian distributor.”<br />
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<strong>Komori</strong> On Press<br />
Grafiche Corrà is a printer located in Arcole<br />
in the Verona province of northeastern Italy.<br />
For nearly a quarter of a century, the company<br />
has made careful and discerning investments<br />
to improve printing quality and productivity.<br />
The result has been steadily increasing sales<br />
turnover and a growing customer base.<br />
“Our company began in 1986 with a passion<br />
for the graphics industry,” says Davide Corrà,<br />
who is at the helm of the company along with<br />
his father, Gianni. “We are a family enterprise<br />
deeply committed to developing the print<br />
business. We’ve grown dynamically on all<br />
fronts — in sales, production capacity, facility<br />
size and employee strength. Today we are a<br />
one-stop service supplier, from prepress to<br />
packaging, offering a wide range of digital<br />
and offset solutions with outstanding quality,<br />
speed and value. This is why we dare to<br />
challenge the market: Gives us free rein and<br />
you’ll never regret it!”<br />
Corrà moves to the beat of <strong>Komori</strong><br />
Thanks to this successful growth, each<br />
department of the company features the best<br />
in terms of currently available technologies.<br />
However the printing department, with its<br />
two <strong>Komori</strong> Lithrones as the main production<br />
pillars, is truly state-of-the-art: an eight-color<br />
long press and a five-color press equipped with<br />
an acrylic varnish unit and a dryer. With the<br />
sheetfed presses, the company is able to cover<br />
the whole lithographic, commercial, publishing<br />
and paper-transformation market. And the<br />
flexibility and speed of the 72 x 103 cm format<br />
bring real quality and economic advantages for<br />
the end user. In total, 13 print units are installed<br />
and work is done in three shifts.<br />
The eight-color press<br />
“Our first <strong>Komori</strong> press was an eight-color<br />
Lithrone S40 perfector. We needed a perfecting<br />
press but at the same time we insisted on a<br />
machine with proven technology that met our<br />
requirements. <strong>Komori</strong> has been the only one<br />
The five-color press<br />
“In mid 2009, we felt that we needed to add<br />
a second press to our shop. Considering how<br />
satisfied we were with the first <strong>Komori</strong>, and<br />
after a long evaluation phase, we decided<br />
on another <strong>Komori</strong> — a five-color press that<br />
standardizes the print shop,” continues Davide.<br />
“This decision gave us the utmost satisfaction —<br />
with respect to the ease of use of the presses as<br />
well as other benefits, from saving on solvents<br />
and alcohol to low maintenance, from the<br />
automatic wash-up system to the in-line<br />
spectrometer, which ensures a consistent print<br />
quality. In other words, just like the LS-840P,<br />
the handling of this second press is simplified<br />
in a way that makes it surpass the competition.”<br />
The LS-540 + C in a 72 x 103 cm format, which<br />
was installed in 2009, is equipped with an<br />
in-line coating unit, automated plate changing<br />
(Full-APC), three wash-ups, automatic sheet<br />
size and thickness presets, IR drier, ink roller<br />
cooling, ink removal in units 1 and 5 based on<br />
actual needs, inking adjustment with PDC-SII<br />
and the PCC 2.2.x. prepress connection<br />
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