One of Headley Brothers' key strengths is its diversity; offering a unique range of digital, web offset and sheetfed offset printing services on site. This close integration of digital alongside our offset printing capability provides the opportunity for customers to utilise the facility for personalisation, versioning and the creation of highly targeted marketing material.
Headleys provides full finishing services in-house, and has strong mailing firepower. With its range of press types and formats, Headley Brothers can offer a solution in the event that the print run of a title expands or contracts. We therefore offer flexible, efficient and high-quality print services, with optimum speed of turn-around.
Strength in numbers
Our well-equipped Print department is designed to cater for high production needs. We provide an impressive perfecting capacity in colour (both sides printed in one machine operation) in 16 page sections on three 10-unit and one 8-unit Speedmaster Sheetfed presses and two Heatset Web presses; and 24-page sections on our Heidelberg Sunday 2000 Heatset Web press.
Flexibility
Our Print Department is perfectly positioned to meet the demands of weekly and monthly magazine and journal production, and shorter-run, bespoke printed matter. We have an even balance in capacity so that work can easily be switched from Sheetfed to Web and vice versa to meet variations in print run and special requirements. Economic running of 16 and 8-page sections by Sheetfed and 24 and 16-page sections by web ensure economic pagination in eight page leaps. We allow four page sections to be run on Sheetfed presses and combined with Web sections at the binding stage. Spot or additional colours are catered for, Sheetfed or Web sections can be folded on line or sheeted.
Our 10-unit Sheet-fed presses combine maximum efficiency with flexibility; flexibility in the form of the press' 10 units, which allow for in-line sealing and perfecting on four-colour jobs, and the efficient printing of spot colours, and in the form of its CutStar unit.
The CutStar offers the flexibility of feeding the press with paper in reel form. This enables a sheetfed press to run lower paper grammages and reduces waste by cutting to the specific format required. The accuracy of register and reliable sheet transport significantly reduces waste generation, and the machine is equipped with an adjustable ink fountain for faster ink changes. This is a valuable asset for our publishing clients, who increasingly need to source environmentally responsible print, and fits well with Headley Brothers' environmental stance, since it is ISO 14001 accredited and holds both PEFC and FSC Chain of Custody certificates.
Our Digital print capability enables the printing of shorter-run and bespoke material, with no minimum order quantities and a fast turn-around. This close integration of digital alongside our offset printing capability provides the opportunity for customers to utilise the facility for personalisation, versioning of their titles, and the creation of highly targeted marketing material.
Quality
An ISO9001 registered company, Headley Brothers operates modern high-tech Heidelberg presses, all fitted with Heidelberg colour process control for accurate colour match and consistency, including CPL3, CP2000, Presc Centre and AXIS control systems. The 24-page Web press is fitted with the latest Quadratech register control system.
All presses are fitted with reverse osmosis water control, providing maximum product stability and minimal waste; and all presses incorporate Heidelberg Pre-Press Interface technology, providing minimum make-ready times whilst maximising the yield from all grades of paper stocks.
Products
We have a wide-ranging product portfolio and can cater for the majority of customers' needs. Regular products include magazines, journals, brochures, catalogues, annual reports, and static and customised marketing material.
Special products include fine art prints, examination papers, books, posters, calendars.
4-colour process, spot colours and additional colours are catered for in-house.
A vast range of finishes, including varnishing and laminating (gloss, matt, spot), embossing and foil blocking, are available from reliable sub-contractors on an overnight service.
Sheetfed products of all sizes (subject to a maximum sheet size of 720 × 1020mm and a 12mm image free margin). Web products of standard or expanded A3, A4, A5 size. Digital products of a maximum product size: 515×364mm (2pp), 210×255mm (4pp , landscape), 255×364mm (4pp , portrait).
Environment
We hold the ISO 14001 environmental standard, which aims to ensure that the company operates the best practice for environmental procedures within its industry sector. We aim to keep a clean and pollutant free environment, to ensure the safety of our staff and products. Heatset solvent emissions are condensed and filtered in our plant to prevent air pollution, or, in the case of the 24-page press, are used as a fuel for the regenerative thermal oxidising ovens. Alcohol-free Web operation - low alcohol Sheetfed operation. Paper stocks include recycled and chlorine-free options.
Paper service
Headley Brothers stocks a huge variety of standard paper grades, and has a dedicated paper management team on hand to offer guidance on the choice of paper available.
We are proud to offer a broad range of stock papers at bulk prices (including recycled and chlorine-free options), sample matching and sourcing of papers to meet your specifications, and expert advice on suitable products and sizes. If you prefer to supply your own paper, we can manage your paper stocks, with regular usage and stock reports and direct draw-down from your mill or merchant. Experienced and safe handling for minimisation of waste.
Headley Brothers holds both the FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody certifications.
Award-winning service
Headley Brothers (Digital) is the current PPA Digital Printer of the Year, whilst Headley Brothers Ltd is the current PPA Short-Run Magazine Printer of the Year, and winner of the Quality in Print Media 'Magazine Print Award' 2008.
