Our Dubai plant specialises in book printing and binding. Our second plant in Bahrain specialises in commercial and security printing.

Dubai Plant list

 

Pre-press

1 CtP - PlateRite HD 8900Z  - To output plates from digital input
1 CtP thermal plate processor -  Glunz & Jensen 125 HDX
1 CtP – CRON TP4664G - To output plates from digital input
1 CtP thermal plate processor -  Glunz & Jensen EL 125 T
1 Mac G4-1 - Apple - Software 2machines
1 HP 5000 Plotter - HP - To output plotter proofs
1 HP 5500 Plotter - HP - To output plotter proofs
1 EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 Proofer – To output high res GMG proofs
1 Plate Processor - Glunz/Johnsen - To make plates from manual input
1 Manual Plate maker - Theimer - To make plates from manual input
1 HP Laser 8000 - HP - To output laser proofs
1 Workflow – Esko (Barco) system- Imposition Software
1 Epson L1300 – Film Printer
GMG Colour Server and Ink Optimiser. Fogra 39/47 & 51/52 software
X-rite Intellitrax – Closed Loop Quality control system with CIP 3 for file transfer

 

Applications

QuarkXpress

InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Acrobat

 

File Format

Quark documents, PDF and Postscript files, Tiffs and EPS (on Macintosh only)

 

Printing

2 Speed Master - Heidelberg - 4 Col - Printing machine
1 Roland 705 - Roland - 5 Col - Printing machine
2 Roland 704 - Roland - 4 Col - Printing machine
1 Roland 702 - Roland - 2 Col - Printing machine (Perfecting)
2 Komori 40 SP - Komori - 8 Col - Printing machine (Perfecting)
1 Komori L 428 - Komori - 4 Col - Printing machine
1 Komori B520 – Komori – 5 Col – Printing Machine
For colour management – 3 closed loop softwares and X-rite Intellitrax scanners.
For colour management – 1 Print spec software with i1Pro scanner device.

 

Binding and finishing

2 Folding Machines - Stahl, Heidelberg - To fold printed sheets
1 Folding Machine - MBO - To fold printed sheets
2 Folding Machine - Horizon - To fold printed sheets
1 Gathering Machine - Muller Martini - 24 station gathering machine
1 Gathering Machine - Kolbus - 16 station gathering machine
2 Polar Cutting Machines - Heidelberg - To cut printed material to size
1 Lamination Machines - Autobond - Thermal lamination on cover
1 Foiling/Embossing Machine - Kolbus - To foil/emboss/deboss on cover
5 Sewing Machines Automatic - Aster - To make sewing in book blocks.
2 Side Sewing Machines - Zuki - To make side sewing in book blocks
1 Ratio binder - Kolbus - To bind book PB/Per with online cutting
2 Case makers - Kolbus - To make cases for hardback books
1 Case maker SAB 100 - Pettrato - To make cases for flexi bound books
1 Casing In - Kolbus - To make hardback books
1 Saddle Stitcher - Muller Martini - To make centerpining books with 6 station gathering
1 Saddle stitcher - Hohner - To make centerpining  for large format books
1 UV Machine - Proteck - To make spot and full UV on cover
1 Board cutter - Kolbus - To cut board sheet to required size
1 Cloth cutter - Kolbus - To cut binding cloth to required size
1 Shrink Wrapping Machine - beckPackautomaten - To make shrink wrapping of  individual/set
1 Kolbus End papering Machine - To paste endpapers 
 

We can do hardback, paperback and flexi bound books.

We offer several bindings such as saddle stitching, perfect binding, section sewing, PUR binding.

 

 

Bahrain Plant list

 

Pre-press

Macintosh
IMac
PCs
HP Laser Jets in A4 size with colour options
HP 5500 (70 x 100) for plotter & contract proofs
Esko Workflow
Flatbed Scanner
1 CtP - PlateRite HD 8900Z 
1 CtP OVIT plate processor - 
Screen Plate Exposer
B1 CTF Image Setter ( 70 X 100)
Screen FTP

 

Offset Printing

Heidelberg Speed Master 102 5 col + coating
Heidelberg Speed Master 102 2 col
Roland 704 – 4 col
Roland 506 6 col (+ U.V. coating and kiss cutting dies etc)
Roland 708 8 col – Perfecting
GTOV-4 col
GTOZ-2 col
GTO-1 : 1 col
MO – 1 col + numbering

 

Digital Press

Xerox DocuColor 5000
Digital Flex Printer Twinjet

 

Flexible Printing

Comexi Flexible Printing

Comexi Flexible Lamination

Atlas Titan Flexible Slitter

JM Heaford Plate Mounting Machine
 

Paperboard Packaging

Bobst Automatic Die Cutting
Bobst Automatic Gluing machine
Kohman Window pasting machine
 

Web Printing (OSPS)   

Drent Vision 8 colour
Robert Giebler 4 colour

 

Binding & Finishing

2 x MBO folding machine
2 x Stahl folding machine
2 x Aster sewing machine  
3 x Muller Martini gathering and saddle stitching – 6 forms
Muller Martini book section sewing machine –
Kolbus gathering and perfect binding machine - 16 forms
Manual Stitch – Worsley Brehmer
Horizon Book Binding
Polar Cutting Machines (4 Nos)
Collating Machine
Auto Wire-o-Insert & Closing
Manual Wire-o-Closing (JB)
Lamtex 650 Lamination
Sheet Counting Machine (Uchida)
Corner cutting (Kari Tranklein)
Kluge Automatic Foiling
Manual Foiling
Sheet Punching - (E-Bickel Heil Bronn)
Stamp Punching - (E-Bickel Heil Bronn)
Rollem (Creasing, perforation and 1/2 cut)
Nor Pak (Sealing M/c)
Sewing machine auto
Martini Slow line stitcher
Platten Hiedelberg-2 Nos
Heidelberg Cyllinder-2 Nos
Singer Sewing machine
Hole Punching Machine
Strapping Machine
Shrinkwripping Machine-2 Nos
Block Making Machine
UV Coating Machine

 

 

Oriental Press (UK) Ltd

124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7841 5170

www.orientalpress.co.uk

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