Thieme KPX adds SPS kit to its range

Thieme KPX has become the sole UK distributor of German-made SPS Rehmus cylinder presses and has already secured its first sale.

Kit supplied by the firm will include the 155,000 Vitessa XP, one of which was recently sold to an unnamed Midland print finisher, said managing director Bill Kippax.

The Huddersfield firm will supply three other high-speed models: Vitessa Star and Multistar machines and the CyberPress. Formats range from 520x720mm to 1,420x1,820mm.

Kippax hoped to follow up on the success of flatbed screen kit from Thieme, selling for up to 800,000.

Technical sales executive Andrew Kippax said the market for cylinder presses was wide open.