Sun Inc. -- Integration Put to the Test

Taking a lesser route by phasing in new equipment over time would have reduced the gains in efficiency, speed, quality and information reporting that the company is seeking, Cook continues. “We felt this justified the level of investment that we made.”

Sun has pretty much been a Heidelberg shop from day one, with the first piece of equipment it bought being one of the manufacturer’s presses. Among the other systems and equipment being installed in the new 20,000-square-foot facility along with the XL 105 press are Heidelberg’s Prinect Prinance MIS, Prinect prepress workflow, a Suprasetter thermal platesetter, three Stahl folders, two Polar cutters and a Stitchmaster saddle binder.