Hiroshi Urakami, Ryobi Japan chairman and CEO
Cyber’s official Australian opening is slated for August 25, 2004. Hiroshi Urakami, Ryobi chairman and CEO, will be on hand to officiate at the opening ceremony. Ryobi, Akiyama and Esko-Graphics – three very well known names in the printing industry, will soon to be available under one roof with the establishment of Cyber’s offices in Australia.
Yet to officially establish its presence in the country, Cyber (Aust) Pty Limited has already begun to make waves in the Australian printing industry, with a number of high profile agencies already signed up. Cyber was officially appointed the sole distributor of Ryobi’s full range of printing presses in Australia from June 1 2004.
The company is making ready its spacious Australian headquarters at Unit 24 Rydalmere Metrocentre, 38-46 South Street in the Sydney suburb of Rydalmere, with the official opening slated for August 25, 2004. Hiroshi Urakami, Ryobi chairman and CEO, will be on hand to officiate at the opening ceremony.
The new Cyber facility will feature a 1000sqm showroom and 400sqm of office as well as parts storage. Cyber plans to hold a live demonstration of three multi-colour presses, namely the Ryobi 755, the Ryobi 524HE and the Ryobi 340DI-UV.
The Ryobi 755, a B2-size five-colour offset press, features extended delivery ready to retrofit either a UV Curing unit or IR dryer.
The Ryobi 524HE A3-plus size four-colour offset press is a machine that Cyber says would suit most printers’ budgets. Cyber says this is a feature-packed machine which comes with all the essentials that would give a printer maximum profitability and return on investment.
The Ryobi 3404DI-UV, is an A3-size four-colour digital direct-imaging offset press equipped with UV curing for instant dry print, ideal for on demand applications and printing on difficult paper and non absorbent materials.
Completing Cyber’s range of presses will be machines from Akiyama, a long-time partner of Cyber in Asia. The company is planning a seminar on the Akiyama range to be held soon after the opening ceremony.
In addition, Cyber will also offer a wide range of Esko-Graphics metal CTP and workflow solutions. Headlining this offering of prepress solutions is the PlateDriver Fully Automatic CTP system and the Mitsubishi Paper Mills Violet plate, which Cyber believes offers printers a cost-effective yet robust CTP option.
The company will also supply Esko-Graphics’ new Scope workflow, a product that it says has already exceeded all expectations.
In the postpress department, Cyber offers the Nagai Paper Guillotine, Uchida Countron paper counting machine and a number of other pressroom ancillaries.
Spare parts and service for New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory will be coordinated from Cyber’s Sydney facility.
Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania will in due time be supported from a new Cyber facility being established in Melbourne, while Western Australia will receive special attention directly from Singapore, where Cyber has a pool of 16 engineers ready to be deployed on short notice.
A dealer network will be organised for both sales and service and Cyber plans to have an estimated eight sales dealers, and eight service contractors. Together with its initial team, Cyber will have a total of 40 to 45 people looking after the individual and demanding needs of its customers.
Immediately following the opening of the showroom, Cyber plans to initiate an intensive training camp for its appointed service contractors. Training will be provided by factory engineers for the machines on display.
In the unlikely event a technical problem that could not be settled locally, Cyber says it can call for assistance on its large pool of engineers in the region.
Meanwhile, its resident engineers in NSW and Victoria will act as the anchor point for the service contractors to contact in the event where the problem cannot be fixed, and will be deployed as necessary.
Cyber says it plans to be more than a product supplier, recognising that seminars and presentations are a valuable source of information to update customers on the evolution of the industry, and its products.
It plans to regularly invite speakers from various fields of print expertise to bring the latest in product innovation to the Australian printing community. Cyber is also inviting customers and interested parties to make suggestions for topics that could be covered in such forums.
Cyber timeline
1976 - Cyber starts business in Singapore, at first marketing only Ryobi presses before picking up distribution rights for Uchida Yoko’s paper drill.
1977 - Cyber (M) Sdn Bhd, the headquarters for its Malaysian operation, opens in Petaling Jaya.
1982 - Cyber begins to market Horizon Bindtronics, collators and perfect binding equipment.
1983 - Cyber acquires the agency for the Mitsubishi Silver Master platemaking system. The first Direct Plate System and Nagai paper guillotine are also added to the product range.
1985 - Cyber moves to new premises at its current site in Singapore at Jalan Kilang Barat with a land area of 2100sqm at the fringe of the Lion City.
1984 - Cyber celebrates the sale of ita 1000th Ryobi offset press.
1987 - Cyber moves into the book binding equipment market with the introduction of the Shoei Star paper folder, Japan’s top selling folding machine.
1990 - Akiyama large format offset presses are added to complete the range of offset presses distributed. The company commences planning a major upgrade to its existing building in Singapore.
1991 - A new headquarters building is purchased in Kuala Lumpur as the Malaysian operation expands.
1992 - Cyber is successful in securing the rights to market the Hohner wire-stitcher. It is additionally appointed distributor for Perfecta’s range of guillotines and three-knife trimmers.
1994 - The re-building of Cyber Centre is completed and its is opened by Hiroshi Urakami, Ryobi Japan chairman and CEO. Cyber is appointed distributor for the TSK range of products.
1995 - The Iijima range of diecutters is added to Cyber’s range of postpress equipment.
1998 - The Osako Stitching Line is introduced to the market.
1997 - The Guinness Book of Records records the running the Ryobi Koebau 722 sheetfed offset printing press at a record 21,200 sheets per hour at Cyber’s Singapore headquarters.
1999 - ECRM appoints Cyber as distributor for its prepress equipment.
2000 - Cyber moves to new premises in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and the opening ceremony is held for Cyber Graphics (2000) in Bangkok, Thailand.
2002 - Cyber is appointed by Hewlett Packard as a distributor of the HP Indigo digital offset press in Singapore and Malaysia. Hiroshi Urakami, Ryobi Japan chairman and CEO officially opens the company’s 17,000 sq m facility in Johore, Malaysia.
2004 - Cyber (Aust) Pty Limited is incorporated and is appointed by Ryobi and Akiyama as distributors for their offset presses in Australia. Esko-Graphics awards distributorship of its metal CTP equipment to Cyber, and Uchida adds its Nagai guillotine, paper drill and paper counting machines to the Cyber (Aust) range.
