Melbourne’s Fineline Printing has been acquired by its current CEO, Neil Collyer for $4m, who has kicked off with the installation of a new Kodak NexPress SX3000.
Collyer was originally engaged by the company three years ago as general manager to re-energise the company and give it a fresh approach to future challenges. He says, “The previous owners Trevor Nurse and Andrew Cohen always had an exit strategy in place and I’ve been privy to that strategy from day one. We have worked tirelessly to provide a smooth transition with our valued staff, clients and suppliers. I believe we have achieved that as a group in a professional and amicable manner.”
Collyer says, “As a group we successfully navigated those treacherous economic waters and we are now in a sound and profitable position having grown the business by more than 300 per cent during that period.”
“The time was right for Andrew and Trevor to reap the benefits of nearly 30 years of hard work and of establishing a printing company that has a good reputation within the Victorian printing landscape. They should be justifiably proud of their efforts and I wish them every bit of success and happiness in the future.”
Collyer previously spent four years as national manager of Operations with Salmat, Australia’s largest communications company, was national publications manager for the Sensis-owned Trading Post Group and before that was group general manager for the Fairfax Regional and Community Newspapers’ network.
Collyer recently took Fineline into the digital age, establishing a digital division with digital presses, purchasing a Kodak NexPress SX3000.
He says, “No company whose business is information and communication can afford to ignore the age we live in. Latest. Best. Now. It’s the cry of the digital age. And in giant stride to the forefront of printing houses embracing things digital, Fineline Printing is now at the leading-edge with the technology that has given new life to what is still the most powerful, effective, permanent, versatile and elegant form of mass communication, print.”
Rod Mills, digital press manager, Fineline Printing says, “Taking the company into the digital age was high on Neil’s agenda. Buying the NexPress SX3000 is a major investment financially, these presses don’t come cheap. Its arrival is a testament to the faith Fineline’s new owner and CEO Neil Collyer has in the future of print and the potential he sees the new technology.”
However, the company doesn’t see its launch into digital replacing the offset printing and print management services.
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