Darwill, Illinois (USA)
Growth in a challenging market
Headquartered in Hillside, Illinois, Darwill is in its third generation of family ownership since 1951. The company has evolved from printing signs for local shoe companies to a national operation with 200 employees and offices in Illinois, Colorado, and Georgia. A premier provider of complex marketing products including direct mail, employee communications, and marketing coll-ateral, Darwill is growing in a market that can often be challenging.
Darwill made a transformational move to production inkjet printing in 2014 with the acquisition of two inkjet presses with in-line Hunkeler finishing. Darwill installed a Hunkeler UW6 Unwinder with web cleaner iPEM on the front end of the press. On the back end, the DP8-II Dynamic Perforator feeds into a CS8-II Rotary Cutter and LS8 Stacker to deliver cut sheets, offset stacked from 1-up to 4-up for near-line finishing. The system also includes chip-out, gutter cuts, and edge trimmers for full-bleed finish.
Key facts
Customer
Darwill, Inc., Illinois (USA)
Market
Marketing production / direct mail / transactional & promotional printing / production inkjet
Applications
Postcards, self-mailers, direct mail campaigns, marketing collateral, variable data printing jobs
Hunkeler Solutions
Generation 8 in-line finishing system:
- UW6 unwinder with iPEM web cleaner
- DP8-II dynamic perforator
- CS8-II rotary cutter
- LS8 stack delivery
→ roll-to-stack workflow for downstream finishing
Printing System
High-speed production inkjet press with multi-channel capability
