The first Gerber MCT Cutter in Australia is up and running in the new high tech premises of Carlo Capogreco's large format business Big Image Australia in Hindmarsh, Adelaide. The cutter is equipped with a 100w laser for textiles and acrylics, as well as 11 interchangeable tools and integrated production and vision-guided software, TigerVision.
Six months after buying wide format finishing specialist MCT Digital, sign and graphics software pioneer Gerber Technology is expanding its MCT digital cutting system worldwide into the sign & graphics and packaging markets. The new Gerber MCT Cutter will make its European debut at FESPA.
As the need for on-demand manufacturing increases across an ever-widening array of substrates, producers in the sign & graphic and packaging industries need a system that offers speed and versatility to meet every request that comes in, says a press release.
As the most versatile digital cutting solution on the market, the Gerber MCT Cutter has all the tools, including laser, to complete the most challenging jobs for a wide range of substrates, while increasing productivity and delivering high-quality results. The innovative system allows users to control target registration, cut file editing and machine production from one, integrated user interface.
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| Big Image Australia's Carlo Capogreco, celebrating the first Gerber MCT table cutter installed in Australia at his new expanded premises. |
The new Gerber MCT Cutter will be on display at Big Image Australia’s Grand Opening of their new premises on Tuesday 30 April 2019 at 6:00pm.
Big Image is a premium supplier of quality super-sized graphics to the Australian sign and display industry. Recent work includes the massive footbridge overpass signage at V8 Supercars Adelaide 500, large format Adelaide Fringe banners and major signage along Adelaide’s expansive Riverfront developments.
Big Image Australia, which recently moved into its new high tech facility in Hindmarsh, has just received delivery of a brand new Gerber MCT Cutter from Milwaukee, USA, the first in Australia. The MCT Cutter has instantly expanded Big Image’s capability, efficiency and quality, positioning the company as a significant operator in the national large format signage market.
Gerber Technology’s Scott Schinlever, president and chief operating officer, Automation Solutions, said: “We are excited to bring such strong innovation in digital finishing to the sign & graphics and packaging markets, and look to build on Gerber’s deep heritage of automated finishing and integrated production software."
“We went from doing everything by hand to having a giant digital worker who is very accurate and fast,” said Jonathan Merendlender, founder of Printed Ink (Huntingdon Valley, PA) who has been using a Gerber MCT Cutter since October 2018. “Aside from the obvious benefits of custom shapes, 3D lettering, and fabrication, the CNC router drastically cut down on labour and increased capacity almost instantly.”
The Gerber MCT Cutter will be making its European debut at FESPA 2019, the largest international wide format professional printing exhibition that showcases latest innovations for digital printing and laser cutting. FESPA visitors can get a live demo at booth B5-E20.
MCT Digital is distributed in Australia by HVG Graphics.
