Riverside Printers installs JWEI 2131 to bring acrylic cutting in-house

# What changed Riverside Printers has installed a JWEI 2131 digital cutting table supplied by CMYUK. The company's director, Duncan Raison, framed the purchase as a response to capacity and capability limits with their previous cutter and to growing demand for large-format work.

# Why they replaced the old cutter Riverside had used a Zund cutting table for about six or seven years. According to Raison, the older table had become slower and replacement parts were increasingly hard to source because the model was obsolete. That combination left Riverside facing a future need to replace the machine.

# New capabilities: acrylic and better creasing

Raison also said the JWEI is much better at cutting and creasing. He explained that creasing produced on the previous cutter was not good enough to sell as a service. The JWEI can produce creased work suitable for point-of-sale (POS) displays and short-run specialist packaging without additional tooling costs, improving efficiency for short runs.

# Business impact and strategy

Raison said the installation gives the company the capacity and confidence to push further into wide-format production and explore new products and applications. The machine also supports Riverside's trade offering by allowing the firm to accept acrylic production previously sent out to subcontractors.

Riverside evaluated alternative cutting systems before selecting the JWEI. The factors that influenced the decision included build quality, the OptiScout software that comes with the table, and the support and training provided by CMYUK.

# Immediate operational benefits

• Stops outsourcing acrylic work: cutting and polishing now done on-site.
• Better creasing without extra tooling: short-run displays and specialist packaging become more economical.
• Faster, more reliable equipment compared with the aging Zund table, with easier access to parts and support.

# What this means for customers Customers who need acrylic POS displays, small volumes of specialist packaging, or faster turnaround on wide-format jobs should expect shorter lead times and more options produced directly by Riverside. Trade partners can also route acrylic work to Riverside rather than to external suppliers.

# Bottom line Printers. It replaces an obsolescent cutter, adds acrylic cutting and polishing capability, and improves creasing performance—changes intended to support the company's growing wide-format revenue and to bring previously outsourced work back in-house.