Who Are We…

Portrait of our Printing Company…

Hanton & Andersen was established in 1923 by William Hanton and Thomas Andersen, foremen printers at Wanganui Chronicle and H.I. Jones Printers respectively.

The two current partners are Ed Boyd and Hinemoa Ransom-Boyd.

In 1976 they purchased their first offset printing press, which increased production greatly and it was then that they decided to look for new ground floor premises as space was a major problem.

A property in Indus Street was purchased and interior renovations were completed in July 1978 when they shifted in and hired their first staff member.

In 1980 with a staff of five full time and two part time, the contract to print the revamped Photo News (Outlook) was won by the firm which meant major ‘re-tooling’ was needed, necessitating the purchase of a brand new Heidelberg GTO offset press at a cost of $45,000.00. Over the next few years all the other machinery was gradually upgraded.

By 1983 the premises were once again becoming very crowded and it was decided to demolish the old building and completely rebuild it as a two storey factory of 420sq m. enabling the company to combine a seperately run stationery business into the same building.

Further expansion in 1996 meant a change of premises to the present location at 76 Wilson Street with 1250sq m in total floor area, to accommodate future growth.

Over the last few years the staff has increased to twenty plus with equipment being upgraded regularly when required.

A name change in 2000 to H&A Design & Print brings us up to date.

Business Capabilities…

H&A Design & Print have the equipment and expertise to offer our clients a complete in-house service comprising:

COMPUTER TYPESETTING & DESIGN
Our design team operate Macintosh and PC computers. With their skills, and all the necessary software and hardware attachments available, they can offer almost any design concept you, or they may put together.

OFFSET & LETTERPRESS PRINTING
Our printing department operates Heidelberg and Ryobi presses. Four colour and single colour offset machines and letterpress platen and cylinder machines cover the complete range of printing possibilites in medium sheet sizes.

We use the traditional metal plate system as well as silvermaster (nylon) plates. Filmwork is produced on our Panther imagesetter meaning we are completely in-house, not having to subcontract work out to other operators.

Foiling, embossing, die cutting, numbering and perforating can all be done on this equipment.

BINDERY
Folding, collating, stapling, guillotining, laminating, shrink-wrapping as well as a traditional bookbinding service for repair work on any old damaged books is offered. A hand fed foiling press is available for larger foiling jobs up to A4 size that can not be done on the letterpress printing machines.

The binding department also offers a wire and spiral binding service.

COPY CENTRE
Our copy shop uses a Xerox 1250 Docucolor copier and a Canon Imagerunner 6000. Both copiers are interfaced to the design departments computers giving brilliant results for digital copies supplied on disk and off the copier glass.

STATIONERY DEPARTMENT
Our modern stationery shop stocks all the usual commercial stationery requirements as well as a large selection of specialty papers. Regular specials are posted and discount is offered for bulk purchases.

EFTPOS is available and is a recommended method of payment.