58 British engineering Vincent Wilson, Business Development Director at Metallic Elephant Limited talks to Craft Focus about being the go-to company for crafter’s engineering needs Tell us a little bit about the company. Where are you based? When did the company start? Metallic Elephant was founded in the lovely countryside of North Essex in 2007 by Karl and Ros. Karl had a background in engineering and machine manufacture having worked at John T Marshall Ltd, a well-known hot foil press maker. Ros’s background was in the litho printing industry and particularly pre-press. They desired to run their own company and put their experience to good use. Who founded the company and why? Karl and Ros founded the company as they wished to utilise Karl’s experience and continue supporting the John T Marshall brand with repairs and servicing and also offer quality printing plates. How has the company evolved? Originally, we were offering repair and servicing to existing hot foil presses in the market along with refurbishing and selling preloved models. The JTM presses became scarcer but there was still a desire for hot foil presses, so it seemed a natural progression to begin making our own KSF range of presses. What do you specialise in? We offer hot foil solutions, if you have a product and it can be foiled, we can
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