Mark Andy launched its hybrid press, the Digital Series, at Labelexpo Europe 2015, which unlike many of the other hybrid presses revealed at the exhibition is not the product of a partnership with another OEM.
The Digital Series has a wholly configurable design that integrates full colour, CMYK digital inkjet technology with opaque white, all designed for fast change, web handling, in-line converting and other label and package decoration options
According to the company the press combines the economies and productive advantages of digital workflows, inkjet and flexographic printing processes, in-line converting and variety of decorating – all delivering a dynamic approach to minimize job changeover times and maximize output and uptime in a digital print environment.
The Digital Series comes with the added configurability of fully advanced, integrated and automated in-line flexographic printing and converting hybrid system running at speeds over 76 m/min. The Digital Series is available in a 330 mm web width and is capable of a range of substrates from sophisticated packaging materials to films to traditional pressure sensitive label stocks.
Kevin Wilken CEO, said, ‘We are a total solutions partner which means we include a consultative approach to our customer needs to help evolve our customers businesses. Everything that surrounds a press, we can support.
‘Partnerships do very well when it comes to selling a product but do not do well when it comes to servicing those products. What happens if in five years those partnerships fall apart?’
