(L-R) Paul Macdonald, Mark Andy’s UK & Ireland sales manager with Reflex Labels’ commercial operations manager Sharon Preston and production operations manager Tanya Greenfield
Reflex Labels has ordered a record seven Mark Andy Performance Series flexo presses to double production at the company’s plant in Boston, Lincolnshire.
The order, secured by Mark Andy’s UK & Ireland sales manager Paul Macdonald, matches the largest single order for Performance Series flexo printing machines since the platform was launched in 2009. The new devices are due to be installed at Reflex Label’s premises before September 2017, bringing the company’s total of Mark Andy presses to 23.
The new order is for a mix of P3 and P5 models, from four- to 10-colors and all with the 430mm (17 inch) web width and full UV curing. Options include cold foil, delam/relam, Mark Andy’s QCDC (Quick Change Die Cut), and a rail system for maximum flexibility and the addition of further converting options, as required.
According to Reflex Label’s CEO Ian Kendall, the new presses will offer a production increase of at least 50% over the outgoing Italian machines based on existing shift patterns: ‘But we know the P Series will boost output much more than that from our experience elsewhere in the Group, and allow us to offer our customers the degree of label enhancement that they need to stay ahead of their competitors,’ he commented.
‘We have committed to Mark Andy because we see them as a no risk investment for the bulk of our business,’ he added.
