(L-R) Alexander Kresik, head of production, Sergey Zykov, marketing director and Vadim Shevko, chief of R&D department
ATB Security Technologies based in Minsk, Vilnius, has taken steps to increase its production capability with the recent installation of a nine colour 330 mm width Edale Beta modular flexo press with cold foil and hot foil, and a further array of special options. This joins its existing five colour Alpha press.
The company was founded in 2002 with a focus on the development of anti-forgery technologies to protect security documents and a wide variety of consumer goods. It specialises in the production of a range of security labels including multilayer labels, lottery tickets, access cards alongside tamper evident labels for a number of sectors, but predominantly the high end beverage markets.
Mr Vadim Shevko, chief of the security printing department, said, ‘There are many benefits to the Edale Beta. We already have an Edale Alpha machine and the easy transfer of processes between the two machines really helped during the transition period. Production has now moved over entirely to the new Beta, and the Alpha is being used solely for R & D purposes. The advantage of staying with Edale, was not just the quality of product but that our operators were able to continue printing immediately and with no employee downtime.’
Bernhard Grob, Edale’s export sales director, concluded, ‘I am thrilled that ATB have chosen another Edale special press solution for the production of niche security applications, a field that both companies are leaders in.’
