Vietnamese narrow web converter, Anlac Labels, has fitted Vetaphone Corona technology to its range of flexo and digital presses.
All four of the units are the standard narrow web VE1A type and are fitted to 8-colour presses that vary from 10 to 20 years in age, so the long-term reliability is well proven. Typical job lengths at Anlac are 100,000 to 200,000 linear metres, run off at around 120m/min, with a split of 65:35 between paper and film substrates.
Purchasing manager Le Quoc Dung (aka Jackie) said, ‘Consistent performance is vital to us at Anlac if we are to offer a quality product and service to our customers. We have presses from a variety of manufacturers in-house, and four of them have Vetaphone Corona units, which makes life much easier for us. They are compact, easy to maintain, and offer complete reliability, which takes one potential problem out of the production process.’
The company, which is part of the Liksin Group, and one of seven production facilities in the country, employs over 150 people at its plant in Long An Province, some one hour’s drive north-west of Ho Chi Minh City.
Established in 1999 as Liksin Labels Printing Enterprise, the company installed its first European narrow web press in 2001, a Nilpeter, before founding Anlac Labels in 2004. In the intervening years a variety of UV-flexo and water-based press technology has been added including machines from Omet, Gallus and Gidue, as well as a digital toner facility from Xeikon.
