Cleveland, Ohio-based label converter Omni Systems has brought the number of Mark Andy presses it operates to 20 with the installation of a Mark Andy Performance Series P7E press, fitted with a Martin Automatic MBS unwind/splicer.
The 510mm-wide press, which is also equipped with Vetaphone corona treaters for film label applications, 10 UV flexo print units and turn bars, will be joined by another press in an identical configuration towards the end of 2022.
The Martin MBS units will offer non-stop operation on both machines, with built-in roll loading for a variety of substrates from film to laminate and paperboard, with a maximum roll diameter of 1270mm and top production speed of 300m/min.
Omni Systems, which was established in 1990, has now added seven new Mark Andy presses since 2019, all of them fitted with Martin Automatic MBS unwind/splicers. The company’s score of Mark Andy presses range in printing width from 180mm to 510mm, with one of the fleet having run the same job, with only minor color variations, 24/7 for more than 10 years.
Having built its success on simple one-, two- and three-colour work, the company’s customers began to demand that it move into prime labels and offer a single-source supply. President Mike Murton explained, ‘We are experts at managing exponential growth without deviating from our commitment to high-quality and low prices. The opportunity to carry this over from our traditional work to the more complex and sophisticated world of prime labels, using trusted technology from Mark Andy and Martin, gave us a clear opening to develop our business in new areas, initially with the security of work from existing customers.’
Chris Allen, maintenance and quality manager at Omni, expanded why the Martin Automatic technology was a key selling point. ‘By allowing us to run our presses non-stop at optimum speed, Martin Automatic technology has been a major factor in us achieving our cost and productivity goals, which would have been impossible otherwise. Each one of their systems here, is a model of reliability.’
