Algeria-based label printing firm Etiq Color has forayed into the UV flexo business with the installation of two high specification presses from UK-based systems provider Edale.
The company has installed an Edale FL-1 twin stack press for self-adhesive labels and an FL-5 Flex Pack fully servo driven flexopress, which is claimed to perform long run label jobs with substrates ranging from 12 micron to 450 micron.
The expansion of company's label printing division is expected to support varying applications as well as offer labeling for packaging products like unsupported film for wraparound labels, shrink sleeves and other substrates.
Etiq Color founder and MD Arezki said it has been time to move into UV flexo to benefit from the many advantages it can offer, especially increased productivity and profitability - to ensure the company's business stays competitive.
"We performed a lot of tests with a number of different manufacturers and after a lot of thinking, we decided to purchase the FL-5 Flex Pack because the machine matched our requirements in terms of innovative concept, and the fact that additional options are available to be retrofitted should our demands change in the future, meaning to us, the press is not only flexible but futureproof" Arezki added.
"The FL-5 Flex Pack is now in production in our premises, and we have very rapidly achieved a two shift production schedule because the print quality is allowing us to win new market shares."
Under the deal, Edale's agent for France and North Africa GIC will also offer technical support with personnel in Algeria and at the Head Office based in Faremoutiers, France.
