Australian converter hosts open house

Australia-based converter QLM Label Makers hosted around 400 visitors to its two-day open house in early June. The event showcased the company’s latest improvements and installations while promoting its clients’ products.

Since being awarded the Queensland Print Industry Award for Business Excellence in 2008, QLM Label Makers has installed a granite-based Gallus ECS 340, its third press from the Swiss manufacturer. The company also showed its turret rewinder and waste extraction unit, all part of a strategy for a leaner, greener operation with significant waste reduction and productivity improvements.

The event was attended by the VP of Gallus Switzerland, Ferdinand Reusch and his wife Karin, as well as Australian manager James Rodden. Reusch commented: ‘The company has grown up so much in such a small time, yet [it] still remains like doing business with a friend.’ Judy Spence, MP for Queensland, was also surprised at how the company had grown during such difficult times: ‘It is so great to see a company that has grown and developed into one of Queensland and Australia’s leading label printing companies, particularly given the global financial crisis.’

All guests were treated to food, beverages and products from many of the companies QLM Label Makers manufactures labels for, giving the company an opportunity to show its labels in action.

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