Ekorol installs Durst Tau 340 RSCe press

Ekorol, a Polish label and packaging converter, has installed a Durst Tau 340 RSCe digital label press, supplied by LFP Industrial Solutions, doubling its production speed within weeks of installation.

The decision to invest in the Durst platform came after several years of evaluation. Ekorol first encountered Durst's digital technology at Labelexpo Europe a few years ago and recognized early that shorter run lengths and faster customer turnaround requirements were reshaping the label market.

A previous digital investment, a Japanese press installed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, gave the company its first experience of digital label production and laid the groundwork for the Durst decision.

Piotr Modzelewski, commercial director at Ekorol, said: 'In flexographic printing, the apparently low cost per job has to be recalculated once you add the cost and lead time of the printing plate. For short runs, digital wins even where flexo appears cheaper on the surface.’

The installation, carried out by LFP Industrial Solutions service engineer Oleh Maievskyi, was completed step by step with operator training throughout the process. The experience contrasted sharply with the company's previous digital installation, which the team had to commission largely without external support.

'At LFP, someone always picks up the phone. We don't feel like a customer who has already made their purchase. We feel like someone who is welcome, because the relationship doesn't end when the delivery note is signed,' said Modzelewski.

The Tau 340 RSCe has been in operation since mid-March 2026. Despite handling only a portion of total production so far, output has already doubled. The company's next step is to migrate small and medium runs from flexo to the new Durst press, freeing up capacity on its conventional press fleet.

'The only thing we regret is that we could have taken this step sooner,' concluded Modzelewski.