Mark Andy welcomes Polish students

The event was organized for the students of the printing technologies unit that is part of the Faculty of Production Engineering at Warsaw Technical University. The event, in the form of an open house, provided an opportunity to show several narrow web presses from the company’s flexo and digital portfolio. The event was also supported by industry partners, including DuPont, Flint Group, Flexmar and PC Print, the local representative of Kurz. DuPont and Flint Group presented updates on their respective technologies during the open house.

As well as an introduction to Mark Andy and its portfolio, the program included a theory session giving a practical demonstration of the three different presses installed at the demo center: a P7 Performance Series flexo press, a Digital Series press and a Digital One. Delivered by Michal Mokrzycki and Grzegorz Rostkowski, print instructors at Mark Andy Europe, print demonstrations included jobs prepared by the participating students. On the P7, a set of self-adhesive white labels prepared by Flexmar pre-press studio was printed, using two different DuPont plates – ESX and ESM.

Lena Chmielewska, marketing manager at Mark Andy Poland, commented: ‘The students were able to judge the job quality, and prior to printing, were involved in mounting plates on cylinders and adjustment of the press. They could also see how adjustment of the print cylinder impression and the amount of ink delivered ink made changes to the print quality.’

The hybrid Digital One press was also demonstrated using a job prepared by the students. It was printed on a self-adhesive white paper and laminated with Kurz Casten Foil. Digital One then printed a test job for Mark Andy using the same substrate.

The open house culminated with an open discussion between the students and representatives of all the companies involved, who all agreed that events of this kind are essential in keeping the next generation in touch with the dynamics of a constantly changing print market.

Chmielewska said: ‘We are delighted and proud that Mark Andy’s comprehensive solutions attracted so much attention from the students who attended. Their interests ranged from the presses themselves up to today’s global situation in label production, and what the future holds.

‘We, at Mark Andy, have always been very supportive of technical universities that are devoted to the printing industry, and value the opportunity to improve their knowledge of label and packaging production. The students, after all, are the printers and consumers of the future.’