Amcor Flexibles launches first wave of European healthcare printing investments

A UV flexo press will be installed at Amcor Flexibles Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, and a digital press at Amcor Flexibles Cramlington, UK. They build on a prior investment in a new digital press in Alzira, Spain, and will primarily serve the healthcare markets in the UK, Switzerland and Germany.

Amcor Flexibles said the investments will mean healthcare companies in Europe have access to more responsive, flexible printing services for their packaging needs.

Luca Zerbini, vice president, marketing, R&D and sustainability at Amcor’s flexibles division in Europe, commented: ‘We are determined to remain the top provider of printing services to the fast-changing healthcare market. Broadening our technology and high-value services will make us even better able to partner with our customers in areas most important to them: flexibility, speed and total cost.’

The presses complement and enhance the technical and customer service expertise at the two sites. Amcor said the move to digital printing is a critical enabler to meet the increasing speed of market change as well as the growing requirements towards personalized medicines, and Paul Vega, vice president of the Pharma and Medical EMEA business unit, said: ‘We are also using this opportunity to rethink the traditional supply model to deliver unmatched flexibility and total cost advantages for our customers.’