Mirmar invests in additional Mark Andy equipment

The family owned business, now under second generation management, is a long-time Mark Andy user, having installed a 10in, 4-color water-based 4120 press back in 1987, when the company was founded. Over the ensuing years, Mirmar has invested in 11 Mark Andy presses, with a total of more than 80 print units.

Mirmar CEO Jaime Mir Pastor said ‘Flexo technology is perfect for our product portfolio here, and Mark Andy manufactures the best narrow web press for day to day production, in my opinion.  We are very proud to work with them and grateful for their ongoing support.’

The latest batch of 8-color Performance Series presses began to be installed in 2013 when the P5 that was demonstrated on the Mark Andy stand at Labelexpo Europe 2015 was delivered direct to the plant near Valencia, Spain. Coincidentally, it was the 250th Performance Series press to roll off the line in St Louis, a number that now exceeds 650 worldwide in the eight years since launching.

The three P5s and two P7s now at Mirmar all have the 438mm (17in) web width and are variously fitted with corona treaters, web turn bars, delam/relam, cold foil, screen print units, QCDC and AVT 100 percent inspection. 

The specification and capability of the Mark Andy Performance Series is allowing Mirmar to expand from its traditional base of food, household, and beverage labels, into the more niche areas of homecare and cosmetics, and other high quality sectors, like the wine industry. This is changing the company’s substrate base from largely self-adhesive papers and thermals, to PP and PE. Currently growing at a rapid rate, claimed to be largely due to the extra productivity of the new Mark Andy presses, Mirmar’s staff of 35 supply most of their output to the domestic Spanish market, with exports to Portugal, Malta and Morocco. Mirmar is also working towards BRC accreditation, and already holds FSC and ISO 9001:2008.