Mark Andy and Colordyne form strategic partnership

Colordyne's 3600 Series enhancement brings together highly productive print speeds of up to 500ft/min, paired with the industry's smallest droplet size of one picoliter. The Colordyne platform is a high performance, high resolution 4-color process digital printing option that can be easily integrated onto flexographic printing presses.

The 3600 Series technology utilizes Memjet Waterfall printhead technology, representing a clear improvement over existing inkjet, laser and LED architectures, it is said, and offering a compelling choice for printing and imaging customers.

The strategic partnership leverages the combined strength of Mark Andy and Colordyne Technologies in the narrow web label space to deliver affordable, high performance digital printing technology to the label converting industry.

Greg Palm, executive vice president of business development at Mark Andy, added: ‘Colordyne's water-based inkjet platform complements our Digital Series UV inkjet and flexo hybrid solution and our new toner-based Digital One press, both of which offer printing and in-line converting functionality for the prime label market. As a Total Solutions Partner we are excited to further enhance our digital label offering.

‘Many of our existing customers have already reported great success integrating Colordyne's digital printing solutions onto legacy Mark Andy 2200 presses.’

Brian Connolly, vice president of sales and marketing at Colordyne Technologies, said: ‘We are excited to partner with one of the most respected companies in the printing industry. Mark Andy is a 70-year strong industry leader known for offering complete end-to-end solutions to meet the growing needs of converters.

‘Our 3600 Series will be a great addition to Mark Andy's line up of digital solutions. We have always seen a large opportunity to provide production scale digital to the existing install base of narrow web label converters in North America.’

The Colordyne 3600 Series will be showcased on the Mark Andy stand at Labelexpo Americas 2016.

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