Comco to print film labels in Azerbaijan

Mark Andy has clinched an order for a 22” (560mm) Comco ProGlide MSP line from Kraton Printing Company in Baku, Azerbaijan.  The eight-color Comco, which will be fitted with four print stations combining GEW UV curing with hot air drying, is intended for the production of short to medium runs of wrap-arounds, shrink sleeves and other types of flexible packaging.

Commenting on the machine order, Walter Eitner, sales manager at Mark Andy AG, Switzerland, said: ‘We are delighted to have secured the order from Kraton because it rewards the effort put in by our distributor, Aras Grup, who negotiated the sale through their offices in Istanbul.’

Kraton Printing Company is already a Mark Andy user, having installed a 16” (406mm) seven-color 4150 flexo line in 2002.  The 4150 features full Hnle cold mirror UV curing and will in future concentrate on label production, with the more specialized film work being transferred to the new Comco when it is installed in June 2006.