First UK installation of Epson SurePress

The first UK company to install Epson’s SurePress L-4033A digital label press, Superfast Labels has printed over three million labels on it within four months of installation. The label manufacturer and supplier also cut waste, stock levels and overtime as well as identifying lucrative new markets.

Managing director, Andrew Miller, chose the six-color Epson SurePress to add high quality affordable inkjet printing capabilities alongside his four Nilpeter flexo presses. He said, ‘While it can happily print label volumes up to and over 10,000, the SurePress also gives us the ability to handle smaller volumes fast and cost-effectively. Unlike many other digital presses, it prints directly onto standard off-the-shelf label stocks at variable web widths up to 330mm wide without the need for special pre-treatment or top coating. The non-contact inkjet printing process also means we can print onto textured substrate which opens up a whole new market for us in food and drink packaging, particularly for artisan producers who want a quality bespoke product at small volumes.’

Based in Sittingbourne, Kent, it considers itself the fastest label printer in the country, offering a 24-48 hour turnaround, and manufacturing over 100,000,000 labels of over 2000 different sizes a year for customers across Europe.

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