Pemara chooses Martin Automatic equipment for new Gallus in Jakarta

Pemara Labels, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, has ordered Martin Automatic equipment for its new Gallus press. The Gallus machine will be fitted with Martin STS and STR automatic unwind and rewind units when it is installed at the company’s Jakarta production facility, one of three sites in Asia – the other locations are Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. 

This latest investment in Martin equipment follows on from the installation last year of the American manufacturer’s MBS and LRD non stop unwind and rewind units at Pemara’s Australian production facility in Melbourne. These were fitted to a 9-color Gallus EM 410 flexo/screen combination press that also featured hot and cold foil techniques. Europe in 2007. 

Pemara’s general manager Andrew McNamara, pictured, said: ‘We wanted to improve our production efficiency to cope with the tougher trading conditions being encountered in the PacificBasin, but were wary of the technology. A visit to three different Martin users was all the convincing we needed.’ 

Pemara specializes in supplying self-adhesive labels to the household, personal care and pharmaceutical markets, as well as for food and beverages. In addition, the company is involved in security work, in the form of postage stamps and Fix-a-Form promotional labels. 

In addition to Gallus presses, the company also uses Nilpeter lines, and in 2000 was amongst the first label converters in the Southern Hemisphere to install HP Indigo presses, fitted with ABG’s Omega Digicon converting system. Its latest digital investment, in June 2009, was an HP Indigo WS6000 matched with a Series 2 Digicon. 

Andrew McNamara continued: ‘Our experience with Martin technology has been excellent. The equipment has delivered results exactly as promised, and we are looking at a 2-year payback on our investment.’  

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