Mega Label installs second Gallus ECS 340

Malaysian converter Mega Label has invested in the second Gallus ECS 340 to increase the print quality and add LED UV capabilities to minimize its environmental impact.

L-R: James Liew, Yew Jin, Edmund Chan, Keith Teh, and Quek Keen Chai from Mega Label

Based in Johor, south of Malaysia, Mega Label operates plants in Selangor and Penang with more than 150 employees and 13 production lines, including four Gallus presses and three digital presses. The company supplies mainly the pharmaceutical, FMCG, and garment markets. 

The newly installed Gallus ECS 340 LED UV flexo label printing press includes ten flexo printing units, two interchangeable Gallus Screeny units for more flexibility, a movable cold-foil unit, an infrared (IR) dryer for water-based inks, and automatic register control for handling critical substrates correctly. The machine system is also equipped with an auto splicer at the unwinding and rewinding units. 

The new press is used to produce self-adhesive labels, shrink sleeves, wrap-around labels, and further narrow web applications either with LED or conventional UV.

‘Key reason for this investment for us at Mega Label was the high quality of Gallus service support and the print quality of the label press,’ said Edmund Chan, group general manager at Mega Label. ‘A good machine performance comes from a good after-sales service. The Gallus ECS 340 has it all: great precision of the machine and reliably very good print results coming along with a generous Gallus service support. The planning and execution of the installation were very good and impressed me a lot.

‘We are a leading company in environmental protection in Malaysia. With the installation of the LED curing system, we can ensure the reduction in the carbon footprint, our factory is also partially powered by solar energy.’