South Africa’s Ecoline sales go global

Not only representing major press OEMs, such as MPS and Screen, Rotocon also represents a raft of overseas suppliers of printing and converting ancillaries, including RotoControl, with which it shares a family connection: heading up the team in South Africa is Michael Aengenvoort, assisted by twin sons, Pascal and Patrick; and completing the family portrait is eldest son, Marco, based in Germany, CEO of RotoControl.

Enjoying stellar sales among Rotocon’s armoury of products is the Ecoline series of finishing machines.

Initially launched in 2013 for Southern Africa’s label printers and converters, Ecoline is today a reputable brand with over 100 installations across Southern Africa, Mauritius, Europe, Australia and the US.

Among a myriad recent examples of South African sales are Durban-based VR Print’s latest investments in a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV+ digital press and Ecoline RDF 330 digital label converting and finishing machine, enabling VR Print to provide the pharmaceutical market with variable data printing; and, similarly, Avvo Labels (also in Durban) recently commissioned a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV+ complemented by an Ecoline RDF 330 line.

Both installations underline the compatibility of the Screen Truepress Jet with Ecoline’s digital label converting technology when it comes to digitally-printed labels.

With the recent extension of the Ecoline brand into Europe and North America through the RotoControl connection in Germany, the brand is set to become increasingly popular outside South Africa. For instance, RotoControl recently confirmed the sale of an Ecoline RSI 340 inspection slitter-rewinder to Color Label in Denmark. 

Introduced to the global market at Labelexpo Europe, the Ecoline series also includes the RSI-340 and RSH-340 (horizontal alignment) designed for inspection and slitting of printed labels and booklets; the RDS-340 die-cutting inspection machine; and the RDF-340, a sophisticated digital label converting and finishing system.