Kwality Offset Printers installs third label press

Kwality Offset Printers has taken a fully automated Mark Andy Performance Series P5 with auto-register, re-register and UV system capable of combination printing, features include cold foil, rotary screen and chilled UV curing, as well as converting options.

A Rotoflex VSI 330 slitter inspection rewind with E-GEN3 controller system has also been installed b y Kwality Offset Printers to boost capacity and improve efficiencies. The company produces labels for Indian and foreign FMCG companies, as well as for the liquor industry.

The Performance Series P5 is the third narrow web label press at Kwality Offset Printers, which began its flexo operations with a Mark Andy 2200 flexo machine for manufacturing self-adhesive labels. Kwality Offset Printer’s Mark Andy 2200, as well as its XP5000, were the first of their model and configuration to be installed in India.

Rajiv Chhatwal, Kwality Offset Printers managing director, said: ‘We primarily purchased the Mark Andy XP5000 to provide high-end quality labels and packaging to the FMCG, beverage, liquor and wine industries. For us it was definitely the right press at the right time. And with our ever-increasing portfolio, we were more than sure that it had to be a P5 press this time.

‘Intended to primarily support pressure-sensitive label production, the Mark Andy Performance Series impressed us with its expansive capabilities and waste savings. Building on the unique print station design common to all Performance Series presses, the P5 is adept for the everyday converter looking to achieve servo-driven productivity and high quality levels, at a good value. Eliminating several operator steps, drastically streamlining productivity and ensuring consistently high print quality and with the fastest make-ready times in the industry, makes the Performance Series P5 one of the most operator-friendly presses on the market.'

Of the purchase of Rotoflex VSI for vertical inspection, slitting and rewinding, Chhatwal said: ‘We are always exploring ways to improve our productivity while at the same time reducing our waste. We are sure this investment will not only enable us to continue working on achieving those standards but also help us meet quick turnaround requirements of our customers, while allowing us additional capacities to further expand our business.'

Gourav Roy, managing director of Flexo Image Graphics (FIG), which represents Mark Andy in India, added: ‘The Indian label industry continues to be a strong and emerging market for Performance Series presses in the Asia-Pacific region. We have seen astounding success since its introduction.

‘The Performance Series P5 sold to Kwality Offset Printers is a high-efficiency and fully automated press. Kwality Offset Printers is a valued customer and FIG is extremely proud to support them in all of its endeavors.’