McLoone ramps up digital production with SPGPrints DSI

Since installing the press in early 2014, which was the first DSI installation in the US, McLoone said the whole way it operates its flexible label production has been transformed. The industrial labels  produced by the company are, by their nature, short-run products, printed in batches in runs from approximately 100 linear meters (a few hundred linear feet) to a maximum of about 3,650m (approximately 12,000ft). Previously, this work was carried out on the company’s 12 flatbed screen presses.

Keith Rosenthal, vice president of manufacturing at McLoone, said: ‘We were experiencing heavy pricing pressure, and required to fulfil several dozen orders each day. We recognized that, by relying exclusively on flatbed screen, we were unable to achieve our growth potential due to the lengthy set-up times and complicated workflows. We needed to re-engineer the industrial label manufacturing process.’

‘Industrial labels must perform for several years, perhaps resisting abrasion in the logistics chain, extreme weather and sunlight, water and corrosive chemicals,’ Rosenthal added. ‘We subject samples to accelerated weathering tests for outdoor durability, and a range of chemicals, including household and industrial chemicals, and detergents. The ability of SPGPrints’ inks to withstand these conditions was a principal reason for investing in the DSI press.’