ModTek orders Dantex PicoColour digital press

Traditionally a flexo print house, ModTek has used digital print for a number of years, having upgraded an existing flexo press with a digital print module. Whilst this move helped to develop market penetration, the durability of the press, lightfastness and the lack of an opaque white created a number of issues. In addition, throughput of work on flexo presses is routinely hampered by amendments to graphics and regulatory information on the first few production rounds. These mid-production changes are costly and irritating to clients.

‘With the issues we currently have, the PicoColour ticks all the right boxes,’ Shawn R. Borman, ModTek’s owner. ‘Dantex has proven to be a true partner with us in other areas and has been very proactive. This excellent customer service, combined with a reasonably priced press that offers lightfast, durable inks and the ability to fully convert labels inline, proves to be a winning combination. Also, the PicoColour has a fantastic opaque white.

‘And while we have done a great job in dialing in our conventional equipment, it is a fact that digital will eventually take over the label industry. We will proceed with conventional printing into the foreseeable future, but continue to add equipment and grow the digital side. As Dantex has more than one digital technology, I hope to explore more of what they have to offer as we grow. Eventually, we will be a fully digital label company.’

The PicoColour offers a printing width of 8.25in and a running capacity of 82ft/min. It is a versatile press, which works with UV based inks and is available with CMYK + white, with a wide range of optional features such as variable data, lamination, die-station, edge trim and splicing, all of which were added to ModTek’s PicoColour.

‘The PicoColour is an ideal investment for ModTek as they look for growth across their target markets,’ commented Joseph Sanchez, US territory sales manager at Dantex Group.’ The investment is also testament to our digital support team in the UK who were able to virtually demonstrate the PicoColour’s complete front-end functionality, including options, in one session. ModTek were very pleased with the outcome and we look forward to installing their new press in November.’