PeterLynn upgrades to Xeikon 3300

PeterLynn manufactures custom roll labels, plain paper labels, laser labels, tickets and tags. It provides a range of products for specific applications, including synthetic materials, write and seal labels, mobile printer labels, high temperature and cryogenic label products.

PeterLynn installed its Xeikon 3030 in 2012 at the same time expanding the company, including adding the adjacent business unit on the Willowbrook North Industry trading estate. This additional space was used to house the Xeikon press.

The Xeikon 3300 digital label press hardware offers variable web width ranging from 200mm (7.9in) up to 330mm (13in). The machine now offers PeterLynn a top speed of 19.2m/min (63ft/min).

James Lindsay, general manager of PeterLynn, said: ‘The Xeikon has performed exceptionally well for us in the 18 months since it has been in production. Our own sales efforts have managed to fill the capacity offered by the original configuration to the point where we needed to evaluate our best move forwards.

‘The ability to field upgrade the Xeikon was part of our initial decision making process when we selected the 3030 label press, and it seemed the logical move for us to make in order to increase our production capacity.’

Vicky Waine, sales and marketing manager for PeterLynn, added: ‘The original purchase of the Xeikon machine meant that we were able to offer our customers high-quality, short-run four-color labels without incurring expensive plate and set-up costs. This makes it ideal for the shorter run requirements that are becoming more typical of the market, with many customers seeking to reduce their inventory.

‘Our discussions with customers since the installation of the Xeikon machine have been very successful and the quantity of digital labels being ordered by our customer base has been increasing swiftly over the time that the machine has been running here.

‘We have strong relationships with a number of companies involved in the brewery sector – companies that we have worked with since their very early days – and as their businesses have grown the quantity of labels they require has, of course, grown with it. Our work within the food sector has grown significantly in the time that we have been able to offer food-safe digitally printed labels.’