UK converter Customark installs Dantex PicoColour inkjet press

West Midlands, UK-based label converter Customark has installed a PicoColour inkjet press from Dantex as it responds to increased demand for short run work.

Neil Turner, Customark’s managing director, with the new Dantex PicoColour

The company, which has been providing labeling, print and graphic work to a wide range of industries for the last 50 years, made significant investment in its infrastructure in 2017, and the Dantex press expands its digital print capabilities. 

The PicoColour uses the latest printhead technology and is suitable for short and long runs. It features a variety of additional options, with Customark opting for the corona unit, variable data package and white.

Neil Turner, Customark’s managing director, said: ‘Having done the maths, it was clear to us that by investing in a PicoColour we could make huge time savings, significantly improve our quality and radically alter the type of work we could print and tender for, whilst improving our margins in the process. 

‘We began to evaluate our options 12 months ago. We wanted to find a digital press that fully met our requirements, however some of the other options we considered did not fit that solution nearly as well as the PicoColour. The addition of the corona unit meant that we can use a wide variety of standard laminate constructions which helped us enormously. Added to that the white print option and variable data and we felt that the PicoColour was definitely the best fit for us. The icing on the cake was the support installation and training, which has been outstanding.’

Andy Abbott, Dantex’s director of operations, added: ‘We are delighted that Customark have invested in a PicoColour press and are confident it will develop business opportunities with new customers where origination costs can often be a barrier. Given the success of the press so far, we look forward to discussing further investment opportunities in the future.’

Customark’s PicoColour was installed in early October.