Aquaflex reports record sales at Labelexpo Americas

Aquaflex has reported record sales at Labelexpo Americas. Traffic on the Aquaflex booth was consistent and interest was high in the ELS and FPC demonstrations, says the company. New at the show was the introduction of the ELS-D Series that featured a gearless dual-servo print head with sleeved print cylinder that enables infinite repeats.

Mac Rosenbaum, vice president Aquaflex / F.L. Smithe, said, ‘We have never sold this number of presses at a single show in the history of the company. A number of sales were to international printers. The new ELS-D Series print head performed perfectly and people were impressed with our ability to hold tight registration at high-speeds.’

The ELS-D Series is an expansion of the ELS line. The new ‘sleeved’ print head is available in 10”, 13” and 16” web widths for the prime label/flexible packaging/narrow web markets. The ELS Servo was first introduced in 2006 as a value-priced servo press specifically designed for the prime label market. The ELS Servo was the first servo press in its class to deliver multi-substrate capabilities including the ability to print on ‘thin’ film.

Mac Rosenbaum continued, ‘Aquaflex was the first to introduce full servo-axis cantilevered sleeved print heads with our FPC Servo Packaging press in 2004. The FPC quickly earned its reputation as the reproduction “gold standard” of the packaging industry. Migrating some of that proven technology to the ELS platform provides prime label and flexible packaging printers with greater flexibility and some serious competitive advantages.’