Mark Andy celebrates UK success with lean manufacturing seminar

Mark Andy UK, which this year celebrates 15 years of trading in the UK and Ireland, recently co-hosted a one-day seminar on Lean Manufacturing with substrate supplier Fasson.

Entitled ‘Innovation & Sustainability - a brighter future’, the main thrust was an evaluation of the part played by filmic substrates in a world that is growing an ever larger ‘green conscience’. With the latest statistics showing that behind Greece and Portugal, the UK and Ireland have the worst record in the EU for recycling and environmentally friendly waste disposal, the move into the new ‘bio-plastic’ packaging, currently being driven by retailers, cannot come too soon. 

The print demonstrations, which were held the Mark Andy showroom facility in Macclesfield, England, gave the company an opportunity to showcase its servo driven 2200 press, which has enjoyed more than 30 sales worldwide since its launch this year. Two jobs were run off at speeds in excess of 100 m/min. Both featured Fasson 40-micron PE film with a 40-micron liner.

Speaking for Mark Andy, UK managing director Paul Briggs commented: ‘The 2200 has been a world leader for Mark Andy over the past 20 years, and the latest servo driven model is a perfect fit for today’s lean manufacturing requirements. It is quieter, consumes less power, has fewer working parts, and is fitted with standard electronic components that are easily serviced from anywhere in the world.’

Briggs said that over 270 Mark Andy presses had been sold in the UK and Ireland since 1993, which reportedly results in a 35 percent market share for narrow web modular flexo lines.

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