Mark Andy wins international innovation award for RFID in-line solutions

Mark Andy has won the 2006 FlexoTech Innovation Award for its RFID-enabled label technologies.

On October 18 in London, Greg Palm, VP sales and marketing, accepted the global innovation honor at the annual international industry event. The company has been recognized for their successful innovation and solutions that support RFID-enabled labels.

The company said in a statement: ‘Mark Andy has invested countless man hours and financial resources in pursuing the solutions a converter will need to be successful and highly competitive in the RFID market space. The company offers successful options by incorporating best RFID manufacturing, insertion and verification technologies in-line on their narrow web printing and converting equipment. The company is driving on the forefront of narrow-web, RFID-enabled production, and has already surpassed many learning curves along the way.’

‘We are honored to be recognized as a leader in innovation and take a lot of pride in being the first flexo machine manufacturer to achieve such success in producing RFID enabled labels. Innovation is the fuel that drives our growth in the industry. We look forward to future growth through applications similar to our RFID solutions,’ stated Greg Palm, vice president of Mark Andy, Inc.

By pursuing the development of extensive R&D for all ranges of RFID technologies and requirements, Mark Andy has successfully integrated its existing knowledge and experience of conventional flexo printing and converting. RFID solutions by Mark Andy are installed throughout the market today in productive and profitable converting businesses. A variety of solutions are available for new press designs along with retrofit designs. The FlexoTech Innovation award reinforces the company’s leading innovation for the narrow web industry.

(Pictured left to right:: Paul Briggs, MD Mark Andy UK; Greg Palm, VP sales and marketing and Dieter Huck, MD Mark Andy AG.)