Omet clinches first X-Flex sale in Iceland

Omet has sold its X-Flex, launched at Labelexpo Europe in Brussels, to leading Icelandic label converter PMT.

The order for an X-Flex line, due for delivery in June 2008, was secured after convincing print trails undertaken at Omet’s demo center in Lecco, Italy.  Substrates from film to light cartonboard were run through the X-Flex using very low screen values.

PMT’s managing director Oddur Sigurdsson said: ‘We tested a number of presses and there was no doubt that the X-Flex performed the best. Iceland is a remote market with a wide variety of special requirements, so we needed the best flexibility available to make the investment worthwhile. After our visit to Omet, we were convinced that the X-Flex is the right press for PMT.’

When fully commissioned in the summer, PMT’s new X-Flex will offer 6-color UV capability, with movable cold-foil, delam-relam, and turner bars on an overhead rail system, shock air system for windows patching, and a 2-ply self-adhesive coupon label.