Scottish converter installs Nilpeter FB-2500

Scotland-based converter CV Labels has installed a Nilpeter FB-2500 UV flexo press at its plant in Irvine. The company specializes in printing pressure-sensitive labels for pharmaceutical and medical products.

These use specialized substrates and security inks, such as encoded labels for blood transfusion bags, sterilization labels with color-change inks, and cryogenic labels for liquid nitrogen freezing. CV Labels is the only Scottish label printer with PS 9000 accreditation from the Pharmaceutical Quality Group.

The new press is configured with six UV flexo units, plus hot-air dryers, die-cutting module, laminating unit and a turner bar to facilitate reverse-side printing. With a top speed of 228 m/minute (750 ft/minute), the FB-2500 is intended for production of paper and filmic labels and packaging materials. It joins a new AB Graphic Omega 330 slitter rewinder with a 100 percent web inspection camera, as well as an existing Omega slitter rewinder with die-cutter and Domino inkjet encoding printer.

‘It is our first Nilpeter press and we were impressed with its trouble-free installation and current performance,’ said Bob Veitch, managing director. ‘The fact that it is fully modular with a range of add-ons will help us plan future production options.’

CV Labels was founded in 1989 and has 18 employees. It recently doubled its production area to 1,300 square meters (14,000 sq ft). Annual turnover is over GBP £1.7 million. The Scottish National Health Service is a major customer, but the company also produces full-color premium labels, including those for malt whisky brands. It is also a reseller of thermal transfer printers and materials. To comply with customers' demands, especially those applying to medical products, the firm splits labels orders into two distinct color-coded work streams using a Label Traxx management information system.

Pictured: Bob Veitch, managing director of CV Labels, with the new Nilpeter press

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